"As supermodels and millionaires, reality stars and actors walked the red carpet in New York this week, Afghan women were protesting a Taliban diktat one photo at a time"

Birds, bikes and even recycling... Joyce Fegan meets the people whose names match their jobs

"Quotas are there to speed up the essential change we're just too prejudiced, institutionalised and self-serving to make"

Proposing economic reasons not to welcome refugees is merely racism and xenophobia dressed up as bogus economics

"Shaming ourselves for our better fortune is pretty much as useless to people in Afghanistan as being immobilised by our feeling of powerlessness. So what's a decent citizen to do?"

"The cost of loneliness may well be unquantifiable but its impact will be far reaching. If you're looking for it - psychologists say it lands in the chest and sits there like an ache"

Breastfeeding is reduced to a 'debate' pitting woman against woman — but many of our difficulties with it are forged in corporate boardrooms and government chambers

Framing our climate change action only in terms of micro-steps lets those responsible for most of the damage off the hook 

The OnlyFans website hosts content from music to workout videos but is best known for soft-porn images, writes Joyce Fegan. What does this mean for the future prospects of young people who see it as a great way to make money?

The fuss about the sportswomen in this photo highlights the damaging nonsense we tell women and girls about their bodies