Jordan Jones
The Hidden Consequence Of Child Poverty
In 2019-20, 4.3 million children (31%) were living in poverty in the UK, and with the cost of living about to rise dramatically, that...
‘Virginity Testing’ Is A Modern-Day Myth In Waiting
Trigger warning: this article contains explicit material, most of which is not true.
The UK government is making plans to criminalise ‘virginity testing’ and hymen...
Tattoo’s #MeToo
Since allegations of sexual abuse against media mogul Harvey Weinstein in 2017 unleashed the #MeToo movement on the world of film, we’ve seen many...
Proliferation Of Pro-Lifers Provokes Protest
After last week's widely-reported student backlash over an anti-abortion society at the University of Exeter, YouGov released a poll that shows 47% of Britons...
5 Inspiring Women For International Women’s Day
March 8th is International Women’s Day and March as a whole is Women’s History Month. To celebrate this year, I created a series of...
Maternal Mortality Rate High Among BAME Women Report Finds
On 11 November, at almost 1am, the House of Commons and House of Lords Joint Committee on Human Rights released a report on racism...
East London Women’s Group Wins Award
Soroptimist East London (SI East London), part of Soroptimist International, has received the prestigious Best Practice Award in the category “Prosperity” from Soroptimist International...
Fine Young Female Cannibals Come to East London
Sixteen Sixty Theatre recently took over East London's Space Theatre on the Isle of Dogs to perform In Bad Taste, by Daisy Kelly.
Sixteen Sixty...
Student Lockdown Measures May Prove Fatal
At the start of the new academic year, in a bid to restrict the spread of coronavirus universities imposed strict rules on students living...
Posts From The Pandemic No 26: Universities Adding To Student Stress
How would you feel if you were asked to continue paying rent for student accommodation which you'd already left? Even worse, if the people...
What If Staying Indoors Is Dangerous?
Self-isolation and social distancing are important in slowing the spread of COVID-19 and flattening the peak. For some of us the prospect is daunting,...
Working Class Women Deserve Feminism Too
One of the main criticisms of the current wave of feminism is that it focuses predominantly on white, middle-class women. To a certain extent,...
THIS should be the beginning of #MeToo
On February 24 former film producer Harvey Weinstein was convicted of one count of third-degree rape and one count of criminal sexual assault in...
One In Ten 14-Year-Olds Blighted By Poverty
It's time the government did more to help children trapped below the poverty line, writes Shontai Barnett and Jordan Jones.
New research conducted by The Children's...
Treat Yourself This Valentine’s Day
Valentine’s Day is fast approaching: the day devoted to ‘love', although these days it more often feels like the day devoted to spending obscene...
Sex Education Is The Sex Ed We Need
Netflix has just rolled out the second season of hit show Sex Education, a year after the first season captured young audiences with its...
Free Periods For Schoolgirls In England
On Monday 20 January, the UK government introduced a scheme which allows English schools to order period products for free distribution to pupils, in...
Women, Exercise Your Rights!
Women in the UK have a privilege that many women elsewhere in the world are denied. A hundred years ago, our ancestors fought tooth...
Crisis In Young Women’s Housing
The Young Women’s Trust, a feminist organisation aiming for economic and social equality for women, is setting out to tackle the ongoing crisis in...
Not ALWAYS Reliable
On 22 October, Kenyan women started #MyAlwaysExperience to raise concerns about the sanitary products marketed to them under the Always brand name. Many women...
Taking Back My Shame
In the heart of Camden the Vagina Museum has begun a series of previews prior to its formal opening in November. This is the...
Women Having It Large
We’re supposed to be satisfied. Now that ladies have the vote and gentlemen are meant to check their privilege, the problem of women’s oppression...