Progress has been slow and unsteady, but activists are teaming up with elected officials to raise awareness and change laws.

Protests erupted this week in response to a new abortion ban, but the government has been attacking women’s and LGBTQ rights for years.

A recent Amnesty International report released on December 10, the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, reveals that women, particularly the most marginalized women in the UK, have been disproportionately affected by austerity measures implemented in 2010.