Category: Politics & Current Affairs
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South Sudan Facing Rape as a Weapon of War
Charlotte Kissick-Jones is a second year studying English at KCL and one of the Clandestine’s Current Events Reporters. In this piece she takes a break from her investigative work and dives into the use of rape as a weapon of war in South Sudan. [Featured Image: The United Nations Security Council committee room.] Gender-based sexual…
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Gender, Inspiring Womxn, Intersectionality, Politics & Current Affairs, Religion, Sex & the Body, Taboos, Violence Against Womxn
Murad, Mukwege, and Mending: How Sexual Violence is Still Used in War
Contributor Eliška Stroehlein is a second year English Law – French Law student with an interest in international law, queerness, and representation. Translator Wendy Enid Pérez Grecco is an internationally educated Civil Engineer who was recently one of ten global recipients to be awarded a place on the inaugural M4DLink Women in Resources Mentoring Programme. [Featured…
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KCL Action Palestine: ‘We All Have the Moral Duty to Act’
Current Events Reporter Charlotte Kissick-Jones interviewed members of KCL Action Palestine in the wake of their recent protest on Waterloo Bridge. Inviting a response from KCL Israeli Society, this interview and analysis examines the ways in which KCL funds human rights abuses in direct opposition to their ‘Strategic Vision 2029’. [Featured Image: KCLAP activists protesting on…
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The Need For Decriminalisation of Sex Work
Contributor Catriona Morton is the founder of the online space Life Continues After, a communal space for survivors of sexual trauma. She is writing in response to this piece on the criminalisation of prostitution. The patriarchal and heteronormative organisation of most modern societies perpetuates and worsens oppression and harm towards sex workers. The direct dangers…
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Legalised Prostitution: a Freedom of Choice or Legitimised Slavery?
Regular Contributor Katrina is a second year History and International Relations student with an interest in feminism, and the influence of religion and social constructs on the lives of women. Recently I have come across the debate on legalized prostitution. Legalization of prostitution, as some argues, will provide women with a choice and security…
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2018 Labour/Conservative Debate: Politics or Power Play?
“We’re students, not professional politicians. We need to respect each other” Current Events Reporters Isa Betoret García and Anna-Leah Gebühr attended last week’s Annual Labour/Conservative debate, put on by the KCL Politics Society. After 90 minutes of fiery debate, these are the conclusions they have drawn. Labour Debaters: Meg Hall, Osian Evans-Sharma Conservative Debaters: Emily Slatter, Ayush…
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Brett Kavanaugh: Criminal, Emotional, and Unqualified
Contributor Coline Baralon is a second year in International Relations, with growing interests in the topics of feminism, human rights and diplomacy. Editor’s Note: As a young, queer, American woman who has found it incredibly difficult to tune into the news of her home country, I feel the need to lend my voice to this discussion.…
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The Plight of the Indian Activist
Contributor Diya Nair is a third year Law student at KCL, who is interested in post-colonial feminism and the intersection of culture and gender identity. Translator Isa Betoret García is a second year War Studies and History student who is particularly interested in how feminism affects every day life and believes that open conversation and…
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Gender, Intersectionality, Politics & Current Affairs, Race, Religion, Sexuality, Socio-Economic Class
White Feminism Pt. II: Why western feminists must acknowledge custom, tradition and belief in their feminist intervention
Contributor Leah Olasehinde is a third year English Law – French Law student with an interest in migration, the Arabic language, and human rights law. Translator Wendy Enid Pérez Grecco is an internationally educated Civil Engineer who was recently one of ten global recipients to be awarded a place on the inaugural M4DLink Women in Resources…
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KCL Labour/Conservative Debate: Should Misogyny Be Considered a Hate Crime?
The 2017-2018 academic year at KCL was one characterized by a new level of political polarization. From the presence of Antifa on our campus, to the brutal discourse over the KCL Safe Space Policy, it seems we at KCL have become a prime example of a recent cultural shift. We have forgotten how to talk to…
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Anonymous; Malalai Kakar
Isabel Jess is author of Breaking the Glass Ceiling’s Anonymous series. “For most of history, anonymous was a woman” – Virginia Woolf Recognising Overlooked or Forgotten Voices in History Malalai Kakar was shot dead by the Taliban on September 28th in 2008. I begin with her death as it is an embodiment of the way…
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Ecofeminism: An Overview
Pooja Sajanani is one of Breaking the Glass Ceiling’s regular contributors. The Oxford dictionary defines ecofeminism as, “A philosophical and political movement that combines ecological concerns with feminist ones, regarding both as resulting from male domination of society.” However, this is just one of the many different perspectives of ecofeminism or feminist environmental philosophy. In…
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