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Time to re-visit and celebrate the Maputo Protocol
Almost thirteen years ago, when The Circle was in its infancy, two groups of lawyers from the recently founded Lawyers’ Circle travelled to Uganda and Tanzania. We were joined by a team from the Raising Her Voice programme at Oxfam, with whom we were then in partnership. Our objective was to secure a deeper understanding of what can fairly be described as a human rights charter for women and girls. ...
Inspired and Global News
May 2023
May 2023...
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Welcome Rahela Trust!
We Welcome Rahela Trust as New Partners!...
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Sikh Women’s Aid Parliamentary Report Launch: “From Her King’s are Born”
This report looks to evidence the prevalence and impact of domestic and sexual violence on Sikh and Panjabi men and women living in the UK to help inform service delivery....
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Action For Afghanistan Coalition
A Coalition fighting for the rights of Afghan Women and Girls, calling for a Global Summit....
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Meet Our Team! Amber Culley
I'm Amber and I recently started working as the Team and Operations Co-Ordinator at The Circle. I've had the pleasure of working in a variety of areas in the non-profit sector from small arts organisations to regional equalities charities....
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Meet our Member! Amarachi Clarke
In conversation with one of our incredible members and trustee Amarachi Clarke, the founder of Lucocoa a Bean-to-Bar chocolate brand based in London. Not only is she a chocolate connoisseur but a dedicated global feminist. She tells us about her relationship to The Circle and her love for Ellen Ripley from Aliens!...
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Sri Lanka Women’s Centre Give An Exclusive Interview on Rana Plaza and Garment Justice
The Rana Plaza Tragedy caused a big occupational health problem & marked the garment industry as unsafe. There was a global opinion that the workers were working in inhumane conditions....
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Will the fashion industry ever learn?
On 24 April 2013, when the Rana Plaza factory collapsed, killing over 1,000 garment workers and injuring countless others, the world rightly reeled in shock. This was the deadliest garment factory disaster in history – the deadliest accidental structural failure in our modern memory...
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What Can You Do To Support Garment Worker Justice?
Here are 3 simple steps you can take to support garment worker justice!...
Inspired and Global News
April 2023
April 2023...
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Why I am a passionate global feminist? Annie Lennox
As a younger woman in the early '70s, it actually took me several years before I could identify with the term "feminist" as a self-descriptor. When I wrote "Sisters Are Doin' It for Themselves" back in 1985, I still didn't feel I "deserved" to account for myself as a bonafide feminist, as I suspected my mild obsession with make-up and shoes might disqualify me from belonging to the club....