Anti-fascist campaigners are launching a petition aimed at preventing Manchester City Council from allowing their land to be used for racist gatherings.
Highlights from Supreme Court trans rights protests 18 & 19 April 2025 in Manchester
Our video provides glimpses of the emergency protests held on Friday 18 and Saturday 19 April 2025 in Manchester following the ruling of the UK Supreme Court on 16 April that the definition of ‘sex’ in the Equality Act 2010 refers to ‘biological sex’, meaning “the sex of a person at birth”.
Salford based sport league offers an inclusive space for trans and non-binary people
Rainy City Roller Derby (RCRD) is offering an inclusive sporting space for trans and non-binary people across the North West.
Greater Manchester’s collective history: Rose, Support and Action for Women’s Network
Rose is the founder of a charity called Support and Action for Women’s Network (SAWN), based in Oldham. She is also the co-founder of Mama Health and Poverty Partnership. We met Rose at Rochdale’s 7th Annual Black History Month Celebration event, and had a conversation as part of our generative inquiry into Greater Manchester’s shared heritage.
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.
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.
16 days of activism against gender-based violence
Today, 25 November is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, marking the beginning of UN Women’s 16 days of activism, with this year’s theme being “Every 10 Minutes, a woman is killed. #NoExcuse. UNiTE to End Violence against Women”.
Greater Manchester’s collective history: Jim, Caring and Sharing Rochdale
Jim works for Caring and Sharing Rochdale, a community organisation which exists to support and empower vulnerable people of diverse ethnicities in Rochdale and surrounding areas. We first met Jim at Rochdale’s 7th Annual Black History Month Celebration event, hosted by Caring and Sharing Rochdale.
This conversation forms part of our generative inquiry into Greater Manchester’s shared heritage.
Communities across Greater Manchester are saying ‘no’ to the far right – here’s how you can join them
A Unity Rally is set to take place in Manchester this Saturday, 10 August.
RainOnMe FC – Playing a Different Way
Women playing football is nothing new, but women being paid to play professional football is. Since 2018, professional female footballers earn £47,000 per year, a good sum by anyone’s standards but when compared with male footballers’ salaries, it’s pocket money. But it’s a start, and change only comes about when people who care, show it.