A community group in east London is hoping to get "Eldest Daughter's Day" registered as a national holiday. Home Girls Unite (HGU) said the day would recognise and celebrate the often "parentified" eldest daughter. According to its website, HGU provides support for the "unique challenges" faced by the eldest daughters of immigrant families, such as taking on the role of parent to younger siblings.Co-founder Yasin Bojang said she wanted eldest daughters, wherever they were from, "to be connected...

London's Bangladeshi community have been celebrating following the ousting of Bangladesh's former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Ms Hasina fled the country following weeks of deadly student-led protests against her regime which she led with an iron fist."We must never forget the people that gave their lives trying to get this movement off the ground," said Canning Town resident and civil servant Shumena Akhter. Events took place across east London with hundreds gathering in Altab Ali park and out...

Young women from West Yorkshire have criticised a "lack of support" available for a painful and debilitating medical condition.The three patients, all in their 20s, said they either struggled to get a diagnosis of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) confirmed despite numerous GP appointments, or were not given effective treatment.PCOS causes painful and irregular periods, and affects up to one in 10 women in the UK.The NHS said it "strongly advised" any woman concerned about their health to contact...

A new Muslim from Leeds said people had welcomed her into their families during the month of Ramadan.Chloe Sparks, 27, converted to Islam last year and has fasted from sunrise to sunset for the first time this Ramadan.However, Chloe said she started to feel "a bit lonely" after realising that her Muslim friends were spending the month surrounded by family and she was spending a lot of time alone.Sheikh Bilal Brown from New Beginnings, a charity dedicated to working with converts, said Ramadan co...

As the second largest polluter in the world, the fast-fashion industry has both an enormous environmental and social cost. As a result of this, the industry has started to be scrutinised by climate activists who are calling out the damaging and unsustainable production methods that clothing manufacturers continue to use. Although, this criticism has yet to lead to significant changes in production methods or statements of environmental consciousness by any of the world’s largest fast fashion pro

Content Note: This article contains mention of abortion When I was fourteen, I was sat in a religious studies lesson that was centred around the Abrahamic religions and their views on abortion. We’d gone through Christianity and Judaism fairly smoothly and with little student contribution – there was an exam the next week and despite it being a thought-provoking topic, there was no real discussion happening. But when the slide moved onto Islam, the teacher called my name and asked: “Inaya, can

The experiences of people of colour are often homogenised by the media. This isn’t to say that it’s always malicious; but the world of print and broadcast media isn’t the most diverse, and so, more often than not, a singular narrative of the ‘BME experience’ is pushed without any acknowledgements made about the nuances of our experiences and how there is no single issue that affects us all in the same way. Colourism, and the difference in experience between light- and dark-skinned people of col

It’s so easy for people to say that the past is the past and that we should move on and live solely in the present. For people of colour like myself, this is easier said than done. So many aspects of our identities have been and continue to be constructed by the past. British history, but more specifically its history as a colonising and imperialist power, continues to shape the interactions we have and witness. When so much of your place in this world has already been decided by events of the p