women

Protests in Belfast in support of women's right to choose

xConorx — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 21:51:11 +0000

Organise!, political activists, and pro-choice campaigners will be staging a series or protests in the next week in the run up to the Westminster vote on the extension of the 1967 Abortion Act to NI.

Building workers on strike in Trinidad

Ed — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 17:21:35 +0000

On Saturday, the workers at the CCR plant walked off the site in protest against what they described as unfair treatment of women employees by management.

Korean three-year struggle against precariousness

Django — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 20:44:39 +0000

Female precarious workers for the Korean firm Kiryung electronics today enter their 1,100th day of action in demand of direct employment.

Federn, Marietta aka Etta 1883- 1951

Battlescarred — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 08:29:50 +0000

Etta Federn was born in 1883 in Vienna, the youngest daughter of an assimilated Jewish family. She was the daughter of the suffragette Ernestine Federn and the doctor Salomon Federn and the sister of Paul, who became an analyst, Karl, who became a lawyer and writer, and Walter who became a journalist. She had an education on an equal footing with their brothers.

Swazi textile workers to resume strike

Ed — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 15:05:58 +0000

Workers agreed to give STEA and the government 48 hours before resuming the strike action. SMAWU President Alex Fakudze explained that workers suspended the strike last week hoping that STEA would be ready to negotiate a better deal, but failed to do so. The meeting held at Salesian sports ground was attended by about five hundred textile workers, mostly women.

Workers strike and clash with police in Swaziland

Ed — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 15:25:35 +0000

Over 16,000, mostly female, workers have been on strike since March 3rd with workers participating in marches confronting police using clubs and teargas. At least a dozen have been reported injured. 93 percent voted for strike action, while six percent voted against and one abstained.

Vera Drake, dir. Mike Leigh, 2004. Film review – Tom Jennings

Tom Jennings — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 15:15:43 +0000

Dilemmas of a Bleeding Heart

Documentary representations of British and European Muslim women. Essay review

Tom Jennings — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 14:01:51 +0000

Breaking Cover

In The Cut - review

Tom Jennings — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 17:13:17 +0000

A Cut Above?

Dancehall Dreams by Tom Jennings (2004). Music review – Tom Jennings

Tom Jennings — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 16:36:52 +0000

Dancehall Dreams by Tom Jennings