Discrimination
Auschwitz: How relevant is it in today’s society?
A while ago, I was having a conversation with friends; the Holocaust came up and we began to tentatively discuss it. After a few minutes, one friend, who had been keeping very quiet, looked up and said, slightly confused: “What even is the Holocaust?”
By Melissa Pawson | Notebook, Opinion | Sunday, 26 August 2012 at 4:00 am
If only we had been educated that HIV isn’t a curse, my family might still be with us
Last night, you may have seen me in the ITV1 documentary Corrie Goes to Kenya. During the show, you will have seen Kenya through the eyes of the four Coronation Street actors who visited us, and will have noticed the culture shock they experience in my country.
By David Kalume | Health, Notebook, Opinion | Monday, 20 August 2012 at 4:00 am
Separating men and children is discrimination, plane and simple
Airline policies which prevent men from sitting next to children are corrosive and unnecessary.
By Ally Fogg | Notebook, Opinion | Thursday, 16 August 2012 at 4:00 am
Stop and search: An open letter to Theresa May MP, Nick Herbert MP and Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe
Our work with young people, and in-depth research into last summer’s riots, shows that stop-and-search was a key causal factor in the violence that swept the country.
By Mediorite | Notebook, Opinion | Thursday, 9 August 2012 at 2:00 am
Bad attitudes do not cause disability any more than good attitudes guarantee health
An ‘inspirational’ photo has been making its way around Twitter and Facebook. The photograph is of Oscar Pistorius, a disabled athlete, running with a small, disabled girl. The caption, “The only disability in life is a bad attitude”.
By Philippa Willitts | Notebook, Opinion | Wednesday, 1 August 2012 at 10:59 am
The unsung heroes of the International AIDS Conference
The 19th International AIDS Conference is drawing to a close and it is time for us as delegates to reflect on what messages we are going to take away from the conference.
By Winnie Ssanyu Sseruma | Health, Notebook | Friday, 27 July 2012 at 12:14 pm
Gypsy culture is much more than dresses and make-up
Ask anyone in the street what the word “Gypsy” means to them and they will almost certainly come up with “Dale Farm” or Big Fat Gypsy Wedding.
By Katharine Quarmby | Arts, Notebook, Opinion | Monday, 23 July 2012 at 1:00 am
Why do some men consider the street as a female meat market?
Pronouncements on sexual inequality in the UK are normally met with an eye roll by my generation. As the babies born at the tail end of the Thatcher era in the late eighties and early nineties graduate university and begin to enter the real world, the fight for female social equality is all too often regarded as a fight that their mothers had already won. Inequality is seen as a relic of a past and those who continue to talk about it are merely causing trouble.
By Caroline Mortimer | Notebook, Opinion | Friday, 25 May 2012 at 12:53 pm
Remploy closures: Right in theory, but where does it leave disabled employees?
Over the past six weeks I’ve had mixed feelings towards the proposals to close 36 Remploy factories, leading to compulsory redundancies for 1,518 disabled workers. On the one hand, I’ve always been against sheltered workplaces which feel to me like a relic from a bygone age. But on the other hand, the government’s timing of this move, coinciding with high unemployment, cuts to support funding and the erosion of employment rights feels very unfair and misjudged.
By Laurence Clark | Notebook, Opinion | Friday, 27 April 2012 at 10:50 am
Same-sex couples who want to embrace marriage should be a cause for rejoicing in the Christian Church
There is a quiet rumbling that has been gradually getting louder for the past decade or so, and which is only now breaking the surface and demanding attention. It is one of the remaining discriminations suffered by thousands of people in Britain each day, and finally society’s attitude towards it is beginning to change. It [...]
By Elizabeth Fry | Notebook, Opinion | Tuesday, 24 April 2012 at 4:55 pm
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