To brighten up budget day, I am giving a set of these Fabulous Mr Benn badges away. To be in the bowler hat, all you have to do is retweet this tweet. I'll choose a winner this time next week. Good Luck!!

In under 4 years, the Taliban has systematically erased Afghan women from society. Just yesterday, Afghan women were banned from hearing one another’s voices. For Afghan women, this 2010 photograph by Boushra Almutawakel is not an abstract commentary, it is a lived reality.

I was born and raised Muslim. As women, we’re considered half of men. Under Islamic law, we have to obey men if we don’t want to be lashed, beaten, or oppressed. Our fathers hold authority over our lives and, under Sharia, can end our lives if they see us as a threat to Islam or

Iraq is poised to lower the legal age of consent from 18 to nine, allowing men to marry young girls. The proposed legal change also deprives women of rights to divorce, child custody and inheritance. The state is sanctioning the abuse of women & girls. telegraph.co.uk/global-health/…

I hope parkrun UK will get the BBC to take this down. After all, according to them, it's not a competition, it's not about "records" and it's not about being the best.* *If you're a woman. If you're a bloke, of course, OBVIOUSLY you get to be celebrated! #ParkrunHatesWomen

Over the years, the UK Government has made many statements on the subject of the #HistoricCounties. Without exception, these explain that the counties exist (which many people do not even realise) and are worth celebrating. Let’s rescue our #RealCounties before it’s too late…

“The local authority areas and boundaries introduced in April 1974 do not alter the traditional boundaries of counties.” Michael Portillo MP Minister for Local Government – 11 July 1990 🇬🇧 #HistoricCounties | #RealCounties 🇬🇧

“I am ready to be executed. If the regime in Iran is going to execute these six innocent protesters, they can execute me too.” In Iran, the authorities have sentenced six protesters to death for joining #WomanLifeFreedom uprising after Mahsa Amini’s murder by the morality

Two Iranian women have been sentenced to death by lslamic regime of Iran for advocating for women rights. Baxshan and sharifa are going to be hanged by lslamic regime.

I’m looking to see how many people want Sir Keir Starmer Rachel Reeves and Angela Rayner to RESIGN please like and repost and follow me if you want them to go

This is Omer (2 years old) and his twin sisters Arbel and Shahar (5 and a half) Siman Tov. They were burned alive by Hamas on Oct 7th. Both parents, Johnny and Tamar were killed too. “They’re here, they’re burning us” - one of Johnny’s last texts to his sister Ranae. Their

Last year at the UN, I warned the Taliban would gradually reintroduce decrees from their first regime. Today, two more were announced: women can’t be visible through windows, and NGOs will be monitored for employing women or so-called "illegal acts."

Afghanistan has passed 21 laws this year restricting the basic freedoms of women. The UN has passed zero resolutions condemning them. Complete moral bankruptcy.

“Darlington nurses, who are in the midst of a legal row over [men who call themselves women] being allowed in female changing rooms, have set up a new union to defend women in the workplace.” Contact: [email protected] thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/24628298.…

British cauliflowers are being 'left to rot' in fields while supermarkets ship in the vegetables from Europe. The supermarkets are being accused of hypocrisy for publicly stating they support British farmers while importing goods from overseas.

She’s twelve years old. Straight A student. Good daughter. Proud of her country. And for wearing a Union flag dress...on culture day...she was isolated, humiliated, and sent home like a criminal. Her name is Courtney Wright. And every one of you needs to remember it. Because

📜 Did you know? The historic counties have *never* been abolished. They exist today with the same boundaries that have shaped our identity for generations. 🏰 ✅ They’re part of our history, culture & geography - not replaced, just overlooked. Let’s put them back on the map!

A Jewish lawyer has been arrested for wearing a Star of David on a London street. Not for assault. Not for provocation. For wearing a 2cm symbol of his faith – because an officer decided it might "antagonise" pro-Palestine protesters. The man was handcuffed, held for ten hours,

in Afghanistan, women are not allowed to see male doctors. also, women are not allowed to study medicine. so what's the long term plan here? if a woman in Afghanistan gets sick, she can just die??