Metro is today launching This Is Not Right, a 12-month campaign addressing the relentless epidemic of violence against women, that aims to both engage and empower our readers

Watching this video broke me. It brought back the painful memories of my childhood in Iran. I cried seeing that little girl bullied by her principal, forced to put on her compulsory veil over and over again, with no mercy. This isn’t just about a piece of cloth; it’s about how

UN Women's report on femicide showed that, globally, the most dangerous place for a woman to be was in her home, where the majority of women die at the hands of men. theguardian.com/global-develop…

This is breaking my heart tonight. Despite every international forum and institution set up to protect human rights, women’s remain a secondary priority. Where’s the ICC on Taliban leadership? Where is the UN? Where are the signatories to the ECHR? Where is ANYBODY?

Emotional footage from Afghanistan shows Afghan female medical students and their instructor in tears, consoling each other after the Taliban banned them from continuing their studies. The new directive shuts women out of medicine—the last field still open to them.

“The reaction from to this gender apartheid has been…muted. Where is our anger? We should be raging…Because this is a particularly severe symptom of a wider phenomenon. Women’s rights are being eroded everywhere, from Afghanistan to France to the US.” independent.co.uk/voices/taliban…

Crying my eyes out at the Wolf Hall finale. Mark Rylance as Cromwell was gripping, compelling, moving, and of a calibre we don't see even on a yearly basis. I am gobsmacked how good this series was. Give this man every award going. Honestly the best thing I've seen in years.

No-one should be surprised that the men who queued up to rape Giselle Pelicot represent ‘everyman’. We know already that the men who abuse women, the men who commit sexual violence and abuse, the men who perpetrate domestic violence and abuse, the men who exploit women in

We must keep amplifying these brave girls and women’s voices. It’s easy to give in to a sense of redundancy and despair in the face of their fate. But ensuring they are heard matters. To be heard is to be seen.

If you’re dreading Christmas because you know what’s coming from the man in your home… store this number SAFELY somewhere. Use it when you can. Get out safely. Next year CAN be different. The kids will thank you for getting them out - if you have any. Your friends and family

There are women in this world who are not allowed to have a window purely on the basis that they’re women, and it’s just allowed to happen. Can 2025 please be the year the rest of the world helps the women & girls of Afghanistan?

One of many moving moments in the BBC’s excellent series ‘The London Bombings’ is this recollection by Julie Nicolson of the reaction of a London cabbie when he learned her daughter Jenny was a victim.

This! Finished Wolf Hall tonight and I too cried. Best drama I’ve seen in years also and one of the best performances I’ve ever had the pleasure of watching. Wow.

Researchers at Warwick now think more women are driven to suicide by their domestic abuse perpetrator than are murdered by him. Often the police don't make the link bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

MALE violence.

Worth watching the full Oval Office encounter. Zelenskyy thanks Trump about 7’30” in. About 35 mins later Vance demands to know whether Zelenskyy has thanked Trump. The fight ignites when Zelenskyy challenges Vance on what diplomacy with Putin means and then Vance gets angry

This man gouged his girlfriend’s eyes out. He’s set to be released. THIS MUST BE STOPPED. If you do one thing for the safety of women and girls today. Sign this petition. change.org/p/stop-serial-…

“I kept promising myself that I’d get back to it properly one day, but that day never came around and then it finally happened. I lost my writing identity.” daringeileen.com/post/the-call-…

Difficult to avoid spoilers on #Adolescence It reminds us the biggest risk to women & girls health isn’t blood pressure or obesity, it’s men & boys Misogyny harms more women in the UK & globally than terrorism & organised crime Yet misogyny itself isn’t even a criminal offence

Facts My teams & I successfully prosecuted 1000s of child sexual abusers For 5 yrs I was managed by Keir Starmer We listened We helped change the way every agency responded to the threat Ethnicity was an issue, Class was an issue & the Tory Govt took away much of the funding