As we approach the general election, Dreadnought South West Association is going on the road with a new play - 'The Orchard'.
Part of the Rebellious Sounds project, which is looking at stories around women's activism across the South West, 'The Orchard' imagines a meeting between Millicent Fawcett and Emmeline Pankhurst, the moderate and the radical, and explores what happens when opposing political forces come together.
Dreadnought will host a series of unique ‘scratch’ performances of 'The Orchard' across the region. These scratch...
Do you know your bra size? You might think so, but a recent study of 10,000 women by Triumph found that 76% per cent of women are wearing the wrong bra size.
Local Triumph tailoress Jane Prescott, who works at the Exeter store, is on a mission to help women living locally find their correct bra size and to provide advice on lingerie and personal fittings.
Jane, 46, has been living in Exeter for almost 10 years and has been working at the Triumph lingerie store for three years. With her vast amount of retail experience as well as access to 129 years of lingerie insight,...
With the launch of the high profile national campaign This Girl Can, Exeter based South West Athletics is echoing this call to action by encouraging more women and girls into athletics and into coaching.
Director of Coaching Sonya Ellis has long been an advocate for more women coaches in sport and already has a number of athletes going through athletics coaching awards.
In addition, SW Athletics has taken on an apprentice assistant coach, Angela Lynn, who is a mother of two and has already successfully completed her coaching assistant’s award and is part way through her...
Three members of staff from Devon & Somerset Fire & Rescue Service have played for the UK Fire Service Women's Rugby team.
Kezia Lee (winger) is a retained firefighter at Crownhill, Caitlin Short (fly half) is Senior Technical Assets Admin Assistant at Service Headquarters, Exeter, and Bethan Ayling (centre) is a retained firefighter at Tavistock.
They took on the Army Ladies squad for the first time at Imber Court, London, earlier this month with a weakened side due to some international players missing due to injuries.
The free lecture series 'Research Uncovered' returns with a special guest lecture from Professor Michelle Ryan, Dean of Graduate Faculty at the University of Exeter.
Professor Ryan will present "Understanding Women's Ambition: Cliffs, gaps, and revolutions":
Women continue to be under-represented in particular sectors (such as surgery or policing) and in particular roles (such as leadership). Recent commentary has suggested that women's innate lack of commitment and ambition can help explain this under-representation. In contrast to such an...
One in eight women in the UK wrongly believes that a stroke could never happen to them, according to the findings of a poll published today by the Stroke Association(i). Around 30,000 women die from a stroke every year(ii). The condition is the third leading cause of death in women in the UK), and the second biggest killer worldwide(iii). The charity’s latest poll, commissioned to mark World Stroke Day (29 October), uncovers widespread misconceptions about stroke amongst people living in the South West. The findings, based on the responses of 170 people in the South West who took part in...
David Cameron has once again come under fire for his party’s seemingly unfavourable attitude to women.
The recent appointment of Lord Hill of Oareford to the post of European Union Commissioner has garnered criticism from several sources, including the South West MEP, Molly Scott Cato.
Indeed, a recent reshuffle, which was supposed to make the Tory cabinet more inclusive to women, had already come under criticism. Although the Prime Minister announced the appointment of more women to the cabinet, the move was criticised by some as a cynical ploy to boost the party’s...
Men are more decisive than women, according to a new study.
A study of 2,000 people into the nature of decision making and the thought processes behind them found men are twice as likely to make a decision ‘straight away’ than women.
The research asked men and women to evaluate their decisions in life and found women are much more likely to consider the opinions of friends and take time on their choices while men adopt a more immediate process.
A quarter of women said their approach was often to spend a long time mulling over the details of a decision before making...
Exeter City FC will be celebrating the role of women and girls in football at its specially designated One Game One Community (OGOC) home game against Burton Albion (Saturday 26 October).
Each season the Supporters’ Trust-backed Exeter City OGOC group organise a match with an equality and diversity theme. Previous events have put the spotlight on issues including racism, homophobia and disability. This year the focus is on promoting female participation in football.
The choice has been applauded by City’s new OGOC Ambassador, first team goalkeeper Artur Krysiak.
