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EXPLAINED: Why are Oscar winners cutting off their hair?

Oscar-winning actresses Marion Cotillard and Juliette Binoche and other stars including Charlotte Rampling, Charlotte Gainsbourg and singer Jane Birkin have filmed themselves cutting off locks of their hair in support of protesters in Iran. Their ...

05 Oct 2022 at 16:02

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Coleraine Equality Counsellor criticises Ulster University’s plans for a campus in Qatar.

An Equality Counsellor at Ulster University’s Coleraine campus has spoken out about the university’s 'concerning' plans to open a campus in Qatar. Ulster University (UU) is due to open the campus in Lusail in Doha in September 2023 according to ...

05 Dec 2022 at 18:10

Pictures & Videos

IN PICTURES: Derry rally for 'March of the Mummies' for women's rights

Supporting the call for protection for the rights of women. Cllr Shaun Harkin supporting all mummies. (Photos - Deirdre Heaney, nwpresspics) Group pictured at the 'March for Mummies' held in the Guildhall Peace Garden. Ladies pictured at the ...

30 Oct 2022 at 18:12

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County Derry women unite in support of women’s rights

The Baha’i community of Magherafelt are marking the end of a yearlong commemoration remembering 10 Baháʼí women who were executed over 40 years ago in Iran, for their belief in the equality of women. On June 18, 1983, ten brave women were ...

29 May 2024 at 16:30

National News

Irish president leads tributes to trailblazer journalist Nell McCafferty

Ireland’s president has led tributes to renowned author, journalist and feminist activist Nell McCafferty, who has died at the age of 80. The celebrated writer’s family said she died in the early hours of Wednesday at a nursing home in ...

21 Aug 2024 at 14:22

National News

Irish journalist and feminist activist Nell McCafferty dies aged 80

Renowned author, journalist and feminist activist Nell McCafferty has died at the age of 80. Her family said she died in the early hours of Wednesday at a nursing home in Co Donegal. The former Irish Times journalist, originally from ...

21 Aug 2024 at 13:07

National News

Nell McCafferty’s family ‘humbled and comforted’ by tributes upon her death

The family of renowned author, journalist and feminist activist Nell McCafferty have said they are “humbled and comforted” by the tributes following her death. The celebrated writer, 80, died in the early hours of Wednesday at a ...

21 Aug 2024 at 16:27

Local News

Nell McCafferty’s family ‘humbled and comforted’ by tributes upon her death

21 Aug 2024 at 17:04

Northern Ireland

Sinn Fein TD apologises for ‘hurt and offence’ in post about gender ruling

A Sinn Fein TD has apologised for a social media post about the UK court ruling on excluding trans women from the definition of “woman” in equality law. David Cullinane, the party’s health spokesman, said the “complex” issue ...

17 Apr 2025 at 16:03

Northern Ireland

Legal clarity sought from Belfast High Court on Supreme Court gender ruling

Guidance will be sought from the High Court in Belfast over the effect a landmark Supreme Court ruling on gender will have in Northern Ireland. The Equality Commission in Northern Ireland has said that there is ...

27 Jun 2025 at 13:43

Northern Ireland

JK Rowling ‘entitled to speak her view’ on trans issues, says Sturgeon

Harry Potter author JK Rowling is “entitled to speak her view” on trans issues, Nicola Sturgeon has said – but the former Scottish first minister suggested the writer should also be subjected to “more ...

20 Aug 2025 at 15:47

Northern Ireland

Improved funding and co-ordination urged to tackle violence against females

A Westminster committee has called for more funding and better co-ordination in a bid to tackle violence against women and girls. The Northern Ireland Affairs Committee also called for work to ...

17 Jul 2025 at 12:33

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