Making history, UK's new feminist party leader aims to popularise 'f-word' politics
The new leader of Britain's Women's Equality Party agrees with her political opponents on one thing - she wishes her party did not exist.
Emma Batha is a journalist specialising in humanitarian crises and women’s rights. She joined the Thomson Reuters Foundation from the Reuters international editing desk in London.
The new leader of Britain's Women's Equality Party agrees with her political opponents on one thing - she wishes her party did not exist.
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