Reposted by Bristol Women's VoiceKaz Self 🏳️⚧️ @kazself.com · 11/07/2025I am actively working with Bristol Women’s Voice on representation, equity and safety for women in the city. From my inclusion on a ‘Women in STEM’ panel event on IWD, to improving public transport in the city, I’m doing what I can for women’s rights. Stephenson wants to close BWV down. 🤦♀️ 032
Bristol Women's Voice @bristolwomensvoice.bsky.social · 17/07/2025Do We Still Live by the Double Standard of Ageing? www.bristolwomensvoice.org.uk/commentary-d...bristolwomensvoice.org.ukCommentary: Do We Still Live by the Double Standard of Ageing? | Bristol Women's VoiceWhen Susan Sontag published The Double Standard of Aging in 1972, she exposed a stark cultural imbalance. 000
Reposted by Bristol Women's Voiceopendemocracy.net @opendemocracy.net · 15/07/2025A Silicon Valley-style start-up is targeting rape survivors at UK universities, but concerns have been raised by sexual assault experts, universities, students and the police. Find out more: bit.ly/3GCjxVG 128
Bristol Women's Voice @bristolwomensvoice.bsky.social · 29/05/2025Join us next week for an intergenerational art project that explores how women across generations experience ageing and navigate beauty standards. This is the first of four workshops! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/crafting-r...eventbrite.co.ukCrafting Resistance: challenging age & beauty standards through CraftivismAn intergenerational art project exploring how women across the generations experience ageing and navigate beauty standards 020
Bristol Women's Voice @bristolwomensvoice.bsky.social · 22/05/2025We’re looking for old, worn, or unwanted swimming costumes for a creative, intergenerational project exploring women’s experiences of ageing, safety, health and beauty standards planned in June & July. Have one spare? Contact us! 👇 www.bristolwomensvoice.org.uk/do-you-have-...bristolwomensvoice.org.ukDo you have any unwanted swimsuits? | Bristol Women's VoiceWe're looking for old, worn, or unloved swimming costumes for a creative, intergenerational project exploring women’s experiences of ageing, safety, health and beauty standards planned in June & July. 000
Reposted by Bristol Women's VoiceWomen's Budget Group @womensbudgetgrp.bsky.social · 29/04/2025Did you know? 31% of children are growing up in poverty, compared to 21% of the overall population. We need long-term investment to tackle women’s and children’s poverty. 🧵 1/2 134
Bristol Women's Voice @bristolwomensvoice.bsky.social · 25/04/2025West of England Mayoral Elections are on Thursday 1 May. www.westofengland-ca.gov.uk/about-us/dem...westofengland-ca.gov.uk2025 Combined Authority Mayoral Election - West of England Combined AuthorityLearn what to expect and how to prepare for the Combined Authority Election, held 1 May 2025. 010
Reposted by Bristol Women's VoiceWomen's Budget Group @womensbudgetgrp.bsky.social · 25/04/2025We’re calling on the UK Government to restore social security to adequate levels—so it protects against poverty, reduces inequality, and upholds women’s rights. Read our joint briefing to learn more: www.wbg.org.uk/publication/...wbg.org.ukGender and Social Security as a Human RightThis briefing examines a human rights approach to social security for women in the UK and is in collaboration with Amnesty International UK. 032
Reposted by Bristol Women's VoiceWomen's Budget Group @womensbudgetgrp.bsky.social · 25/04/2025Cuts to social security are undermining women’s human rights. Since 2010, benefits have been cut in real terms and access has become more restrictive. Women—especially Disabled women, low-income women and women from minority-ethnic backgrounds—have borne the brunt. 12210
Bristol Women's Voice @bristolwomensvoice.bsky.social · 20/03/2025Bristol Women’s Voice invites everyone to join a powerful lamplight procession through Bristol’s Old Town on Saturday 22 March, starting at 6:30 PM from St Nicholas Street. Read more: www.bristolwomensvoice.org.uk/press-releas...bristolwomensvoice.org.ukPress release | Lamplight Procession to Shine a Light on Care | Bristol Women's VoiceBristol Women’s Voice invites everyone to join a powerful lamplight procession through Bristol’s Old Town on Saturday 22 March, starting at 6:30 PM from St Nicholas Street. The event, Shine a Light on... 000
Reposted by Bristol Women's VoiceCarla Denyer @carladenyer.bsky.social · 05/03/2025I'll be speaking at @bristolwomensvoice.bsky.social's #InternationalWomensDay event this Saturday - see you there?! Programme here 👇 www.bristolwomensvoice.org.uk/internationa...bristolwomensvoice.org.ukInternational Women's Day 2025 Programme | Bristol Women's VoiceSaturday 8 March, 10:00 am to 5:00pm, City Hall, College Green, Bristol, BS1 5TR. Join us for a free event with more than 50 workshops, talks, performances, panel debates and other activities. 15916
Reposted by Bristol Women's VoiceBig Issue @bigissue.com · 28/01/2025Debt charity StepChange is hopeful that 2025 will bring some much-needed respite for people dealing with financial stresses – but it will take action from policymakers to bring about meaningful change. 📃 Their CEO Vikki Brownridge writes. ✍️ ⬇️ bit.ly/4jCwE7N 042
Bristol Women's Voice @bristolwomensvoice.bsky.social · 24/01/2025The countdown is well and truly on for our yearly International Women's Day celebration! 011
Bristol Women's Voice @bristolwomensvoice.bsky.social · 24/01/2025Article: DIY swabs put justice at risk for survivors of rape. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...theguardian.comDIY swabs put justice at risk for survivors of rape | LettersLetters: Tana Adkin KC says people are better served by sexual assault referral centres than by DIY swabs, while Dorothea Scales writes about the importance of consent training 000
Reposted by Bristol Women's Voicemthrel.bsky.social @mthrel.bsky.social · 08/01/2025*Lantern making workshop for Mothers* (free) 10-12 Wed 15 Jan 📍 South Bristol Children’s Centre Join Bristol Women’s Voice, Mothers for Mothers & the Lamplighters Arts for this lantern-making workshops, exploring motherhood. Part of Shining The Light on Care. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lantern-ma...eventbrite.co.ukLantern making workshop for MothersWhat does CARE mean to us as Mothers? Creative lantern making workshop with Lamp Lighters Artists. 111
Bristol Women's Voice @bristolwomensvoice.bsky.social · 18/12/2024Thank you to the Tobacco Factory (Bristol) for inviting us to review their new production of Hansel & Gretel. We loved every minute of it - read more: www.bristolwomensvoice.org.uk/review-hanse...bristolwomensvoice.org.ukReview: Hansel & Gretel | Bristol Women's VoiceIf you are looking for a special family treat this festive season Hansel and Gretel could be just the thing! 000
Reposted by Bristol Women's VoiceWatershed @wshed.bsky.social · 10/12/2024We're just shy of £300 from hitting £15000 as part of our Big Give campaign. Can you help us out before midday today? donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...donate.biggive.orgOpening up creative careers for all young peopleMany barriers exist for young people considering a creative career, particularly for those with backgrounds that are currently under-represented. Watershed’s Make Shift programme breaks down barriers ... 011
Bristol Women's Voice @bristolwomensvoice.bsky.social · 10/12/2024We are now at the end of the #16days of activism against male-violence against women and girls. It started on Monday 25 November with a powerful candle lit vigil led by NextLink. www.bristol247.com/news-and-fea...bristol247.comCandlelit vigil held to raise awareness of impact of violence against women and girlsClare Moody says VAWG "Is not inevitable, and we must never accept that is might be" 010
Bristol Women's Voice @bristolwomensvoice.bsky.social · 10/12/2024‘RAISING THE RED’ from RED DRESS CRAFTERS, a local group of Bristol women craftivists and individuals, marking UN End violence against women in 16 days of action in a powerful, outdoor guerilla textile installation. Read more about it here: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukBristol project of 'sisterly solidarity' for victims of violenceRed dresses hang on gates in the city to honour women and girls who have suffered violence. 000
Bristol Women's Voice @bristolwomensvoice.bsky.social · 10/12/2024Today, 10 December, marks Human Rights Day, commemorating the anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. It is also the end of 16 days of activism against male-violence against women and girls. 120
Bristol Women's Voice @bristolwomensvoice.bsky.social · 04/12/2024We were honoured to welcome Anna Barnett, Service Operations Manager at OPOKA, to share her incredible journey and the transformative work at OPOKA supporting Polish women and children affected by domestic abuse. www.bristolwomensvoice.org.uk/migrant-wome... #MigrantWomenTalksbristolwomensvoice.org.ukMigrant Women Talk: Anna Barnett, OPOKA | Bristol Women's VoiceWe were honoured to welcome Anna Barnett, Service Operations Manager at OPOKA, to share her incredible journey and the transformative work at OPOKA supporting Polish women and children affected by dom... 120