Equality

Forget Xenomorphs: The real threat in Alien was wage inequality and corporate greed
FIlm

Forget Xenomorphs: The real threat in Alien was wage inequality and corporate greed

What if Alien (1979) wasn’t just a sci-fi horror film, but a warning about corporate betrayal and working-class struggles?

Big Issue’s Changemakers of 2025: Communities and equality
Changemakers 2025

Big Issue’s Changemakers of 2025: Communities and equality

We salute the people standing up for the marginalised in their community

Modern slavery is still rife in the UK – where do we go from here?
Helen Ball

Modern slavery is still rife in the UK – where do we go from here?

Helen Ball, chief executive of charity Causeway, writes about what the government needs to do to end modern slavery in the UK

‘An urgent wake-up call’: Half of disabled people are struggling to pay their energy bills
Cost of living crisis

‘An urgent wake-up call’: Half of disabled people are struggling to pay their energy bills

How to make your workplace menopause friendly
Work better

How to make your workplace menopause friendly

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Employers must do more to keep experienced women in work, businesses and MPs told
Equal rights

Employers must do more to keep experienced women in work, businesses and MPs told

Carers Week: Eldercare is the new childcare, and carers need new rights
Carers Week

Carers Week: Eldercare is the new childcare, and carers need new rights

Pride Month 2023: Everything there is to know
Pride month

Pride Month 2023: Everything there is to know

Primavera Sound tells MPs how UK festivals can fight misogyny and sexual harassment
Festivals

Primavera Sound tells MPs how UK festivals can fight misogyny and sexual harassment

8 in 10 women say stigma around periods has held them back in their career
Menstruation

8 in 10 women say stigma around periods has held them back in their career

Two thirds of young women have experienced sexual harassment, bullying or verbal abuse at work
Employment

Two thirds of young women have experienced sexual harassment, bullying or verbal abuse at work

Paris Paloma’s Labour: The story behind the viral soundtrack to ‘female rage’
Exclusive

Paris Paloma’s Labour: The story behind the viral soundtrack to ‘female rage’

Which companies have improved their gender pay gap since last year’s International Women’s Day – and which haven’t?
Employment

Which companies have improved their gender pay gap since last year’s International Women’s Day – and which haven’t?

‘Periods are not an illness’: Spain just became the first country in Europe to introduce menstrual leave
Global solutions

‘Periods are not an illness’: Spain just became the first country in Europe to introduce menstrual leave

Menopause policies would keep women in work. Why won’t the government listen?
Elizabeth Carr-Ellis

Menopause policies would keep women in work. Why won’t the government listen?

Oscar nominations 2023: Where are the female directors?
Oscars

Oscar nominations 2023: Where are the female directors?

The Big Issue Changemakers of 2023: Equality
Changemakers 2023

The Big Issue Changemakers of 2023: Equality

Can the BRIT Awards honestly say George Ezra is better than every female musician in the UK?
BRIT Awards

Can the BRIT Awards honestly say George Ezra is better than every female musician in the UK?

Miriam Margolyes calls for football World Cup 2030 to be in LGBTQ+ friendly country
World Cup

Miriam Margolyes calls for football World Cup 2030 to be in LGBTQ+ friendly country

Ricardo P Lloyd: ‘I want to see the industry celebrate Black talent instead of pushing actors out’
Culture

Ricardo P Lloyd: ‘I want to see the industry celebrate Black talent instead of pushing actors out’

Boris Johnson leaves with ‘trust in politics at an all time low’, say campaigners
Boris Johnson

Boris Johnson leaves with ‘trust in politics at an all time low’, say campaigners

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Women’s Euro 2022: 5 players to watch
Women's Euro 2022

Women’s Euro 2022: 5 players to watch

Roe v Wade overturned: What abortion access and reproductive rights look like around the world
Abortion rights

Roe v Wade overturned: What abortion access and reproductive rights look like around the world

Roe v Wade: men benefit from abortion rights too – and should speak about them more
Abortion rights

Roe v Wade: men benefit from abortion rights too – and should speak about them more

Trans rights charities call for ‘concrete action’ after MPs debate Gender Recognition Act reform
LGBTQ+

Trans rights charities call for ‘concrete action’ after MPs debate Gender Recognition Act reform