Manchester city centre was covered in feminist slogans last night by protestors calling for an end to male violence. The

Radical feminist Julie Blindel and rightwing commentator Milo Yiannopoulis have been banned from speaking at a Manchester Students’ Union debate on free speech.

Feminist science-fiction film The Last of Her Blood that follows a young woman’s fight for survival in a post-apocalyptic reality and is based in Manchester is set for release on June 12.

The Sun’s decision to whip its topless models off Page 3 is a positive sign of progress but a small step in the fight against sexism, according to a Manchester campaigner.

Users are bombarding the VH1 chat hashtag with references to the 2013 summer hit featuring Pharrell Williams and T.I. that some users have dubbed ‘misogynistic’ and a ‘rape anthem’.

Around 230 girls were abducted at dawn from their boarding school in Chibok in the north-eastern state of Borno, Nigeria, three weeks ago – with eight more reportedly snatched on Sunday.

Human rights organisation OBJECT successfully campaigned for a licensing regime in 2009 requiring lap dancing clubs to be regulated by local councils as sex entertainment venues (SEVs) as appose to the previous categorisation of ‘leisure centres’.