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Women in Greater Manchester are flourishing as a force for social change
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Women in Greater Manchester are flourishing as a force for social change

Look around Greater Manchester, and you will see women of different backgrounds using their experience, passions and talents to respond to the challenges facing society and its communities.
ByByAlice Toomer-McAlpine
Interview with Hera Hussain, founder and CEO of CHAYN
Features

Interview with Hera Hussain, founder and CEO of CHAYN

Hera is the Founder and CEO of CHAYN – a global nonprofit that creates resources on the web to address gender-based violence (GBV). Chayn’s multilingual resources, designed with, not for survivors, have reached more than 500,000 people. Raised in Pakistan and living in the UK, Hera knew from early on she wanted to tackle violence against women. She believes in using the power of open source technology, trauma-informed design and hope-filled framing to solve the world’s pressing issues. Hera is an Ashoka Fellow, and was on the Forbes 30 Under 30, MIT Technology Review’s Innovators Under 35 and European Young Leader 2020 list.
ByByRamma Shahid Cheema
Interview with Asma Begum, founder of domestic abuse charity Soul Sisters
Features

Interview with Asma Begum, founder of domestic abuse charity Soul Sisters

As part of our series ’16 days of activism against Gender-Based Violence’, we spoke with women working to reduce GBV and its impacts. This is the first interview in the series.
ByByRamma Shahid Cheema
16 days of activism against gender-based violence
Editorial

16 days of activism against gender-based violence

ByThe Meteor Team
Greater Manchester’s collective history: Jim, Caring and Sharing Rochdale
Features

Greater Manchester’s collective history: Jim, Caring and Sharing Rochdale

ByAlice Toomer-McAlpine
“No climate justice without a free Palestine” rallies activists across Manchester, and the world
News

“No climate justice without a free Palestine” rallies activists across Manchester, and the world

ByAnja Jungmayr

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Features

16 days of activism against gender-based violence
Editorial

16 days of activism against gender-based violence

From 25 November to 10 December, The Meteor will be publishing stories connected to the 16 days of activism, which coincides in 2024 with the 30th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration. Over the next 16 days we will be reporting…

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Women in Greater Manchester are flourishing as a force for social change

Women in Greater Manchester are flourishing as a force for social change

Look around Greater Manchester, and you will see women of different backgrounds using their experience, passions and talents to respond to the challenges facing society and its communities.
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Interview with Hera Hussain, founder and CEO of CHAYN

Interview with Hera Hussain, founder and CEO of CHAYN

Hera is the Founder and CEO of CHAYN – a global nonprofit that creates resources on the web to address gender-based violence (GBV). Chayn’s multilingual resources, designed with, not for survivors, have reached more than 500,000 people. Raised in Pakistan and living in the UK, Hera knew from early on she wanted to tackle violence against women. She believes in using the power of open source technology, trauma-informed design and hope-filled framing to solve the world’s pressing issues. Hera is an Ashoka Fellow, and was on the Forbes 30 Under 30, MIT Technology Review’s Innovators Under 35 and European Young Leader 2020 list.
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Interview with Asma Begum, founder of domestic abuse charity Soul Sisters

Interview with Asma Begum, founder of domestic abuse charity Soul Sisters

As part of our series ’16 days of activism against Gender-Based Violence’, we spoke with women working to reduce GBV and its impacts. This is the first interview in the series.
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Opinion

Westminster has failed Britain on Palestine. What can we do next?

ByByJames Taylor
The role of global protest since the beginning of Israel’s most recent attack on Gaza cannot be underestimated. Co-ordinated, international shows of solidarity have kept the issue relevant and on the front pages. Without feet on the ground in cities across the world there would likely not have been an ICJ hearing or investigation into the ongoing Israeli genocide. Subsequently, Westminster has found itself reluctantly debating a subject it ordinarily avoids.
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“Let’s change the world together!”

ByByAnnette Wright
The Meteor spoke with ward councillor for Hulme, Annette Wright, about declaring a climate emergency in 2019, and the council processes that were needed to make it happen.
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Why I joined the Green Party

ByByEkua Bayunu
The Manchester Green Party stands for climate and social justice — unlike Manchester Labour.
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Culture

Rochdale’s Breaking Barriers production company is raising the bar with new project ‘Elevation’

Rochdale’s Breaking Barriers production company is raising the bar with new project ‘Elevation’

On a very rainy Wednesday, off the back of an exceptionally sunny weekend, I made the trip to Blackstone Edge – a reservoir perched high above Rochdale on the border…

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Book Review: The Rentier City by Isaac Rose

Book Review: The Rentier City by Isaac Rose

The book takes as its subject certain axes which physically dissect the city along economic, social and political lines. So, in order to discuss the book, we decided to take…

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Friends of The Meteor

The Friends of The Meteor category contains articles that have been published elsewhere and  selected by The Meteor team as worthy of sharing to our audience. They will generally have a Manchester or Greater Manchester focus and are from publications we trust and respect.

All Feedback is Good
Friends of The Meteor

All Feedback is Good

All feedback is good. Really, it is! But it’s what you do with it that counts. The defences we put up can hold us back, especially when they prevent us absorbing that feedback properly.
ByByAyisatu Emore
Co-op News reports on failures at Rochdale Boroughwide Housing
Friends of The Meteor

Co-op News reports on failures at Rochdale Boroughwide Housing

Three recent stories from Co-op News cover the criticisms levelled at Rochdale Boroughwide Housing (RBH). And why did they report on the social housing provider’s failures? Because the organisation was set up as a type of co-operative.
ByByGuest Writer
Glaciers in the Alps are melting faster than ever – and 2022 was their worst summer yet
Friends of The Meteor

Glaciers in the Alps are melting faster than ever – and 2022 was their worst summer yet

For this week’s Friends Of The Meteor, we are republishing this article by a University of Salford academic, Neil Entwistle, whose research is in hydromorphology – the way that water interacts within its natural landscape.
ByByGuest Writer