By Shawna Healey The BBC recently released its findings from a loneliness survey in Britain, conducted in partnership with the Wellcome Collection. The study, known as the Loneliness Experiment, had over 55,000 participants and was the largest of its kind to date. The study found that young people aged 16-24 in Britain are the loneliest…
By Shawna Healey British people, and British women in particular, are being overworked and underpaid, both in domestic and public work settings. The fight for equality in the private sphere has been long and hard, and while women are increasingly encouraged to enter the workplace, working women still face inequality. Even more significantly, there is…
By Shawna Healey What is “Fast Fashion”? Fast fashion is a contemporary term used by fashion retailers to express that designs move from catwalk to high street quickly to capture current fashion trends. Fast fashion clothing collections are based on the most recent fashion trends presented at Fashion Week in both the spring and the…
By Shawna Healey The European Parliament in Strasbourg, France has voted for a wide-ranging ban on single use plastics to counter pollution. The ambitious proposal will see plastic cutlery, straws and cotton buds phased out across Europe in a bid to stop pollution from entering the world’s oceans. The aim is for these products to…
By Shawna Healey The House of Commons has recently published its sixth report on the sexual harassment of women and girls in public places. The report, published after a 9-month enquiry, calls on the government to tackle public sexual harassment of women and girls and makes seven key recommendations for action. The report finds that…
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