Ciara O’Connell (Sussex): What a “Private Life” Means for Women. From Horizonte, Jolanda Guardi (URV): Women Leadership in the Mosque; and Kochurani Abraham on enlisting in the struggle to be free: A feminist wrestles with gender and religion. From Buzzfeed, Somalia has one of the highest rates of female genital mutilation in the world — but two activists are trying to change that, breaking one taboo at a time; and Jina Moore on why new numbers on FGM should make you at least a little optimistic. Carers of the world unite: Women carers are still fighting for the right to not be impoverished, overworked, isolated, or exploited in their work. Who’s afraid of Simone de Beauvoir? Fernanda Canofre on how a national exam had millions of Brazilians talking about gender. Bodies of revolution: Eve Ensler, Monique Wilson, Nimmi Gowrinathan, and other female leaders from around the globe trade notes on building a new women’s solidarity movement.
