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We are bold, ambitious feminists, working to end the cycle of harm so all women and girls can thrive. Our mission is to change systems and services to better support women and girls at the sharpest edge of adversity. www.agendaalliance.org

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Agenda Alliance @agenda-alliance.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
We're taking part in the @biggive.bsky.social Women & Girls Match Fund, raising £5000 (doubled to £10,000) to support the expansion of our Women's Advisory Network. Until midday on 13th October, every £1 you give is DOUBLED at no cost to you. Support us here: donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
Image of women, one smiling and feeding a baby and one talking. Text: Nothing About Us Without Us: Centre women. We're raising £5k, match funded to £10k, to support the expansion of our Women's Advisory Network. One week, double the impact. A call to support our fundraising campaign.
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Agenda Alliance @agenda-alliance.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
The lack of data disaggregation by gender means the needs of girls with Special Educational Needs (SEN) are being ignored. We're calling for all SEN data to be disaggregated by gender and ethnicity, as well as experience of care. www.agendaalliance.org/news/the-nee...
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The needs of girls with SEN are being ignored
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Agenda Alliance @agenda-alliance.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Our analysis of the recent Safety in Custody data release shows persistently high levels of self-harm in women’s prisons, pointing to a continuing crisis in the provision of mental health support for women in custody. Read more here: www.agendaalliance.org/news/troubli...
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Troubling rates of self-harm in prison show that women in custody are being failed
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Agenda Alliance @agenda-alliance.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
The number of girls severely absent from school has reached record levels, increasing by 266% since 2017. Read our full analysis: www.agendaalliance.org/news/the-num...
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The number of girls severely absent from school reaches record levels
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Agenda Alliance @agenda-alliance.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
On #InternationalWomensDay, we were delighted to take 19 inspiring leaders amongst our alliance and wider supporters to No.10 Downing Street, to meet with the Public Appointments team. Find out more about what we've been up to in the lead up to #IWD here: www.agendaalliance.org/news/interna...
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International Women's Day 2026
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Agenda Alliance @agenda-alliance.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
There's just a few days left to apply to be Agenda Alliance's next Treasurer! Find out more, and apply by 9am on Monday 26 January: www.agendaalliance.org/careers/trea...
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Agenda Alliance @agenda-alliance.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Interested in finding out more about the Girls and Young Women Local Groups Fund? Join us tomorrow (21 January) at 2pm for the second market engagement webinar. Find out more and sign up here: www.socialfinance.org.uk/impact/a-new...
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Agenda Alliance @agenda-alliance.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
⭐There's just under two weeks left to apply for the role of Treasurer, and join Agenda Alliance's Board of Trustees! Interested in utilising your financial expertise to improve the lives of women and girls? Find out more and apply here ⬇️ Deadline: Monday 26th January
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Agenda Alliance @agenda-alliance.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
💡 New year, new challenge? Agenda Alliance are are seeking a Treasurer to join our Board. ➡️ Find out more and apply by Monday 26th January:
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Treasurer
Agenda Alliance are seeking a Treasurer to provide overarching strategic management of our financial resources.
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Agenda Alliance @agenda-alliance.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
🚨 FUNDING OPPORTUNITY 🚨 Does your organisation work with young women and girls in London impacted by violence and exploitation? The Girls and Young Women Local Groups Fund is now open for applications. Find out more, and apply here: www.socialfinance.org.uk/impact/a-new...
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Agenda Alliance @agenda-alliance.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
We are delighted to welcome our new Head of Influencing and Impact, Maggie Bridge. Maggie joins Agenda Alliance with a decade of experience of working in the women's sector. Find out more about Maggie here: www.agendaalliance.org/about-us/our...
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Agenda Alliance @agenda-alliance.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
🚨 Agenda Alliance are seeking a Treasurer to join our Board. Deadline for applications: Monday 26th January 2026. Find out more here:
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Treasurer
Agenda Alliance are seeking a Treasurer to provide overarching strategic management of our financial resources.
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Agenda Alliance @agenda-alliance.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
On the 2nd January 2026, the Girls and Young Women Local Groups Fund will open for applications. This fund is for London-based organisations supporting women and girls impacted by violence and exploitation. More information is available here: www.socialfinance.org.uk/impact/a-new...
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Agenda Alliance @agenda-alliance.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
Today is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. Today, more than ever, it is important to realise that women and girls caught up in the criminal justice system are often survivors of violence and abuse, too. #EVAW #EndVAWGNow #16DaysOfActivism
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Agenda Alliance @agenda-alliance.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
Agenda Alliance are delighted to be supporting a new funding initiative for London-based organisations working with women and girls impacted by violence and exploitation, launched by the Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime (MOPAC). Find out more here: www.socialfinance.org.uk/work/a-new-f...
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Agenda Alliance @agenda-alliance.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
We welcome the Government's commitment to establishing a new Girls in Youth Justice Advisory Board (GYJAB) in response to Susannah Hancock’s independent review into the care of girls in the youth justice secure estate. Read our full response here: www.agendaalliance.org/news/agenda-...
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Agenda Alliance @agenda-alliance.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
Our response to yesterday's Safety in Custody statistics release, which showed over 20,000 incidents of self-harm in the women's estate between 2024-2025. Read our full statement here: www.agendaalliance.org/news/agenda-...
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Agenda Alliance @agenda-alliance.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
For our #BlackHistoryMonth standing firm in power and pride series, today we profile an incredible member of our Alliance: #MilkHoneyBees - a creative and expressive safe space for Black girls to flourish and put Healing, Empowerment and Resilience first. ➡️ Find out more here: milkhoneybees.co.uk
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Agenda Alliance @agenda-alliance.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
We continue our #BlackHistoryMonth: Standing Firm in Power and Pride series by profiling Olive Morris, a South-London based activist who packed so much radical action into her life. Olive was a key member of the British Black Panther Movement, and went on to co-found the Brixton Black Women’s Group.
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Agenda Alliance @agenda-alliance.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
This month's Black History Month theme is 'Standing Firm in Power and Pride', and we'll spotlighting a series of Black women and organisations who embody this theme to us. We're kicking off by spotlighting none other than the formidable Angela Davis. #BlackHistoryMonth
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Agenda Alliance @agenda-alliance.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
It's the last day of our Big Give campaign, with only 4 hours left to double your donation at no cost to you! We've had over 40 donations amounting to an incredible total of over £10,000. Could you help us in our final push towards target goal? ➡️ Donate:
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Power Her Voice: Transform Systems for Women – Big Give
This campaign will support Agenda Alliance’s work to fuel systems change by conducting research into systems that fail the most marginalised women and girls, supporting women with lived experience to…
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Agenda Alliance @agenda-alliance.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
Do you want to support Agenda Alliance to end cycles of harm experienced by women and girls? Until midday tomorrow, every £1 you give will be DOUBLED at no cost to you through our Big Give campaign. ➡️ Donate here: donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
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Agenda Alliance @agenda-alliance.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
There's still time to support Agenda Alliance in the #BigGive this year, where every £1 you give will be DOUBLED at no cost to you. Help us support women and girls to advocate for better systems and services. ➡️ Donate here: donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
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Agenda Alliance @agenda-alliance.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
There's just THREE DAYS left of our #BigGive2025 campaign, where every £1 you give will be DOUBLED at no cost to you until midday on the 15 October. ➡️ Donate now to support women and girls experiencing the sharpest forms of marginalisation to thrive: donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
For 7 days only, every £1 you give is matched - at no extra cost to you. That's twice the power to influence policy, amplify lived experience, and build a society where all women and girls can thrive.
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Agenda Alliance @agenda-alliance.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
Agenda Alliance campaigns for policies, strategies and services to recognise and respond to the unique needs and experiences of girls. ➡️ Donate to our Big Give campaign to help ensure policy and practice supports girls to thrive. #InternationalDayOfTheGirl donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
An image of three women sitting on a sofa, one on a laptop, one reading a magazine and one on her phone. The text in the image says 'this year, one in 10 girls reported intentionally missing school to lower the risk of sexual harassment. This figure doubles for girls with disabilities (21%) and rises to 18% for neurodivergent and LGBT+ girls.Our pioneering work on girls' exclusions evidences and aims to change the ways girls and young women are pushed out of education. By working directly with girls and young women to amplofy their calls for change we're campaigning to make sure girls get the support they need to stay in school.Agenda Alliance speaks up for girls, who are consistently failed by systems designed only with boys in mind. We know change is possible - and it starts with centring the voices that are too often ignored. One donation. Double the system-shifting power. Donate to our Big Give campaign from 8-15 October 2025.
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Agenda Alliance @agenda-alliance.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
Agenda Alliance campaigns for women and girls to have access to mental health support designed with them in mind. By donating to our Big Give campaign, you can help ensure women and girls get the mental health care they need. #WorldMentalHealthDay donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
A woman with pink braids lies on a wooden floor with her chin resting on her hands.A young woman, speaking at the launch of our Girls Speak research, said: I felt like no one considered that mental health was really bad. I felt stereotyped at school. I was labelled the loud, black girl. If I had early intervention, it would have saved me from a lot. I just really needed the help at an early age.Agenda Alliance campaigns for women and girls to have mental health support designed with them in mind. We know change is possible - and it starts with centring the voices that are too often ignored.
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Agenda Alliance @agenda-alliance.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
Your donation could support a woman or girl with lived experience of these challenges to develop her skills as an advocate, influencing national policy change. ➡️ Donate now and help build a society where all women and girls can thrive: donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05... #BigGive2025 #womenandgirls
Too many women and girls are consistently overlooked, and too often harmed, by the very systems meant to support them. But we know change is possible - and it starts with centring the voices are too often ignored. One donation. Double the system-shifting power. Donate to our Big Give campaign from 8-15 October 2025.
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Agenda Alliance @agenda-alliance.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
Our 2025 Big Give campaign is LIVE! For 7 days only, every £1 you give is matched. That’s twice the power to influence policy, amplify lived experience, and build a society where all women and girls can thrive. Can you help us reach our target of £10,000? ➡️ donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
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Agenda Alliance @agenda-alliance.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
Our statement on the BBC Panorama documentary which captured racism, misogyny, and islamophobia demonstrated by serving police officers. A radical re-approach to building trust and confidence must be taken that centres young women and girls. Read here: www.agendaalliance.org/news/agendaa...
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Agenda Alliance @agenda-alliance.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
NEW REPORT FROM TRANSFORMING TOGETHER: ‘Meeting the unmet need for women: A networked model for shifting power and changing systems in the North East’ Read more: www.agendaalliance.org/documents/20...
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Agenda Alliance @agenda-alliance.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
#Imkaan have shared the following devasting statement regarding the impact of the far-right's extremist targeting of VAWG services and their staff. There must be urgent measures taken to protect by and for services and the women and girls they support: www.imkaan.org.uk/imkaan-state...
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Imkaan Statement on the Impact of Far-Right Targeting of VAWG — Imkaan
Far-right extremism is escalating, and its impact on Black and minoritised women is immediate and devastating. Imkaan has issued the following statement in light of these disturbing recent events.
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Agenda Alliance @agenda-alliance.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
Proud to also be a signatory to this letter. The government must urgently tackle the poverty crisis in the UK to prevent more women being driven into sex work by poverty and financial need.
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Agenda Alliance @agenda-alliance.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
Are you passionate about uplifting marginalised experiences and making change for women and girls? We are now recruiting for a communications co-ordinator to join our team. Deadline to apply: 9am, 13 October Find more details on our website: www.agendaalliance.org/careers/comm...
Pink graphic with an image of a woman in the bottom right corner, holding a sign which says "I want to be heard". Text reads "Are you a story-teller, with a passion for making change for women and girls? Join our team as Communications Co-Ordinator. Deadline to apply 9am, 13 October."
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Agenda Alliance @agenda-alliance.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
Our statement in solidarity with our Muslim, migrant, Black, brown and minoritised colleagues and friends, in the wake of the far-right's mobilisation in London this weekend. Please read: www.agendaalliance.org/news/agendaa...
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Agenda Alliance @agenda-alliance.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
The Women’s Justice Reimagined partnership has launched a briefing setting out the urgent steps the Women's Justice Board must take to address racial disproportionality in the criminal justice system. Read more: www.agendaalliance.org/news/wjr-rac...
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Agenda Alliance @agenda-alliance.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
Agenda Alliance is delighted to announce the appointment of four new members onto our Board of Trustees: Tina Ajuonuma, Anne Kazimirski, Mariam Radi, and Tanja Salem. Find out more about them on our website: www.agendaalliance.org/news/four-ne...
Headshots of Agenda Alliance's four new Trustees against a pale blue background.
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Agenda Alliance @agenda-alliance.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
The Ministry of Justice UK’s Sentencing Bill has been published. The Bill offers a vital opportunity to reform sentencing, and work to reduce the reasons women and girls offend. Read our initial response here: www.agendaalliance.org/news/agendaa...
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Agenda Alliance responds to the Sentencing Bill
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Agenda Alliance @agenda-alliance.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
We're proud to share our first impact report, marking a decade of Agenda Alliance striving to make a difference for women & girls at the sharpest end of inequality. Find out how we've pushed the overlooked and underrepresented needs of women and girls onto the political agenda: tinyurl.com/mhe6bw9n
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Agenda Alliance @agenda-alliance.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
It is deeply distressing to read the news that two women have died so recently at HMP Bronzefield. The loss of these lives only serves as a painful reminder of how serious the consequences of women's unmet needs in custody can be. Our thoughts are with all who loved them. tinyurl.com/2ewj3bku
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Two prisoners die in UK women's jail within days of each other
The jail is holding both Lucy Letby and Constance Marten.
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Agenda Alliance @agenda-alliance.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
We're dismayed by the government's plans to expand the numbers of people facing deportation immediately after conviction. Read our Women's Justice Reimagined partner Hibiscus' statement to understand why this could seriously harm women & girls 👇 hibiscusinitiatives.org.uk/blog/stateme...
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Statement on government plans on early deportation of migrant people in contact with the criminal justice system - Hibiscus Initiatives
12.08.25 The government’s plan announced over the last days to introduce legislation that would allow the immediate deportation of migrant people convicted of criminal offences in the UK will cause ca...
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Agenda Alliance @agenda-alliance.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
After seven meaningful years at Agenda Alliance, our Deputy CEO, Jess Southgate, is moving on to a new role at the Youth Endowment Fund. We are now recruiting for a Head of Influencing and Impact here at Agenda; find more details at the close of Jess' blog: www.agendaalliance.org/news/jess-so...
Purple square with the Agenda Alliance logo in white, and a photo of Jess Southgate. Text reads 'Moving on, looking back: Jess Southgate reflects on seven years at Agenda Alliance'
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Agenda Alliance @agenda-alliance.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
"We expect to see a clear, targeted, approach for young women included in the upcoming Women's Justice Board’s strategy, to make sure they can remain in their communities, supported by well-funded specialist services designed to meet their specific needs." www.agendaalliance.org/news/agendaa...
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Agenda Alliance responds to levels of self-harm reaching ‘new peak’ in women’s prisons
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Agenda Alliance @agenda-alliance.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
Great to see coverage of this issue in the @the-independent.com today. We're calling for the Department of Education to launch a specific inquiry into the needs of girls missing from education, either through official or unofficial exclusions. www.independent.co.uk/news/educati...
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Analysis shows 257% rise in girls severely absent from school
Charities say more support for girls in schools is needed
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Agenda Alliance @agenda-alliance.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
📢 Our analysis has found a shocking 257% increase across the last 6 years of the number of girls marked as severely absent from school. We're calling for better pathways of support for girls with unmet needs, to make sure girls in all regions can stay in school. Read more: tinyurl.com/mpnautth
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Agenda Alliance @agenda-alliance.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
New data from DfE shows girls' exclusions have increased by 10% on last year - we're really concerned by the impact near-record levels of suspensions and exclusions will have on girls and their life chances. Read our statement: www.agendaalliance.org/news/agendaa...
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Agenda Alliance responds to sharp rise in girls' exclusions
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Agenda Alliance @agenda-alliance.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
This week, Wes Streeting announced an investigation into NHS maternity services. From the outset, this investigation must centre the lived experiences of Black women, who are three times more likely to die during childbirth than white women, and experience higher rates of maternity complications.
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Agenda Alliance @agenda-alliance.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Our response to this afternoon's Spending Review: www.agendaalliance.org/news/agendaa...
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Agenda Alliance @agenda-alliance.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Thanks @isabellamcrae.bsky.social and @bigissue.com for having us to speak on the Q&A panel for this gut-wrenching new film. We shared insight from our briefing, We Need Support, which highlighted the challenges women face navigating child removal. www.bigissue.com/culture/film...
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New film Lollipop powerfully lays bare the 'inhumane' children's care system
Lollipop tells the story of a young single mother who leaves prison expecting to be reunited with her kids, but released into homelessness.
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Agenda Alliance @agenda-alliance.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
Great to speak about our work on child removal for a Q&A panel last night after special preview screening of 'Lollipop', alongside director Daisy-May Hudson and Karina Graham from Pause. The film is gutwrenching and powerful - in cinemas from June 13! www.metfilmstudio.com/distribution...
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Agenda Alliance @agenda-alliance.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
"These recommendations... represent a fundamental shift in how we choose to respond to women who encounter the justice system. We can choose to keep failing them—or we can choose to act on the opportunity for better justice. Let’s not let it slip away." www.bigissue.com/opinion/sent...
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We have an opportunity to stop setting women in prison up to fail
Sonya Ruparel, CEO of Women in Prison, writes about why the government must seize its chance and stop failing women in prison.
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