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Bianca Jagger
Bianca Jagger has committed her life to defending human rights, civil liberties, peace, social justice and environmental protection throughout the world. She campaigns to end violence against women and girls, to abolish capital punishment and advocates for the rights of indigenous peoples and future generations.
She is Founder, President and Chief Executive of the Bianca Jagger Human Rights Foundation (BJHRF), which she established in 2005 to be a force for change and a voice for the most vulnerable.
Born in Managua, Nicaragua in 1950 Bianca Jagger left her native country to study political science in Paris with a scholarship from the French Government. She is Council of Europe Goodwill Ambassador, a Member of the Executive Director’s Leadership Council for Amnesty International USA, IUCN Bonn Challenge Ambassador, and Senior Fellow, Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI).
Bianca Jagger is the recipient of numerous prestigious awards, including The Right Livelihood Award (2004) also known as the ‘alternative Nobel prize.’
Bianca Jagger has committed her life to defending human rights, civil liberties, peace, social justice and environmental protection throughout the world. She campaigns to end violence against women and girls, to abolish capital punishment and advocates for the rights of indigenous peoples and future generations.
She is Founder, President and Chief Executive of the Bianca Jagger Human Rights Foundation (BJHRF), which she established in 2005 to be a force for change and a voice for the most vulnerable.
Born in Managua, Nicaragua in 1950 Bianca Jagger left her native country to study political science in Paris with a scholarship from the French Government. She is Council of Europe Goodwill Ambassador, a Member of the Executive Director’s Leadership Council for Amnesty International USA, IUCN Bonn Challenge Ambassador, and Senior Fellow, Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI).
Bianca Jagger is the recipient of numerous prestigious awards, including The Right Livelihood Award (2004) also known as the ‘alternative Nobel prize.’
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In Defense of Pornography
What kind of porn could be ok?
Against Meritocracy
Kwame Anthony Appiah | Merit is a mask of class
Rethinking Feminism
Is there a universal goal for women's rights?
Women and Conquest
Is modern sexual culture liberating?
The World After Men
Should we pursue matriarchy?
Sisters and the Sisterhood
Can elite women help all women?
Witches, Sluts, Feminists
Kristen Sollee | A History of Witch Feminism
Return to Radical Feminism
Finn Mackay | Has current feminism lost its way?
The Story of Romance
Do we need a new narrative for love?
A Politics of Hope
Where are the alternatives to injustice?
Equality and Difference
Should equality be applied to all aspects of life?
After Feminism
The traumatic force of feminism | Griselda Pollock
Beyond Men and Women
Should we fight prejudice or gender?
Equal Is Unfair
Inequality is not the foe | Yaron Brook
Victims and Conquerors
Prostitutes or clients, who holds the power?
Forbidden Fantasies
Is sexual desire dangerous?
The Self and the Selfie
Can focusing on oneself bring about happiness?
Greater Than Equal
Is equality of opportunity a misguided goal that legitimises inequality?
Real Men
Is the real man a fantasy?
Selling Ourselves
The body as a commodity
Dreams of Equality
What does mainstream feminism promise?
Dream Hoarders
Is the middle class to blame for inequality?
The Oldest Profession
Niki Adams | Should we decriminalise sex work?
When Women Rule
Do women make better leaders?
After Equality
Where is feminism going?
The Devil's Parties
Where Women Rule
The age of anti-patriarchy
Politics and the Patriarchy
Does Westminster still have a problem with women?
What's Right Anymore?
After Equality
Where is feminism going?
Drug Culture
How We Came to #MeToo
Linda Woodhead | The origins of sexual accusations
A Woman's World
Margaret Heffernan | On radical feminist futures
The Crisis of Masculinity
Can socialism and feminism help redefine manhood?
Exotic England: Europe's Most Promiscuous Tribe
People's promiscuity in multicultural England
Is Digital Thinking Different?
The internet revolution & the human brain
Dangerous Images
Acclaimed photographer Adrian Arbib uncovers the moment art and journalism clash with the law.
Who We Are: Beyond Black and White
Can we have a world where race does not matter?
Myths About Feminism
Why real feminism isn’t about women ruling the world.
How to Thrive in a Digital Age
The Sweetest Taboo
Democracy and Drugs
Should we legalise psychedelics as a treatment for mental illness?
Romancing Opiates
Theodore Dalrymple offer his personal take on the problems poppies pose
Visions of Disaster and Perfection
Women on Top
Gender equality and positions of power
The Sexualisation of Society
Diane Abbott | Do we think about sex too much?
The Skin We're In
Selling the body versus selling the mind
The End of Equality
Why the age of equality is a myth
Rationality and Drugs
Why our current policy to drugs is nonsense
More Than Equal