Salam Ali writes on a pioneer of the Iraqi women’s movement and a prominent figure in the patriotic struggle for freedom, independence, democracy and social progress in Iraq for more than half a century. She was a co-founder and the first president of Iraqi Women’s League, the first woman minister in Iraq's modern history, and the first woman cabinet minister in the Arab world.
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Sylvia’s decision to take up the cause of a little-known (in England) African country was much appreciated by Black activists in Africa, the West Indies, Britain, and America - and can only be understood in the context of her anti-racism and anti-imperialism, writes Mary Davis
Not only has there been no let-up in the terrible situation imposed upon the women of Afghanistan by the Taliban, but the situation is becoming acutely worse, writes Shukria Rahimi
Interview with Shireen Al-Adeimi, a Yemeni-American scholar and activist, 8 years into the Yemen conflict
Liz Payne celebrates the ‘Mother’ of Viet Nam whose remarkable life has been inextricably bound with the struggle for the peace and freedom of her country
At Liberation meeting in parliament women speakers called for solidarity with struggles for equality, freedom and justice