Read a message from Wen’s Co-Directors, Kate Metcalf and Zarina Ahmad about our new strategy for 2025-2030.
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As 2024 comes to a close, we’re reflecting on an incredible year of progress and action. Thanks to your support, we’ve taken steps towards creating a world where women, communities and the planet thrive. Through our campaigns, grassroots projects, and collaborative initiatives, we’ve worked tirelessly for gender, health and climate justice. Here’s a look back…
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13 November 2024 Resilience, determination, and action! Last week was a difficult one for many, as we witnessed the U.S. election unfold. Now that the dust has begun to settle, we’re starting to piece together what the return to this political leadership will mean for women, marginalised communities, our environment and war stricken countries, such…
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The Food Lives team were invited to share their research methods with the Bristol Food Justice Network and our community researchers, Shazna and Sajna attended a talk at the University of Sussex, facilitated by the Sussex Participatory Research Network. Read on to find out more.
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22nd October 2024 PRESS RELEASE Urgent call for a Menstrual Health, Dignity, and Sustainability Act backed by 35 experts and organisations With 42 per-cent of girls in the UK struggling to afford period products*, menstrual products generating 28,114 tonnes of waste per year**, and conventional period products containing toxic chemicals and metals***, it’s clear women,…
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Wen is urgently calling for a Menstrual Act for equal access to sustainable period products, improved menstrual education, independent testing, transparent product labelling and stronger regulations.
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In January 2024 the Food Lives team attended the 7th European Congress Qualitative Enquiry (ECQE) in Helsinki, Finland, to present their research methods.
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We’re thinking of those who are traumatised by the organised racist and Islamophobic violence this week. The violence across the UK over the last few days has been driven by division and hatred fuelled by misinformation and disinformation. Read Wen’s statement. We’ve put together some useful links and resources collated by various organisations: Messaging Guide…
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Read Wen’s Statement against the far-right violence and terror marches in the UK
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With the start of a new series on Radio 4, Talc Tales: How they made us doubt everything, asbestos in our makeup – investigating asbestos in talcum powder and makeup, we asked our Health Expert, Helen Lynn to give us the low down. Read on to get the whole story, with suggestions on how to avoid these harmful products.