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Laura Pascal

@pascallaura.bsky.social
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Head of Public Affairs at FiLiA. Former civil servant (DHSC and DfE) and Labour Party hack Also interested in adult social care & childcare markets

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Stop AI Abuse @saia1.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
TO SHARE: Jess Asato MP is suing Elon Musk’s XAI, the creators of Grok, after the chatbot was used to create fake, nonconsensual sexualised images of her - including a video showing her being sexually assaulted. Repost to show your support. @jessasatomp.bsky.social
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FiLiA @filiacharity.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
✊ We look forward to continuing our work with Office for Equality and Opportunity to strengthen Equality Impact Assessments (EqIAs) and the Public Sector Equality Duty (PSED) to ‘make policy work for women’. www.filia.org.uk/latest-news/...
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Policy with Women in Mind — FiLiA
FiLiA’s Making Policy Work for Women campaign calls on policy makers to make policy feminist – to incorporate the differential impacts on women in the design and development of all policies and to use...
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FiLiA @filiacharity.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
💜 We're pleased to see @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social reappointed as Minister for Women and Equalities. ⚖️ There must be no rollback of women’s, girls’ and lesbians’ rights as the Equality Act 2010, as clarified by the Supreme Court, is implemented. www.filia.org.uk/latest-news/...
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The EHRC Code of Practice Has Finally Been Laid — FiLiA
This is a significant legal and political moment: the Minister for Women and Equalities has laid guidance from the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) about how organisations should apply the ...
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FiLiA @filiacharity.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
We're pleased to hear that some FiLiA volunteers are already contacting their MPs to ask them to sign the EDM. If you'd like to do the same, you can find your MP here: members.parliament.uk/FindYourMP
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Find your MP - MPs and Lords - UK Parliament
Enter your postcode, location, MPs name or job title to find the name and contact details of your local MP.
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FiLiA @filiacharity.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Thank you, too, to MPs who have already added their names. Earlier this week, we wrote to Amnesty setting out our concerns and asking them to address these issues. Our letter to Amnesty ⬇️ bsky.app/profile/fili...
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Laura Pascal @pascallaura.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Amnesty UK self-reports to watchdog after calling JK Rowling women’s centre ‘anti-rights’ www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
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Amnesty UK self-reports to watchdog after calling JK Rowling women’s centre ‘anti-rights’
Beira’s Place in Edinburgh, founded by the author, says claim was ‘deeply offensive’ as it considers legal action
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FiLiA @filiacharity.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
🧵Alongside numerous other groups, we have written to @amnestyuk.bsky.social, following the inclusion of FiLiA in their (now withdrawn) report A Growing Threat - the Anti-Rights Movement in the UK. Read our letter here ➡️ filia.org.uk/s/FiLiA-Letter-to-Amnesty-International-UK-July-2026.pdf
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Iconic feminist graffitti (UK), 1979, photographed by Jill Posener, British photographer and activist #womensart
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
13 June 1882 | A German Jewish woman, Helene Dorner, was born in Berlin. In June 1943 she was incarcerated in #Theresienstadt Ghetto and in October 1944 she was deported to #Auschwitz. She did not survive.
Vintage black-and-white portrait of a woman dressed in an elegant, early 20th-century outfit with detailed embellishments and multiple strands of pearls.
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Jess Asato MP @jessasatomp.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Last week, I was delighted to host the launch of the @filiacharity.bsky.social #NoMoreStripClubs campaign in Parliament, calling for an end to the licensing of strip clubs and stronger action to tackle the harms linked to sexual exploitation and violence against women and girls. 👇
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FiLiA @filiacharity.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Read the full report and summary on our research page: 🔗 filia.org.uk/strip-clubs-... #NoMoreStripClubs #WomensVoices @jessasatomp.bsky.social @tonia-antoniazzi.bsky.social
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FiLiA @filiacharity.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
As #Cardiff was one of the cities included, great coverage of our strip club research in Herald Wales. ‘Local women also described a disproportionate number of single mothers working in Cardiff’s strip clubs, linking this to financial hardship & limited alternatives.’ herald.wales/south-wales/...
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New research supports campaign to rid Cardiff streets of strip clubs - Herald.Wales
NEW RESEARCH research released from UK women's right's charity FiLiA reveals women want strip clubs closed. They say the clubs are harmful and
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FiLiA @filiacharity.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
📢Great news! Dr Laura Favaro will be on #BBCWomansHour tomorrow, discussing her original research for #FiLiA: Life near Strip Clubs: Women's Voices from UK Cities. 📻 bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002x5rv Listen live from 10am on BBC Radio4, BBC Sounds or catch-up wherever you get your podcasts.
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FiLiA @filiacharity.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Huge thanks to @jessasatomp.bsky.social for hosting the well-attended and action-focused launch of our new report by Dr Laura Favaro: Life near Strip Clubs: Women’s Voices from UK Cities, in Parliament yesterday. Read the report here: www.filia.org.uk/strip-clubs-... #NoMoreStripClubs
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FiLiA @filiacharity.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Read our statement re: @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social laying the @equalityhumanright.bsky.social EHRC Code of Practice here ⬇️ 🔗➡️ www.filia.org.uk/latest-news/... #WomensRightsAreHumanRights #NoMoreExcuses
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The EHRC Code of Practice Has Finally Been Laid — FiLiA
This is a significant legal and political moment: the Minister for Women and Equalities has laid guidance from the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) about how organisations should apply the ...
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Laura Pascal @pascallaura.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
No one should face arrest, prison, or violence simply for who they are or for expressing affection. Right now, Wendy Faith and Diana Denise need urgent support. Sign the petition and call for dropping of charges. a.allout.org/s/P202e/
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Justice for Wendy Faith and Diana Denise
No one should face arrest, prison, or violence simply for who they are or for expressing affection. Right now, Wendy Faith and Diana Denise need urgent support. Sign the petition and call for dropping...
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FiLiA @filiacharity.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
🔶 More than half the women in the Snapshot are mothers. 77% of them have been separated from their children. We pay tribute to the courage, resilience and tenacity of the women that we work with. 🔎 Read the report at bit.ly/FiLiA-WF-Snapshot-2025 #SnapshotInsights #SheCounts
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FiLiA @filiacharity.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
🧵 Over a week in October 2025, five specialist orgsanisations in England & Wales, Kairos Women Working Together, nia, Street Talk, Women at the Well and The Swan Project, took part in a ‘snapshot’ exercise, collecting the experiences of 91 women involved in the commercial sex trade. #SheCounts
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FiLiA @filiacharity.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
The Bill would enable Scotland to meet the FIVE recommendations that our Women First – Real Solutions to Prostitution coalition has called for. 🔗 www.filia.org.uk/women-first Let’s take this opportunity to show that in #Scotland, Women are #Unbuyable
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Real Solutions to Prostitution — FiLiA
We are a coalition between survivors of the sex trade and professionals working in the VAWG sector.
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FiLiA @filiacharity.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Studies have repeatedly shown the appalling levels of violence Women are subjected to by sex buyers and this Bill provides the opportunity to hold them to account. We support our Scottish Sisters that are calling for this legislation. 🔗 unbuyable.org/
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FiLiA @filiacharity.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Today the Prostitution (Offences and Support) (Scotland) Bill will be debated in the Scottish parliament. We ask Scottish MSPs to attend & engage in the debate and ensure they take this opportunity to stand with survivors and hear their calls for protection. 🔗 www.parliament.scot/bills-and-la...
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Labour Women's Declaration @labwomendec.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
We remember Lord David Triesman with gratitude. He was an early Labour voice willing to speak plainly about women’s rights and the importance of single-sex provision. This clip from 2020 is a reminder of his courage and clarity — and how much has changed since. www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBdM...
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Excerpt from House of Lords Questions on the Government Equalities Office GRA Statement 25.09.20
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Labour Women's Declaration @labwomendec.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
We welcome Anas Sarwar’s commitment to ensure women’s prisons are genuinely single-sex & act quickly if Labour takes office in Scotland. This reflects Supreme Court’s clear law on sex & women’s safety. We urge UK Labour to match this clarity and act nationwide. www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/politic...
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Trans prisoners to be banned from female jails if Scottish Labour wins election
EXCLUSIVE: The Scottish Labour leader said prisons must be 'single-sex spaces" in the wake of the Isla Bryson scandal.
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Laura Pascal @pascallaura.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
This looks fascinating. Am keen to find out if /when will be published in the UK...
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Laura Pascal @pascallaura.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Proud that @filiacharity.bsky.social is among the many organisations supporting Ash Regan MSP's #Unbuyable Bill. 📺 Watch the debate in the Scottish Parliament tomorrow after 2pm: www.scottishparliament.tv
List of organisations supporting the Proposed Prostitution (Offences and Support)(Scotland) Bill
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FiLiA @filiacharity.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
We stand ready to support effective delivery of this strategy, informed by our co-produced work and the expertise of grassroots Women affected by #MVAWG every day. Image: @makoveitchoux.bsky.social #FiLiA2022
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FiLiA @filiacharity.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
🧵 We welcome the long-awaited #VAWG strategy, published today. It includes some promising initiatives, many of which were signalled ahead of today’s launch, and it is positive to see renewed focus on this national emergency. www.gov.uk/government/p...
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Freedom from violence and abuse: a cross-government strategy
This strategy sets out the government’s vision and actions for meeting its ambition to halve violence against women and girls in a decade.
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Brap @brap.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
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a dog is laying on a chair in a living room .
ALT: a dog is laying on a chair in a living room .
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FiLiA @filiacharity.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
🧵 Last month, FiLiA welcomed our new Director of Research, Dr Laura Favaro, who will bring together FiLiA’s diverse strands of research to establish a dedicated space for the production of high-quality, feminist-driven research: the FiLiA Research Hub. #16Days #16DaysOfActivism
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FiLiA @filiacharity.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
Important @ukhouseoflords.bsky.social debate last week on Govt's #VAWG strategy: #FGM, honour-based abuse, online #misogyny, CSE & role of the new Victims’ Commissioner. 📺 youtu.be/evl7kUzji1Y Peers’ asked Lord Hanson ‘when’ the strategy will be published, he repeatedly answered ‘very soon’...⏰
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What is the government doing to reduce violence against women and girls?
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FiLiA @filiacharity.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
Our best wishes to Dr Mary-Ann Stephenson as she begins in post tomorrow. We know she will be an asset to the EHRC and everyone it serves and we look forward to working with her and the EHRC in the future. Read our letter in support of her appointment ⬇️ filia.org.uk/latest-news/...
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Letter in support of Dr Mary-Ann Stephenson — FiLiA
FiLiA warmly welcomes the Government’s choice of preferred candidate for the next Chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC), Dr Mary-Ann Stephenson. As part of the process, she appeared...
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FiLiA @filiacharity.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
In our accompanying letter to the Welsh Government, we urge officials to reform their approach to Equality Impact Assessments and widen stakeholder engagement to include grassroots women’s organisations. 🔗 filia.org.uk/s/Letter-to-...
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FiLiA @filiacharity.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
Last week, we wrote to the EHRC in response to their formal enforcement action concerning serious failures in the Welsh Government’s compliance with the Public Sector Equality Duty. 🔗 filia.org.uk/s/Letter-to-...
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FiLiA @filiacharity.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
Thank you, Lady Falkner, for your leadership and interventions in balancing the rights of everyone, in your role as Chair of the #EHRC We are especially grateful for your defence of women's human rights, especially in the face of toxicity & hostility. 🔗 www.equalityhumanrights.com/kishwer-baro...
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FiLiA @filiacharity.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
Read FiLiA's Male Violence against Women & Girls Global Lead, Sally Jackson's blog on why feminists mark the UN day for the elimination of #VAWG & why our activism can never be limited to #16days ✊ 🔗 www.filia.org.uk/latest-news/... #16DaysOfActivism #IDEVAW #IDEVAW2025 #NoExcuse
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FiLiA @filiacharity.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
However, @womensbudgetgrp.bsky.social also say that ‘unless the Government also removes the benefit cap, some of the poorest households will see little or no gain, as any newly available support would be likely clawed back through the benefit cap’. 🔗⬇️ www.wbg.org.uk/article/some...
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Some positive steps for women but more ambition needed, says WBG
Read our immediate response to the Budget
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FiLiA @filiacharity.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
The two-child benefit cap will be scrapped in full from April 2026, described by the @womensbudgetgrp.bsky.social as ‘a landmark step towards tackling child poverty in the UK’ & which will ‘lift over half a million children out of poverty by the end of the decade’. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Two-child benefit cap to be scrapped from next year
The policy, introduced under the Tories, means parents can only claim universal credit for their first two children.
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FiLiA @filiacharity.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
'Women belong in all places where decisions are being made. It shouldn't be that women are the exception.' Ruth Bader Ginsburg
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FiLiA @filiacharity.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Big thanks again to @tonia-antoniazzi.bsky.social for sponsoring the event and to all the MPs and Peers who made time to come along. We can't wait to start building these relationships further.
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FiLiA @filiacharity.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
We were also very happy to meet @katrinamurraymp.bsky.social @labouruk.bsky.social , who was interested to hear about the research in our report and the work of the #FiLiAWomensAssembly, especially in #Scotland.
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FiLiA @filiacharity.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Fantastic to meet @kittysull1.bsky.social & @tracygilbertmp.bsky.social @labouruk.bsky.social, who were both interested to hear about the diverse range of women who have signed up to the #FiLiAWomensAssembly, attending 30+ events this year, inc. in #Scotland. Further meetings are now being planned!
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Laura Pascal @pascallaura.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
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The Times and Sunday Times @thetimes.com · 21/11/2025
Transgender civil servants are still ­allowed to use lavatories of their choice as the government is yet to withdraw outdated guidelines saying gender identities “must be respected at all times”
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Trans civil servants can still use toilets of choice despite law change
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Laura Pascal @pascallaura.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
Sex Matters letter to BBC's board 👇 5 CALLS: Root out oppressive influence of transgender ideology in the BBC Replace gender ideology activist language Stop output normalising trans ideology ensure all BBC journalists can fearlessly tell the unvarnished truth. Retrain staff #TimeToAct
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LS @vatskills.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
In BBC staff inboxes this week: How to be a trans ally" . Regardless of your views on trans ideology, it is NO part of a journalist's job to be an "ally" for one view.
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Laura Pascal @pascallaura.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
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Sex Matters intervenes on single-sex services guidance
Sex Matters has been given permission to intervene in the judicial review being brought by the Good Law Project against the Equality and Human Rights
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Back Bridget @backbridget.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
This is why @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social is running to be Deputy Leader of the Labour Party👇
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FiLiA @filiacharity.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
3 out of 4 of great offices of State (PM, Chancellor, Home Sec, Foreign Sec) are now held by Women. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Keir Starmer carries out major reshuffle after Angela Rayner resignation
Angela Rayner's exit has prompted a major shake-up with David Lammy becoming deputy prime minister.
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FiLiA @filiacharity.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
💥 #FiLiA2025 speaker news 💥 Tonia Antoniazzi MP, #feminist, politician, former teacher, former rugby international & advocate for Women & Girls’ sex-based rights & ending the scourge of #MVAWG. Tonia is Chair of the @appg-cse.bsky.social 🎟️ filia.org.uk/tickets #MaleViolence
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