Mar 31, 2021
There’s a huge conversation going on right now, with women speaking out about how safe they feel, following the Sarah Everard case. Amongst the outpouring of grief, concerns are being raised about indecent exposure, or as many call it, flashing, an issue that’s widely underreported. But depressingly common.
Today,...
Mar 29, 2021
Millions dead, multiple waves, ships quarantined; a world in crisis. One hundred years ago, humankind was hit by a deadly pandemic during the final months of the First World War: the Spanish Flu.
Now, we're living through another pandemic: Covid-19. What have we learnt and what have we forgotten from one hundred years...
Mar 26, 2021
It's responsible for killing tens of thousands of thousands of people, and yet it continues to be shipped worldwide from Yorkshire.
The weedkiller, Gramoxone, is one of the most toxic pesticides in the world. On top of being responsible for thousands of accidental deaths, it has become one of the main means of suicide...
Mar 24, 2021
War is raging in a Northern part of Ethiopia, in a region called Tigray, and unspeakable crimes by soldiers are being committed against women. Few journalists have been able to see first hand what is happening, but our Africa Correspondent Jamal Osman gained rare access to the area and spoke to women who told him...
Mar 22, 2021
Poland already had some of the strictest abortion laws in Europe, but new changes have effectively banned them completely.
Many women now have to travel abroad to seek abortions or risk performing them at home.
It is the latest move by the ruling Law and Justice Party, that the EU has accused of a “political takeover...