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Building Sisterhood and Solidarity, Amplifying the Voices of Women, Defending Women’s Human Rights #FiLiA2027 is in Blackpool, Lancashire Tickets and so much more @ linktr.ee/filiauk

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FiLiA @filiacharity.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Today is the #InternationalDayOfNoProstitution. FiLiA stands with women & girls harmed by prostitution & calls for a world free from sexual exploitation. Read our Snapshot Report on the harms of prostitution ➡️ filia.org.uk/women-involved-in-cse #EndProstitution #EndSexualExploitation
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FiLiA @filiacharity.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Yesterday was #InternationalDayofNonViolence – the final day for us to receive #StarsForMurderedWomen – the ones received so far are beautiful, with more to collect next week. We will share details of the event planned to display them soon @femicidecensus.bsky.social @countingdeadwomen.bsky.social
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FiLiA @filiacharity.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
📢Women are starting to hear back from their unions, largely holding replies or responses that don't answer the questions.
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FiLiA @filiacharity.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
All this talk at #Labour26 of the Equality Act - watch @akuareindorfkc.bsky.social, Prof. Mary Davis & @audreysuffolk.bsky.social, at our #webinar: In Defence of the Equality Act. 📆 Thursday 22nd October 6.30PM BST 🌐 Online via Zoom 🎫 bit.ly/FiLiAEqualityAct #WomensRightsAreHumanRights
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FiLiA @filiacharity.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
🧵Thanks to @labwomendec.bsky.social for another great fringe at #Labour26, with Tonia Antoniazzi, Joani Reid MP, @tracygilbertmp.bsky.social& Sonia Sodha Thanks to Sonia for sharing our last webinar as a place to learn more! Watch the webinar recording ➡️ youtu.be/l79tPDpjYcI #LWDLiverpool26
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FiLiA @filiacharity.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
🧵Thanks to @labwomendec.bsky.social for their fringe event, Invisible Women: Lesbians and Detransitioners, at Labour Party Women's Conference. 💥The speakers were articulate, clear and determined and the room was packed! #LWDLiverpool26 #InvisibleWomen
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FiLiA @filiacharity.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Great news – Akua Reindorf KC has joined as Chair on our next #webinar In Defence of the Equality Act. Join @akuareindorfkc.bsky.social, Prof Mary Davis & @audreysuffolk.bsky.social for this vital event! 📆 Thurs 22nd October 6.30PM BST 🌐 Online via Zoom 🎫 bit.ly/FiLiAEqualityAct #FiLiAEqualityAct
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FiLiA @filiacharity.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
It's #BisexualVisibilityDay🩷💜💙 FiLiA have held sessions for bi Women at our last two conferences – #FiLiA2027 hopes to continue that commitment ➡️ filia.org.uk/tickets #BiVisibilityDay #CelebrateBisexualityDay
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FiLiA @filiacharity.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
We are pleased to be able to share the FiLiA Webinar: The Draft Conversion Practices Bil recording. 📺 youtu.be/l79tPDpjYcI Watch Sonia Sodha, Stephanie Davies-Arai, Dr Louise Irvine & Sarah Vine KC examine what it could mean in practice & explore the questions that must be asked. #BinTheBill
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FiLiA @filiacharity.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
We are pleased to be able to share the FiLiA Webinar: The Draft Conversion Practices Bil recording. 📺 youtu.be/l79tPDpjYcI Watch Sonia Sodha, Stephanie Davies-Arai, Dr Louise Irvine & Sarah Vine KC examine what it could mean in practice & explore the questions that must be asked. #BinTheBill
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FiLiA @filiacharity.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
🧵Proud moment hearing that the tenacious campaigning of @filiahaguemums.bsky.social and @globalarrk.bsky.social has encouraged the Government to explore how the #HagueAbductionConvention punishes mothers escaping #DomesticAbuse. ⬇️ www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
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Hope for UK mothers accused of child abduction after fleeing domestic violence
Women escaping abusive partners abroad could get new protections from legal analysis of Hague convention
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FiLiA @filiacharity.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Last night was the first of many; Next: In Defence of the Equality Act. Join Prof Mary Davis & @audreysuffolk.bsky.social MBE as they discuss the Equality Act, its importance to women's rights, why we must use it, defend it & extend it. 📆Thursday 22nd Oct 6.30PM 🌐 Online 🎫 bit.ly/FiLiAEqualityAct
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FiLiA @filiacharity.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
An informative & engaging webinar with 300+ registered & many questions from attendees. Lots of debate, which is what is needed on the Conversion Practices Bill! Thank you to our speakers & chair: Sonia Sodha, Stephanie Davies-Arai, Dr Louise Irvine & Sarah Vine KC for your time & expertise.
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FiLiA @filiacharity.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
💥Over THREE HUNDRED of you have registered for our #webinar tonight at 6pm!💥 There is still time to sign up to hear Stephanie Davies-Arai, Sonia Sodha, Sarah Vine KC and Dr Louise Irvine discussing the Conversion Practices Bill. Register➡️ bit.ly/FiLiABinTheBill #BinTheBill #FiLiABinTheBill
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FiLiA @filiacharity.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
📢A few tickets left for our webinar: The Draft Conversion Practices Bill. 🗓️ Tomorrow Sun 20th Sept 6PM BST 🌐 Online 🎫 bit.ly/FiLiABinTheBill ♀️A conversation between Sonia Sodha, Stephanie Davies-Arai, Dr Louise Irvine & Sarah Vine KC that you cannot afford to miss. #FiLiABinTheBill #BinTheBill
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FiLiA @filiacharity.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
📢Take Action on TUC Motion 17 – Write to your General Secretary📢 After delegates at the #TUC2026 voted to support Motion 17, #FiLiA Trade Union Women’s Network has produced a model letter for union members to send to General Secretaries, asking 5 key questions. ⬇️ www.filia.org.uk/latest-news/...
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Take Action on TUC Motion 17! — FiLiA
Delegates at the Trades Union Congres s this week voted to support a motion committing the organisation (and by implication its affiliate unions) to campaign against the EHRC code , which provid...
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FiLiA @filiacharity.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
♀️Today is #InternationalEqualPayDay and ONE YEAR until #FiLiA2027➡️ filia.org.uk/tickets ♀️ 🔗 research-sites.cardiff.ac.uk/reducing-gen... #EqualPayDay #EqualPay #ClosingTheGap #FiLiACard
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FiLiA @filiacharity.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
📢Take Action on TUC Motion 17 – Write to your General Secretary📢 After delegates at the #TUC2026 voted to support Motion 17, #FiLiA Trade Union Women’s Network has produced a model letter for union members to send to General Secretaries, asking 5 key questions. ⬇️ www.filia.org.uk/latest-news/...
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Take Action on TUC Motion 17! — FiLiA
Delegates at the Trades Union Congres s this week voted to support a motion committing the organisation (and by implication its affiliate unions) to campaign against the EHRC code , which provid...
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FiLiA @filiacharity.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Our next FiLiA’s Fire Bolton on Saturday 19th Sept at 7pm will include a survivor of the sex trade who will discuss her own experiences, what full decrim of the sex trade means, what has happened in countries that have these approaches & will compare those with the Nordic Model. 🎟️ bit.ly/FiLiAFire
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FiLiA @filiacharity.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Just a few days left to register for our webinar on Sunday 20th September at 6pm: The Conversion Practices Bill: Everything You Need To Know. 🎟️ bit.ly/FiLiABinTheBill Hear from Sonia Sodha, Stephanie Davies-Arai, Dr Louise Irvine & Sarah Vine KC – this is a conversation you cannot afford to miss!
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FiLiA @filiacharity.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
The motion passed at #TUC2026 in the last hour, with very little ‘debate’. Barely anyone mentioned women. Maybe members should now ask their unions how this can be implemented – while still protecting women's rights – and what is this change in law that they will be campaigning for?
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FiLiA @filiacharity.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
📢News just in – the motion from the TUC LGBT+ Conference will be debated at #TUC2026 THIS AFTERNOON. This blog has some questions about this motion that @tuc.org.uk delegates can raise at #TUC26 #Brighton⬇️ www.filia.org.uk/latest-news/...
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Debating the EHRC Code of Practice at This Year’s TUC Congress — FiLiA
This year’s TUC Congress takes place in Brighton between 13-16th September. On the agenda is a motion submitted by the TUC LGBT+ Conference, opposing the EHRC Code of Practice. The motion raises impor...
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FiLiA @filiacharity.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Tickets are flying out for our webinar: The Conversion Practices Bill. 🎟️ bit.ly/FiLiABinTheBill On Sunday September 20th, at 6PM, join Sonia Sodha, Stephanie Davies-Arai, Dr Louise Irvine and Sarah Vine KC to hear everything you need to know.
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Purna @purnasen.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
It’s troubling how little we have heard about #VAWG from PM #Burnham He doesn’t seem to be a reticent man so should we assume he has no thoughts on this? Or will he surprise us with some amazing announcements & actions very soon? 🙏🏽 to @filiacharity.bsky.social for carrying this piece I wrote.
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FiLiA @filiacharity.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Thank you to @right2equality.bsky.social for speaking to Ruth Dineen, @filiahaguemums.bsky.social Coordinator, about this important issue. Read here ➡️ righttoequality.org/the-law-that-turns-mothers-fleeing-abuse-into-child-abductors/
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FiLiA @filiacharity.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
New #blog by @purnasen.bsky.social querying the PM’s approach to #VAWG; we know only what he did as Mayor of Greater #Manchester and he urgently needs to set out his thinking and his vision. www.filia.org.uk/latest-news/...
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What Do We Know About Prime Minister Burnham’s Approach to Tackling Violence Against Women? — FiLiA
The blog queries the Prime Minister’s approach to VAWG, saying we know only what he did as Mayor of Greater Manchester; he has been quiet on the subject since becoming leader. There are some promising...
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FiLiA @filiacharity.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
On Sunday 20th September at 6PM, come to our #webinar and hear Stephanie Davies-Arai, Sonia Sodha, Dr Louise Irvine and Sarah Vine KC on the Conversion Practices Bill. 🎫 bit.ly/FiLiABinTheBill #FirstDoNoHarm
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FiLiA @filiacharity.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
‘The message is loud and clear that protective measures don't work!’ 🎙️ podcast.filia.org.uk/1983918/epis... Sally Jackson speaks with GlobalARRK Founder & CEO Roz Osborne about the support they offer to parents navigating international parental child abduction @filiahaguemums.bsky.social
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FiLiA @filiacharity.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
We wrote today to the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards about senior Reform MPs’ response to reports of violence at their Party Conference this weekend. ⬇️
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FiLiA @filiacharity.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
On Sunday 20th September at 6PM, come to our #webinar and hear Stephanie Davies-Arai, Sonia Sodha, Dr Louise Irvine and Sarah Vine KC on the Conversion Practices Bill. 🎫 bit.ly/FiLiABinTheBill #FirstDoNoHarm
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FiLiA @filiacharity.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
#TUC2026 starts on Sunday, with an LGBT+ motion submission, which raises issues for female membership of TUs & for lesbian & gay TU members. Our blog details these & has questions delegates can raise at their delegation meetings, in local branches & assemblies. ⬇️ www.filia.org.uk/latest-news/...
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Debating the EHRC Code of Practice at This Year’s TUC Congress — FiLiA
This year’s TUC Congress takes place in Brighton between 13-16th September. On the agenda is a motion submitted by the TUC LGBT+ Conference, opposing the EHRC Code of Practice. The motion raises impor...
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FiLiA @filiacharity.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
📢 Dydd Mercher hwn cynhelir ein hail weithdy ar wrthwynebu'r clybiau strip yng Nghaerdydd – dewch draw i ddysgu sut y gallwch wneud i'ch llais gael ei glywed a dweud #DimMwyoClybiauStrip 🔗 bit.ly/Cardiff-NMSC-Object2
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FiLiA @filiacharity.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
📢This Wednesday is our second workshop on objecting to the strip clubs in #Cardiff – come along and find out how you can make your voice heard and say #NoMoreStripClubs 🔗 bit.ly/Cardiff-NMSC-Object2
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FiLiA @filiacharity.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
📢FiLiA Webinar: The Draft Conversion Practices Bill. ♀️Sonia Sodha, Stephanie Davies-Arai, Dr Louise Irvine & Sarah Vine KC on what the Bill actually says, what it could mean in practice, & the questions that must be asked. 🗓️ Sunday 20th September 6PM 🌐 Online 🎫 bit.ly/FiLiABinTheBill #BinTheBill
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FiLiA @filiacharity.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
📢FiLiA Webinar: The Draft Conversion Practices Bill. ♀️Sonia Sodha, Stephanie Davies-Arai, Dr Louise Irvine & Sarah Vine KC on what the Bill actually says, what it could mean in practice, & the questions that must be asked. 🗓️ Sunday 20th September 6PM 🌐 Online 🎫 bit.ly/FiLiABinTheBill #BinTheBill
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FiLiA @filiacharity.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
We are here at the #MarchForLife counter-protest organised by @abortionrights.bsky.social and others✊ 🔗 abortionrights.org.uk/stand-up-for-choice-2026/ ⏰Abortion is a right. ⏰Abortion is healthcare. ⏰And it’s not going anywhere, no matter how hard they try! #mybodymychoice #StandUpForChoice
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FiLiA @filiacharity.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
We are building a campaign to say #NoMoreStripClubs across the country, starting in #Cardiff and then each FiLiA city and beyond! 🔗 filia.org.uk/no-more-strip-clubs Read more at our campaign page and come to our workshop next week, with more to follow!
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FiLiA @filiacharity.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
💫More beautiful #StarsForMurderedWomen being made by volunteers. ✨Please join us in making 101 stars, one for every woman taken through #MVAWG in 2025. ➡️ filia.org.uk/stars-for-murdered-women #Femicide @countingdeadwomen.bsky.social @femicidecensus.bsky.social 🫶
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FiLiA @filiacharity.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Ni chodwyd unrhyw wrthwynebiadau yn erbyn clybiau strip yng Nghaerdydd yn y gorffennol, ond rydym yn gwybod mai'r rheswm am hynny yw nad yw menywod yn sylweddoli y gallant wrthwynebu! Dewch i'n gweithdy ddydd Mercher, 9fed Medi i ddweud #NoMoreStripClubs 🔗 bit.ly/Cardiff-NMSC-Object2
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FiLiA @filiacharity.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
There have been ZERO objections to strip clubs in #Cardiff previously but from our research and street engagement, we KNOW this is because women do not know they can object! Come to our workshop on Wed 9th September to find out how you can say #NoMoreStripClubs 🔗 bit.ly/Cardiff-NMSC-Object2
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FiLiA @filiacharity.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
At #TUC2026 in #Brighton is a motion from the TUC LGBT+ Conference, which raises issues for female members of TUs & for lesbian & gay members. This blog has questions @tuc.org.uk delegates can raise at delegation mtgs, branches & regional/national assemblies. ⬇️ www.filia.org.uk/latest-news/...
filia.org.uk
Debating the EHRC Code of Practice at This Year’s TUC Congress — FiLiA
This year’s TUC Congress takes place in Brighton between 13-16th September. On the agenda is a motion submitted by the TUC LGBT+ Conference, opposing the EHRC Code of Practice. The motion raises impor...
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FiLiA @filiacharity.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
📢 Today, 3rd September, marks ONE year since Moroccan feminist and human rights activist Ibtissame ‘Betty’ Lachgar was convicted and sentenced to 30 months in prison, where she remains. A previous speaker at FiLiA, Betty was supposed to speak at #FiLiA2025. Image ©️ @makoveitchoux.bsky.social
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FiLiA @filiacharity.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
‘It’s time for this Government to target widespread misogyny, tackle the crisis of violence against women and girls, and stop scapegoating migrants.’ Read our joint statement with @projectresist.bsky.social 🔗 www.filia.org.uk/latest-news/...
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FiLiA @filiacharity.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
📢 Dim ond dau ddiwrnod sydd ar ôl tan ein gweithdy AR-LEIN i gefnogi menywod i wrthwynebu adnewyddu trwyddedau tri chlwb strip yng Nghaerdydd – cofrestrwch a dysgwch sut i wneud i'ch llais gael ei glywed! 🎟️ bit.ly/Cardiff-NMSC... Gyda gweithdy arall wedi'i gynllunio ar gyfer yr wythnos nesaf!
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FiLiA @filiacharity.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
📢Just two days until our ONLINE workshop to support women to object to the three Cardiff strip club licence renewals – register and learn how to make your voice heard! 🎟️ bit.ly/Cardiff-NMSC-Object1 With another planned for next week! #NoMoreStripClubs
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FiLiA @filiacharity.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
📢Just two days until our ONLINE workshop to support women to object to the three Cardiff strip club licence renewals – register and learn how to make your voice heard! 🎟️ bit.ly/Cardiff-NMSC-Object1 With another planned for next week! #NoMoreStripClubs
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FiLiA @filiacharity.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
📢 Dim ond dau ddiwrnod sydd ar ôl tan ein gweithdy AR-LEIN i gefnogi menywod i wrthwynebu adnewyddu trwyddedau tri chlwb strip yng Nghaerdydd – cofrestrwch a dysgwch sut i wneud i'ch llais gael ei glywed! 🎟️ bit.ly/Cardiff-NMSC... Gyda gweithdy arall wedi'i gynllunio ar gyfer yr wythnos nesaf!
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FiLiA @filiacharity.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
‘It’s time for this Government to target widespread misogyny, tackle the crisis of violence against women and girls, and stop scapegoating migrants.’ Read our joint statement with @projectresist.bsky.social 🔗 www.filia.org.uk/latest-news/...
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FiLiA @filiacharity.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
📢Mae’n bryd gwrthwynebu!📢 Dydd Mercher 2il Medi am 7yh, ymunwch â FiLiA ar gyfer gweithdy ar-lein lle byddwn yn eich cefnogi i wrthwynebu'r ceisiadau i adnewyddu trwyddedau clybiau strip a gyflwynwyd i Gyngor Caerdydd. 🎟️ bit.ly/Cardiff-NMSC-Object1 #NoMoreStripClubs
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FiLiA @filiacharity.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
📢Mae’n bryd gwrthwynebu!📢 Dydd Mercher, 9fed Medi am 7yh, ymunwch â FiLiA ar gyfer ein hail weithdy ar-lein, lle byddwn yn eich cefnogi i wrthwynebu'r ceisiadau i adnewyddu trwyddedau clybiau strip a gyflwynwyd i Gyngor Caerdydd. 🎟️ bit.ly/Cardiff-NMSC-Object2 #NoMoreStripClubs
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