All Current affairs articles – Page 8
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OpinionNowhere is safe for women, but this new helpline is a step in the right direction
A new helpline has been set up to help women feel safe as they walk home. Rachel Pearce explores why this is needed and considers other ways we can effect change in this area.
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OpinionWe should recruit police like any pastoral role, then maybe we wouldn’t have these vile texts
After a series of racist, misogynistic and violent WhatsApp messages by police officers were released this week, Lauren Windle says we should shift our focus when hiring for the force.
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OpinionI don’t want the vaccine and now I may lose my job - shouldn’t we be allowed to choose?
Two healthcare professionals share their reasons for not wanting to take the COVID 19 vaccine, and explain the repercussions on them and their families.
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OpinionIt’s the Great Royal Bake Off and a chance for children across the country to get involved in creating a pudding for the Queen
Oven gloves at the ready… we’re making a Platinum jubilee pudding! And it’s just the kind of wholesome fun writer Lauren Windle loves.
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OpinionI don’t blame Will Smith for not acknowledging his Golden Globe, I wouldn’t either
Last night’s Golden Globes were nothing like the lavish ceremony of previous years, after a slew of scandals and accusations hit the organisers. With many winners not acknowledging their awards in protest, writer Lauren Windle ponders if she would do the same.
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OpinionChristmas is horrific for those held in modern slavery, but we help break them free and so can you
It’s estimated that more than 100,000 people are being held in modern slavery in the UK. Justice and Care’s Charlotte Trefusis, explains what Christmas is like for someone who is trapped.
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OpinionWhy the proposed conversion therapy ban is potentially dangerous for the work of churches
The government’s proposals for a broad ‘conversion therapy’ ban could result in criminalising the ordinary work of churches. Dr Sharon James explains that the new law could include some prayer, preaching and pastoral care.
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Opinion‘Time is running out at COP26’
Alice Corrie, technical and communications officer for Climate Stewards, spent this week at the climate summit – and is more convinced than ever that much of the change needed will have to come from us
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OpinionFive of the toughest places to be a girl in 2021
World Vision UK highlights some of the toughest places in the world to be a girl right now and suggests ways you can help it transform the lives of those living there
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OpinionSpiking: we need to stop it!
Restored’s Bekah Legg responds to the worrying news that girls are being spiked via injections in nightclubs across the UK
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OpinionAs the Assisted Dying Bill moves to the committee stage, let’s celebrate life and protect it while we still have the chance, says Jennie Pollock
When someone is facing great pain and suffering as the end of their life approaches, what is the most compassionate thing to do for them? Jennie Pollock from the Christian Medical Fellowship investigates
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ArticleOne woman’s fight against FGM
Ann-Marie Wilson talked to Clare Blake about a chance meeting that led her to found 28 Too Many, a charity with a mission to end the shocking practice of female genital mutilation
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ArticleTackling the horrors of child trafficking
Children as young as four are being trafficked into Ghana’s fishing industry – Anita Budu of International Justice Mission says she will not rest until they are free
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Opinion‘Violence against women is a chronic situation that must be rejected’
Hannah Baylor says it is time for ‘women to claim their worth’ and ‘men to challenge and change their own, and other men’s, behaviour’
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Opinion‘I’ve forgiven the men who murdered our son and now spend time visiting others in prisons’
Lyn Connolly shares why she is now involved in prison work
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OpinionHeidi Crowter believes having Down’s syndrome shouldn’t make the difference between life and death, but the high court disagrees
In the same week that CBeebies appoints a new presenter with Down’s syndrome, the court upholds the 1967 abortion law which allows for babies with the condition to be aborted up to full term
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OpinionMy prayer for Boris Johnson
Following the news that the prime minister’s mother has passed away, Claire Musters reflects on her own experience of losing her mum and urges us all to do better at talking about grief
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OpinionCoping with overnight fame: five prayers for Emma Raducanu
Alastair McIver explores what lies ahead for British tennis champion Emma Raducanu
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OpinionThe Handmaid’s Tale: When fiction mirrors the ugly truth
With the latest series of the hugely popular TV drama having recently drawn to a close, Veronica Zundel reflects on the horrors it reveals about worldviews regarding women
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Opinion‘I knew I needed to take action’
On Sunday 29 August, 13 Christians were arrested in the central hall of St Paul’s Cathedral. They were women and men of different ages, many of whom are ordained. Holly-Anna Petersen explains what happened in the run up to this moment, and why she felt it had to happen.
