A world without men

I can be in a safe place,” she told me as we drank sweet-potato lattes at a campus café. The most important thing, in her view, is the absence of men. “Always, when I use the word ‘safe place,’ it means the place for women.”

From the Prime Ministers Office

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Update on Economic Equality

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‘Intergenerational Cycle of Violence’

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It’s Time To Take Notice!

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Through the Eyes of a Child…

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Slavery in the Suburbs

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