One Girl Began, Kate Murray-Browne, book review: ‘These women’s lives are all heroic in a small way’
The local author’s new novel explores the lives of three women at different junctures in Hackney’s history
Women
Hackney brewery joins forces with refugee women to condemn government’s illegal migration bill
Five Points and Women for Refugee Women release craft beer to inspire opposition to Whitehall’s plans
International Women’s Day 2023: Hackney Foodbank pays tribute to inspirational local women and calls on government to fix ‘unfair system’
Charity appeals for improved maternity pay, benefits, and childcare costs on day of recognition for women’s achievements
‘An attack on women’s bodily autonomy’: Hackney politicians protest US Supreme Court’s decision to end abortion rights
Ruling has ‘reset the clock to a time when the constitution was written by slave-owners’, says Cllr Carole Williams
Women’s theatre podcast founded in Hackney launches first full series
Fizzy Sherbet’s inaugural season will see an episode released every fortnight from today
Harassment and poor lighting among concerns as women respond to council safety survey
Over 200 people have reported issues since Town Hall put out the call last month
‘I wanted to write about women making the city their own’: Author Gemma Seltzer on how the streets of East London influenced her new book
The writer spent the pandemic wandering the capital, and has used the experience to craft a ‘magnetic collection of short stories’
International Women’s Day: Memorial set up outside Town Hall to remember ‘struggles of the past year’
Organisers from the Women’s Strike Assembly encouraged people to visit during their daily walks
Feminism wins place on A-Level politics syllabus
Students could now study key figures of borough’s radical past
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The journey to an improved you
Sunstone Women fitness manager Jade Hall gives advice on keeping those new year’s resolutions
Women entrepreneurs given boost to gain global scope
University of East London-led project provides women in enterprise with expertise to ‘make it global’
Boxing clever for fair treatment in sport
East London Fawcett event in boxing studio marks start of campaign for sexual equality in sport
Dalston Darlings to hold fashion fundraiser for women’s anti-violence charity
Dalston branch of Women’s Institute to host chic clothing sale at Brithdays in aid of the nia project
St Mungo’s charity launches campaign for homeless women
The Mare Street-based charity’s Rebuilding Shattered Lives campaign aims to prevent more women becoming homeless and improve the lot of those who already are
The abortion counselling consultation is a con – which is why I pulled out
With a fact-free campaign, Tory MPs are attempting to bring the worst of the US abortion debate to British politics