During women’s history month, many women share their stories aiming to connect with and empower other women. But one group whose stories often go untold are women and girls fleeing conflict, seeking asylum and living in refugee camps. Many female asylum seekers and refugees continue to experience a high level Read more…
Settling into a new country can be a challenging experience for many refugees. When you consider the language and cultural barriers, personal trauma, and a combination of racism and stigma associated with the label ‘refugee’, it is easy to understand why this can be so daunting. Fortunately, there are many Read more…
Book review by Katy Cottrell What We’re Told Not to Talk About (But We’re Going to Anyway) is a collection of stories that navigate the experiences of womanhood which are typically considered taboo, from periods to menopause and everything in between. The title of the book is apt, within minutes Read more…
Written by Abi Dare – book review by Ben Sturt This is a story about courage and determination in the face of a world that is set up against you. Facing the world is Adunni, a young teenage girl from a village in Nigeria. Growing up, all she had ever Read more…
The pandemic has impacted all levels of society and no one has been left untouched. Many events, work and social activities have moved online. This change was easier for some than others and it has highlighted different social issues such as digital poverty and other divides among communities. Social activism Read more…
A fundamental tenant of a liberal democratic society is the ability to hear all opinions (as long as they don’t incite crime!!) and the best place to do that safely, where one can engage in safe debate, is at Universities…
Sexual Abuse and Violence Awareness (SAVA) Week had powerfully moving events and opened up some really proactive and encouraging discussions around issues of sexual violence in Exeter, as well as across the UK.
To enable communities to raise awareness of sexual violence, Become The Voice has launched a new campaign based in Exeter to empower people to tackle the issues that they feel are important…
Palestine is a place plagued with problems: occupation, political corruption, economical difficulties and a deeply ingrained patriarchal society, a lethal combination for Palestinian women. This year 18 women have been killed at the hands of their families.[1] Most infamously the 21-year-old makeup artist Israa Ghareeb who was brutally killed by Read more…
Israa Ghareeb, 21, has been beaten to death in Bethlehem by her father and brother for appearing publicly with her fiancé before the official ceremony. The brutality of her death and the sickening honour culture at its root has inspired activists across the Arab world to campaign for her and Read more…