A staff perspective on the hunger strike by UK Prisoners for Palestine, exploring its historical context in feminist and anti-colonial struggles, the urgent risks to health, and the call for justice and care.
Category Archives: Women’s voices
02
Dec
Dec
Read our Therapeutic Gardener, Bernadette’s diary – taken from her sessions in a women’s refuge. Each entry holds a memory from the garden, showing the rhythm of change, the friendships that form and the small but meaningful joys that make Soil Sisters such a special programme.
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Nov
Nov
When women’s health is taken seriously, everyone benefits. The renewed Women’s Health Strategy can drive fairer workplaces, prevention, dignity and equality.
10
Nov
Nov
Conversations about period product safety often prompt important but sometimes confusing debates about what the science really tells us. It’s not unusual, when evidence begins to challenge the status quo, for discussions to turn towards doubt and delay.
29
Sep
Sep
Staff Perspective – by Shazna Hussain On International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste (29 September), Shazna Hussain from our Food Lives programme, shares her experience as a community researcher in Tower Hamlets and what needs to change to reduce food waste. Food Lives is part of a Wen programme to explore what…
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Jul
Jul
Creator, artist and public figure honored for her commitment and pioneering work in the environmental sector, we spoke to Judy Ling Wong, founder of the Black Environment Network (BEN). Judy is a major voice in policy towards social inclusion and has worked for over thirty years in environmental participation, increasing access to the environmental sector, and nature itself, within Black and ethnic minority communities. Her philosophy around engaging people in environmental action is based on giving people the opportunity to experience and enjoy nature firsthand, particularly wild nature.
01
Jul
Jul
This blog series emerges from a bi monthly writing group formed through the Palestine Organising Group at Wen – a space for reflection, resistance and collective expression. Rooted in the principles of co-creation and solidarity, this group embodies writing as a feminist practice: one that values shared voices, nurtures care, and centres lived experience. Grounded…
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Jun
Jun
Interview with Hirra Khan Adeogun who led the Car Free Cities campaign for climate action charity, Possible.
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May
May
Read our interview with Climate Sister Simran Kaur. Find out why she took part in the programme and why it is so important.
19
May
May
Read our interview with Belinda Everett, founder of Bee Pedal Ready and one of Cycle UK’s Top 100 Women in Cycling of 2022.