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Loosening the gender straightjacket

Join the RSA Gender Equity Network for a workshop to learn how you can address backlash against women within organizations and communities.
24 Jun 2026 Online via Zoom
Six women sit together in a bright, modern living room, engaged in a community discussion. One woman shows charts on her laptop focused on gender equity whilst others listen attentively, with notebooks and mugs on the tables in front of them.
report

Thames Freeport Commission

In 2025, the Thames Freeport Board asked the Royal Society of Arts to establish an independent commission to recommend an approach to the Social Value Framework. Read the commission’s recommendations in this report.
8 May 2026
Abstract illustration featuring a human profile, geometric shapes, a house, trees, clouds, birds, and a rainbow in shades of teal, grey, black, and white.
Feature

Bodies of evidence

Images have the power to shape how gender inequality is understood, debated and governed. At a time when trust in evidence is fraying and AI makes visual shortcuts ever easier, Global 50/50’s collection of imagery reimagining gender justice around the world, recently exhibited with the RSA at Expo 2025 Osaka, shows a way forward.
15 Apr 2026 Imogen Bakelmun
A topless person with dark skin wears a bright green wig and has large pink flowers covering their eyes, standing against a dark background—an image exploring gender expression, reminiscent of global 50/50 themes for Osaka 2025.
Feature

Age against the machine

Tania Duarte, FRSA argues that debates around artificial intelligence often frame generational differences in misleading ways. Drawing on research from her organisation, We and AI, she suggests these narratives obscure the real issue.
15 Apr 2026 Tania Duarte, FRSA
Cartoon-style image of large yellow creatures with long, bendy legs and black spots, moving through a crowd of quirky, humanoid figures near the edge of a cliff. The scene is chaotic and surreal.
Replay

Prue Leith: the joy (and reality) of getting older

Prue Leith shares candid insights into ageing well, confidence and reinvention, reflecting on what later life has taught her about ambition, self-belief and letting go of expectations.
11 Mar 2026
Blog

National emergency and global crisis: it’s time to take a stand

Violence against women and girls (VAWG) is a global issue and considered a ‘national emergency’ in the UK but is enough being done to address the problem. This International Women’s Day, join The Circle in taking a stand.
27 Feb 2026 Linda Stranks
Blog

Raakhi Shah: cuts, crisis and the case for global feminism 

Ahead of an RSA event marking International Women’s Day, The Circle’s CEO discusses the devastating impact of slashed aid budgets, the power of collective action, and what it will take to build a safer world for women and girls. 
27 Feb 2026 Mike Thatcher
Replay

Make a Stand with The Circle

Women’s rights are being eroded. The time for change is now. Will you make a stand with us this International Women’s Day? Join us in conversation with BBC Woman’s Hour Presenter, Nuala McGovern, and The Circle NGO.
04 Mar 2026