by OFN | May 12, 2023 | News Digest
Event: Defeating the Silencing of Women Speaking Out About Sexual Assault CWJ is hosting a panel discussion exploring the battles women have fought to overcome attempts to silence them, followed by a screening of the film ‘She Said’. Thursday, May 25, 2023 6:00...
by OFN | Apr 28, 2023 | News Digest
USA Abortion Laws- 60s Women Remember Norma McCorvey (Jane Roe) and her lawyer Gloria Allred on the steps of the Supreme Court, 1989 via Wikimedia Commons. CNN has featured a Long Read article about a group of women who ran an underground abortion network in the USA...
by OFN | Apr 21, 2023 | News Digest
UK emergency alert test happening Sunday, April 23rd People at risk of domestic abuse have been advised to turn off any mobile device they want to keep hidden next Sunday, as ministers prepare to launch the first nationwide test of a new emergency alert system. Read...
by OFN | Mar 31, 2023 | News Digest
Extinction Rebellion To Hold 4 Days of Protest Extinction Rebellion is inviting everybody to Unite to Survive at ‘The Big One’ – a four-day action from the 21st to the 24th of April 2023, where people from all groups and movements, not just XR, will gather throughout...
by OFN | Mar 24, 2023 | News Digest
Justyna Wydrzyńska Found Guilty of Providing Help Accessing an Abortion: Poland This week was the trial of Justyna Wydrzyńska, a Polish abortion activist who gave her own abortion pills to a woman in need in 2020. The woman, known as “Ania”, was in an...