by Marie Touray | Jun 6, 2025 | Culture & History
For one noble advocate, several years of her life have been dedicated to liberating women from the toxic tradition of female genital mutilation. Notably, Sarah’s persistent advocacy led to the enforcement of a new FGM act. Sarah McCulloch, 70, from Bedfordshire,...
by Marie Touray | Jun 4, 2025 | Culture & History
Vishakha Mehta is the founder of SouthEast Asian Social in London. She is the pioneer of a space which has provided a sanctuary for sisterhood amongst SouthEast Asian women and the community as a whole. As an Asian Indian who had just gone through a divorce, she saw a...
by Charlotte Colley | Jun 3, 2025 | Fashion
Charlotte Colley talks with Sarees Designer Rashika Sharma about the threads of femininity, discipline and community interwoven throughout India’s national garment. She says: “The first time I wore a saree, and I felt the presence, the power, I wasn’t just...
by Franca Temenu | Jun 3, 2025 | Culture & History
When Imane Bourouis, a 32-year-old Moroccan woman, married her Nigerian husband in the UK, she embarked on a profound journey of adaptation, readjustment, and re-learning, navigating an entirely new cultural landscape of loving outside her culture. “When you marry...
by Meg Jones | Jun 2, 2025 | Fashion
Mehndi has long decorated the hands of many generations of women, but a deeper ritual is revealed behind the delicate designs. Henna can be used to embrace cultural identity, as a canvas for storytelling, and to emphasise sisterhood. Through personal stories and...
