BHM 2022 – Ora Washington

BHM 2022 – Ora Washington

“To understand ourselves, we must revisit the steps of our ancestors” If I said that there was a tennis player dominating her sport, consistently winning titles every year but one for 10 years taking 12 straight doubles titles in both single, doubles and mixed doubles...
Black History Month 2022 – Harriet Tubman

Black History Month 2022 – Harriet Tubman

I included Harriet Tubman in my NOMO selection for BHM in 2021 and after watching the film Harriet, a biography movie starring Cynthia Erivo – if you’ve not met Cynthia do check her out, she’s a great actor with the most fabulous voice as featured in the proms at the...
Happy Birthday

Happy Birthday

Dreaming of the Life Unlived: Intimate Stories and Portraits of Women Without Children is 6 years old today, where has the time gone??? I remember when she was conceived. It was a beautiful Saturday afternoon in London, I was amongst my fellow GW...
What rights do we really have over our bodies???

What rights do we really have over our bodies???

For as long as I can remember abortion has been that taboo word whispered behind closed doors and that’s if you ever dared to mention it, let alone (God forbid) you ever think about having one. Given the recent Supreme Court ruling in the US ending the right for a...
Boo Saville’s exhibition ‘Ma’

Boo Saville’s exhibition ‘Ma’

Thanks to an introduction from Jody Day, I got the opportunity to meet artist Boo Saville. Boo being a fan of Gateway Women and interested in the subject of involuntarily childless, reached out to Jody about her solo show in London this month. Being an involuntarily...