Natasha Walter | Feminism for a World on Fire
Sat 21 Nov 2026 | 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Across the world, women are facing a backlash. Authoritarian states, online misogyny and climate breakdown are creating growing dangers for women, and their freedoms are under attack. How can women fight back? In Feminism for a World on Fire, Natasha Walter – journalist, charity founder and author of Living Dolls: The Return of Sexism – proposes a feminism that connects to other movements for equality and environmental protection. Come and hear how a world that enables women to flourish is within our grasp.
In conversation with Melissa Benn.
Venue: TTP Stage (Cambridge Union)
Duration: 1 hour
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Author Biography
Natasha Walter’s books include Living Dolls: the Return of Sexism, The New Feminism, and Before the Light Fades. She has worked as a journalist for the Guardian, Independent and Observer and is the founder and former director of Women for Refugee Women. She has been Visiting Professor of Women’s Rights at Cambridge University and is currently Honorary Professor at the Centre for Climate Crime and Climate Justice at Queen Mary University of London.
Chair Biography
Melissa Benn is a writer, journalist, and campaigner. As a freelance writer, her essays and journalism have appeared in a wide range of publications, including The Independent, The Times, Marxism Today, The London Review of Books, Cosmopolitan, and Public Finance. She is a regular contributor to The Guardian and New Statesman. She has published eight books, including two novels.
