Law & Politics

Narratives of Female Fighters

Self-Defence Classes for Women in Revolutionary Cairo

Perrine Lachenal explores the phenomenon of self-defence classes in Cairo, where women learn how to defend themselves in the event of attack. She explores what this tells us about the character of the ‘dangerous woman’ in that particular cultural context. Continue reading

Human Rights and Dangerous Women

Comments from a Dangerous Woman on dangerous women

In this extract from the Ruth Adler Lecture 2016, Shami Chakrabarti reflects on what it was like to be branded ‘the most dangerous woman’ in Britain, and then highlights some of the most important campaigners for human rights in the UK today. Continue reading