Doctors as Gatekeepers: An Essay on Reproductive Rights
The message sent by the series of radical abortion bills being passed in America in 2019 is clear; a woman’s entitlement to make decisions about her own body is still questioned…
Interview: Dion Johnson, aka ‘The Womanologist’
Photo by Mireya Gonzalez Portraits
(Left to right: Marcia Walker, Dion Johnson, Mireya Gonzalez)
The best way to introduce Dion Johnson, aka ‘The Womanologist’, is to congratulate her on her recent win in the Bristol Writer’s Workshop 2018 competition with her book, ‘’Unmasking Womanity’’, securing…
The Brexit Impact on Migrant Women
Joanne Starkie is a content writer and correspondent for the Immigration Advice Service – the UK’s leading organisation of immigration lawyers. The UK’s official departure date from the EU has come…
We Sing in Fire and Blood: A Virtual Reality Opera
I recently had my first ever virtual reality experience, in an arcade in Cabot Circus. Whilst I enjoyed soaring above the city on a simulated rollercoaster and being jumped at by…
How can the Women’s Tech Hub improve gender diversity in tech?
Our community reporter Laura Hillier interviewed Serrie Justine-Chapman from the Women’s Tech Hub about gender diversity in the tech sector, and ways in which this can be advanced. What is the…
Interviewing Saida Bello, Chair of the BAME Employee Network at Bristol City Council
By BWV reporter Laura Hillier BWV Community Reporter Laura Hillier met with Saida Bello, a solicitor working in Legal Services at Bristol City Council. Saida chairs the BAME (Black, Asian and…
Festival of ideas: Rachel Reeves on women who changed politics
By BWV reporter Monika Komar I recently had the unique opportunity to listen to the MP for Leeds and labour politician Rachel Reeves talk about women in Parliament and her new…
Festival of ideas: Rachel Reeves on women who changed politics
By BWV reporter Bethan Stone I’m not quite sure what I was expecting when I arrived at the Festival of Ideas’ event with Rachel Reeves. All I knew was that I…
BWV reporter, Laura Hillier review: Nicci Gerrard at the Festival of Ideas: What Dementia Teaches Us About Love
Our Community Reporter Laura Hillier attended a talk by the writer and campaigner Nicci Gerrard, who is also one half of the psychological thriller-writing duo Nicci French (Nicci and her husband…
BWV reporter, Kerrie Nicholson review- Nicci Gerrard at the Festival of Ideas: What Dementia Teaches Us About Love
A study in 2015 revealed that an estimated 850,000 people were living with a form of dementia, with the same number thought to be undiagnosed. As the population lives longer, it…