by OFN | Jan 19, 2024 | Blog
By Laila Namdarkhan When I first encountered the acronym GREVIO, the first thing that came to my mind was the children’s scary story The Gruffalo, that monster invading children’s dreams. Well, GREVIO could also be regarded as scary as it attempts to...
by OFN | Dec 15, 2023 | News Digest
Court says Scottish gender reform block is legal Judges have ruled that the UK government acted lawfully in blocking Scotland’s gender self-ID reforms. Legislation making it easier for people to change their legally-recognised sex was passed by the Scottish...
by OFN | Dec 1, 2023 | News Digest
Feminist dressed in purple had passion for women’s equality DALE SPENDER: 1943-2023 “Feminism has fought no wars. It has killed no opponents. It has set up no concentration camps, starved no enemies, practiced no cruelties. Its battles have been for education, for the...
by OFN | Nov 17, 2023 | News Digest
Anger, energy and art: Feminist artists once snubbed get major exhibition at Tate Britain The Women’s Liberation Movement burst into public consciousness around 1970. Despite the liberalism promised by the Sixties, little had changed and women were angry. That fury...
by OFN | Nov 3, 2023 | News Digest
Railway Ticket Offices to Stay Open Plans to close hundreds of rail ticket offices in England have been scrapped. Transport Secretary Mark Harper said the government had asked train operators to withdraw their proposals because they failed to meet high passenger...