Helen Lynn reflects on speaking at the world’s largest menstruation conference and why the global conversation about period products is shifting towards public health, human rights and stronger regulation.
Category Archives: Women’s voices
Climate Sisters, Women's voices
What Climate Sisters are telling Parliament about heat, housing and climate change
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Jun
Jun
As heatwaves become more frequent and intense, a new briefing from Wen and the Women’s Budget Group argues that housing must be at the heart of climate action and calls for green, caring homes designed around health, care and equality.
21
Apr
Apr
Caroline Lucas shares a powerful foreword on why climate change is not gender neutral and why feminist climate justice must centre women in climate solutions.
Staff Perspectives, Women's voices
Staff Perspectives: Helen Lynn on activism and her journey with Wen
25
Mar
Mar
Wen’s Senior Consultant and Research fellow shares her passion for feminist activism and what keeps her optimistic.
25
Mar
Mar
To mark the launch of Wen’s archive at LSE, we are sharing a message from Wen’s Founder, Bernadette Vallely, reflecting on the beginnings of the organisation and the hope that continues to sit at the heart of our work.
24
Feb
Feb
Meet some of the women who have shaped the Just FACT programme over the last five years
Staff Perspectives, Women's voices
STAFF PERSPECTIVE: HUNGER STRIKES, FEMINIST HISTORIES AND RESISTANCE
09
Jan
Jan
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.
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.
17
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.