Foregone conclusion: a Russian soldier casts his vote at a polling station in a Russian-controlled area of Ukraine, March 2024.
Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP
Freebirth is frequently misunderstood and misrepresented. Discussions of freebirth often emphasise risk but women are most concerned with maternity services and obstetric violence
The Russian president’s embrace of conspiracy theories has moved them from the fringe to the mainstream.
Maxim Shipenkkov/EPA
Russian disinformation expert Ilya Yablokov tells The Conversation Weekly podcast about the president’s shifting relationship with conspiracy theories.
Attitudes towards climate policies partly depend on a consideration of future, as yet unborn, descendants. Women tended to show more ability to think about how future generations could benefit.
Campaigners for Polish women’s abortion rights protest outside the European parliament in 2020.
EPA/Olivier Hoslet
Legendary European parliament president Simone Veil fought for women’s reproductive rights in France and in Brussels. Is her legacy about to be re-opened?
Frank Hester’s words are only the latest extreme example of the constant discrimination black and ethnic minority women face when they enter public life.
The British Museum is celebrating recovered items in its new exhibition, but it continues to refuse to return historically looted items in its own collection to countries of origin.
Protesters in London call for a ceasefire in Gaza.
EPA/Tolga Akmen