‘Missing White Woman’ syndrome: Is the media to blame for racial bias in police searches?
It is, sadly, unsurprising that middle-aged Nichola Bulley received ten times the amount of media coverage that thirteen-year-old Mariama...
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Ioana Gradinaru
- Mar 12
- 4 min
Why are lesbians facing deteriorating mental health and loneliness?
High levels of loneliness and worsening mental health have always been experienced disproportionately by the LGBTQI+ community, but these…
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Chaimae Haddoumi
- Mar 10
- 6 min
The Amazigh women of North Africa: from marginalisation to empowerment
The Amazigh or Imazighen people, translated ‘Free people’, are an indigenous group that originate from North Africa and share a rich...
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Dénia Dimsdale
- Mar 8
- 5 min
International Women’s Day: How women’s circles can change the world
Recently, I came across a video created by one of my favourite pages on Instagram. It’s one of my favourites because I find its content…
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Ioana Gradinaru
- Feb 14
- 4 min
Why do Gen-Z have such a toxic view of Valentine's Day?
As today is Valentine's Day, many of us are either celebrating with our partners or spending too much time on TikTok wishing we had a...
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Dénia Dimsdale
- Jan 29
- 7 min
‘Veganuary’: How speciesism is the missing piece in the fight against inequality
“Justice should not be so fragile a commodity that it cannot be extended beyond the species barrier of Homo Sapiens.” - Carol J. Adams...
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Estelle Uba
- Nov 18, 2022
- 4 min
The Woman King: When history becomes ‘herstory’
The word ‘intersectionality’ has become somewhat of a buzz word among feminists of colour. The term refers to how various aspects of a…
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Jamila Pereira
- Mar 21, 2022
- 1 min
10y
Years have past Therefore, my credibility was lower than Atlantis Time did corrode the truth It shattered me, to be honest Yet, little...
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GZT Team
- Feb 28, 2022
- 5 min
"What LGBTQ+ History Month means to me": conversations with young queer individuals
Unfortunately, even in 2022 news reports show that anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric is still rife in our world, through endless homophobic...
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Estelle Uba
- Feb 14, 2022
- 6 min
Here’s what Gen-Z men think about the financial pressure Valentine’s Day places on men
A couple of weeks ago, I asked my boyfriend what kind of gifts he would like for Valentine's Day, and he responded, "You don't need to...
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Abrehet Semra
- Feb 7, 2022
- 6 min
FGM: The practice which is denying women their sexual autonomy
In 2021, UNICEF estimated that at least 200 million women and girls have undergone Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)...
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Meryem Kouadir
- Jan 28, 2022
- 3 min
“Silence is a sign of contentment”. When will this problematic proverb come to an end?
I was born and raised in Morocco where I grew up hearing this proverb on so many occasions, especially when women were involved...
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Estelle Uba
- Dec 7, 2021
- 6 min
The dark side of Nigerian boarding schools: former students open up about being bullied in school
On Wednesday 28th November, Sylvester Oromoni Jnr, a JSS 2 (Junior Secondary School) student at Dowen College, Lagos tragically died under..
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GZT Team
- Dec 6, 2021
- 5 min
We spoke to 4 women studying in Leeds about the 'Girls Night In' boycott. Here's what they think...
Although spiking drinks is not a new occurrence, in recent weeks, there have been hundreds of cases of spiking, and worse....
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