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Year In Review 2019: Women’s Officer Sara Heddi

Year In Review 2019: Women’s Officer Sara Heddi

In a year wrought with controversy surrounding Reclaim The Night, Sara Heddi has delivered a large bill but improved outcomes for the womens’ safety march

Final Senate of the year ends abruptly

Final Senate of the year ends abruptly

A number of key proposals such as Reclaim The Night reform among others could not be voted on and will now be considered in September

The Impact of Reclaim the Night

The Impact of Reclaim the Night

Rebecca Rommen examines the impact of this year’s Reclaim the Night march, with around 3,500 people taking part, and how it successfully shines a light on the topic of night-time safety.

Emilia Jenkins on Women’s support: ‘A reminder that people care’

Emilia Jenkins on Women’s support: ‘A reminder that people care’

Cachella Smith talks with part-time women’s officer Emilia Jenkins about the projects she’s been involved with over the past year; even though each project is different, they all have the aim of helping women.

Majority of students ‘exposed to unwanted sexual behaviour’

Majority of students ‘exposed to unwanted sexual behaviour’

A survey of 5,649 UK university students has found that 53% of respondents experienced unwanted sexual behaviour from another student

Reclaim The Night calls on council to “make women’s safety a priority”

Reclaim The Night calls on council to “make women’s safety a priority”

SU Women’s Officer Sara Heddi led the march from Owens Park to the SU

Artefact of the Week: Emmeline Pankhurt statue

Artefact of the Week: Emmeline Pankhurt statue

In this instalment of Artefact of the Week, Bella Jewell looks to the new Emmeline Pankhurst Statue; only the second statue of a female in Manchester… does this mark a moment of change in the representation of women?

Exclusive: SU Officer concerned over lack of trans inclusion at Reclaim The Night

Exclusive: SU Officer concerned over lack of trans inclusion at Reclaim The Night

In an exclusive statement to The Mancunion, Sara Khan stated the police are responsible for “systematic abuses women of colour and trans women on the daily”

Everything you need to know about Reclaim The Night 2019

Everything you need to know about Reclaim The Night 2019

The march kicks off at 6:30pm from Owens Park

Reclaim the Night returns

Reclaim the Night returns

The annual march comes back to Manchester for its biggest year yet

A positive look at promiscuity

A positive look at promiscuity

University is all about sex, but perhaps not in the way you may first think. We take a look at the sex-positive movements in Manchester expanding conversations and affecting change.

Why was there no official LGBT+ bloc at Reclaim The Night?

Why was there no official LGBT+ bloc at Reclaim The Night?

Because the Student’s Union forgot about us

Reclaim the night: as told by those who marched

Reclaim the night: as told by those who marched

Liv Clarke retells her own experience, and interviews a fellow marcher and previous organiser for annual march for women’s rights

Students ‘Reclaim the Night’

Students ‘Reclaim the Night’

Students took to the streets to protest violence against women

Reclaim the Night comes back to Manchester

Reclaim the Night comes back to Manchester

Hundreds of women will take to the streets to fight for feminism and against violence against women

Lecture to discuss sexual violence on campus

Lecture to discuss sexual violence on campus

Do Universities do enough to support victims of sexual violence? An upcoming free lecture hopes to answer just that

‘Terrified’ students rely on Facebook for safety advice

Students feel there is not enough done to protect them in and around South Manchester, an investigation by The Mancunion has revealed

A culture of objectification, not rape

We must be more accurate with our definitions of the threats that women face if we are to tackle misogynistic behaviour in public and in private

A new traditionalism in political debate

We ought to understand ourselves, then engage with our families, friends, and communities before taking to the streets in rage

Protesting: What’s the point?

Miranda Bunnis takes a look at how far protest can go to affect change in today’s society