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Rachel Hewitt
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Amid the discussion about whether primary schools will/should reopen next week, I would give a lot to see a member of the government acknowledge the logistical reality facing working parents
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This raises interesting questions. Why would specifically women's levels of running increase during lockdown? I personally found that fewer men out on the streets meant I felt safer. BUT it's
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Globally, during adolescence, ‘girls’ worlds shrink, while boys’ expand’. One study finds that the map of 14-yo girls’ day-to-day movements is 2/5 the size of that of their 11-yo selves,
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Around both my experiences of childbirth, I was acutely aware of a culture promoting "natural" birth. NCT leaders; baby yoga teachers; breast-feeding consultants all talked about vaginal births as if
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Female runners: I'm writing about women's experiences of harassment while running: from strangers making noises, to assault. I can draw on my own experiences & those published in studies, but
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Better lighting has been shown to attract teenage girls to parks (and, interestingly, to deter teenage boys ), and this describes similar environmental changes to make public space more hospitable
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But the SINGLE MOST IMPORTANT FACTOR that deters teenage girls from public places is... the presence of men. Teenage girls in western Australia say openly that ‘they’d use [public] spaces
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Right, I’ve been doing some reading (and writing) about young women’s experiences in public space, and it’s made me so angry and upset that I have to share a digest
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I am finding it surprisingly hard to find much/anything written about the role of women in the early Ramblers' Association and the Right to Roam/rights of way/national parks movements (and
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