Josanne Cassar

This constant sexualisation of women will backfire

May 27, 2025 | No comments

Malta seems to have been gripped by a running theme over the last few years, coming at us from all angles, ranging from TV shows, social media, podcasts, music and basically every aspect of popular culture. It’s all about sex, baby.

No one enjoys getting older – but it’s better than the alternative

February 5, 2025 | No comments

The theme of women and the hard time many of them have with ageing is explored in the much-acclaimed film The Substance, which has just been nominated for five Academy awards.

Atlas Insurance funds FIDEM Foundation’s Skill Up Project for the empowerment of women through education

March 14, 2023 | No comments

Atlas Insurance, through its Community Involvement Fund, is funding the Skill Up Project run by the FIDEM Foundation.

In matters of the heart, women cannot always claim to be the victims

February 15, 2022 | No comments

This column first appeared in Malta Today One of the most watched documentaries recently has undoubtedly been The Tinder Swindler, […]

Learning self-defence is a good idea: eradicating misogyny would be even better

January 11, 2022 | No comments

This column first appeared in Malta Today The shocking rape and murder of Paulina Dembska has caused a lot of […]

emPOWer welcomes the first step towards the reform to protect women in prostitution

October 22, 2018 | No comments

emPOWer welcomes the launch of the first measure governing the reform to protect victims of prostitution. The ‘Exit Programme’ aims […]

Killing her (not so) softly with his rage

September 22, 2018 | No comments

Pictured above: Domestic violence double murder which happened in 1999 This article first appeared on Malta Today The news which […]

Selectively choosing one’s outrage

January 30, 2018 | No comments

This article first appeared on Malta Today When I first saw the attached photo, I was completely taken aback by […]

Sexual predators and standing up to the abuse of power

December 23, 2017 | No comments

This article first appeared on Malta Today Ever since the news of sexual misconduct by powerful film producer Harvey Weinstein […]

Freedom to offend? Tony Zarb tests the waters

October 31, 2017 | No comments

This article first appeared on Malta Today These last few weeks have been a test case in how far we […]

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