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WATCH @watch-notequalyet.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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Women have been priests in Sweden since 1960 – but the battle for gender equality in the Church continues
Officially recognising women’s vocation to the priesthood continues to elicit opposition from conservative factions of the Church.
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WATCH @watch-notequalyet.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
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WATCH @watch-notequalyet.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Death notice in this week’s @churchtimes.bsky.social for Bishop Barry Rogerson, campaigner for women to be ‘allowed’ to be @churchofengland.org priests.
Death notice for Bishop Barry Rogerson, campaigner for women to be ‘allowed’ to be priests.
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WATCH @watch-notequalyet.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
From this week’s @churchtimes.bsky.social And this from Genesis: “So God created human beings…In the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.” Improving, & eventually achieving, gender balance in ministry will help the @churchofengland.org better reflect the nature of God.
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WATCH @watch-notequalyet.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
#Liturgy @churchofengland.org
Invitation to join WATCH liturgy online on 2.6.26, 10-11am.
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WATCH @watch-notequalyet.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Do you want a #BishopofLondon who views & treats women equally with men? Or one whose position is that women should be under the authority of men? Believe it or not, the latter is now possible. Please sign & share the petition: www.change.org/p/a-petition...
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Sign the Petition
A petition concerning the next bishop of London
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WATCH @watch-notequalyet.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
#SouthamptonRapeSentence #AttorneyGeneral #UndulyLenientSentences www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
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Teenagers’ non-custodial sentences for rape under review, UK government says
MP Jess Phillips says sentences given to three boys in Hampshire seem ‘unduly lenient’ and send ‘bad message’
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WATCH @watch-notequalyet.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
#BishopofLondon @churchofengland.org
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WATCH @watch-notequalyet.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
It was not predictable that what was agreed in good faith by #GeneralSynod & the UK #Parliament would be confidently ignored by one ‘side’.
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The Rev. Keakealani @keakealani.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Habemus episcopum! Hoʻomaikaʻi e Mtr. Libby!
A screenshot of the Episcopal Diocese of Hawaiʻi’s website that says “CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR BISHOP-ELECT!
THE REV. ELIZABETH
"LIBBY" BERMAN
Sixth Bishop of The Episcopal Diocese of
Hawaii”

The picture below is of Bishop Elect Libby with current Bishop Bob.
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churchtimes.bsky.social @churchtimes.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
East Meets West was formed against a backdrop of rising Islamophobia in the wake of the 9/11 attacks. This year, the group celebrates its 20th anniversary, Madeleine Davies reports
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Feast at Lancaster Priory unites diverse community of women
THE inspiration for East Meets West, a group that brings together women of different ethnicities and faiths in Lancashire, occurred in a car park. Liz Bagley noticed that, in the wake of the 9/11 attacks, the Gujarati women who had once smiled bac...
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WATCH @watch-notequalyet.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
It was not predictable that what was agreed in good faith by #GeneralSynod & the UK #Parliament would be confidently ignored by one ‘side’.
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WATCH @watch-notequalyet.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Tim Wyatt in his Critical Friend blog is incorrect, ignoring what we’ve >>>repeatedly>>>> pointed out: the terms of the 2014 settlement have not been observed. We are ‘complaining’ about that.
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WATCH @watch-notequalyet.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
#BishopofLondon
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WATCH @watch-notequalyet.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Read Michael Hampson’s encouraging blog about misogyny in Bible translation www.womenandthechurch.org/blog
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WATCH @watch-notequalyet.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
#BishopofLondon
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WATCH @watch-notequalyet.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Do you want a #BishopofLondon who views & treats women equally with men? Or one whose position is that women should be under the authority of men? Believe it or not, the latter is now possible. Please sign & share the petition: www.change.org/p/a-petition...
change.org
Sign the Petition
A petition concerning the next bishop of London
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WATCH @watch-notequalyet.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Did you know that #MutualFlourishing has been allowed to end up one-sided, working against the needs & rights of #ChurchofEngland women? Please sign & share the petition. #BishopofLondon #FiveGuidingPrinciples
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WATCH @watch-notequalyet.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
www.womenandthechurch.org/blog/luthnpy...
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WHY I SIGNED THE PETITION TO SAY NO TO A BISHOP OF LONDON WHO DOES NOT ORDAIN WOMEN — WATCH
I’m a lay woman in the diocese of Ely, and have worked and worshipped in the Church of England for decades, including in the diocese of Chichester. It’s taken almost that long to learn how our Church ...
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WATCH @watch-notequalyet.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Why is it possible that a man could be appointed #BishopofLondon who opposes equality for women in the @churchofengland.org, when #MutualFlourishing is known, despite the omertà, to have been one sided, & leaders haven’t implemented the IR review recommendations which wd be essential preconditions.
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WATCH @watch-notequalyet.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Here’s a link to the petition: www.change.org/p/a-petition...
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Sign the Petition
A petition concerning the next bishop of London
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WATCH @watch-notequalyet.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Here’s the link to the petition www.change.org/p/a-petition...
change.org
Sign the Petition
A petition concerning the next bishop of London
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WATCH @watch-notequalyet.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Article on the change.org petition asking to have a #BishopofLondon who believes women should be treated equally to men in the @churchofengland.org, & not one who doesn’t believe that. The latter is genuinely a possibility, under the current arrangements. www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/202...
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All new diocesan bishops must accept the ordination of women, campaign group demands
Petition is published by WATCH before appointment of next Bishop of London
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WATCH @watch-notequalyet.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Fewer than 5% of @churchofengland.org churches support excluding women from ministry leadership, but their activists are working to get a #BishopofLondon who rejects equality for women. Please sign this petition, so that London can have a bishop who supports men & women ministering equally together.
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WATCH @watch-notequalyet.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
#AnglicanWomen If #ChurchofEngland people don’t know & react about this, such an appointment could actually happen. Please sign & share.
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WATCH @watch-notequalyet.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
You can watch the #installation of the new #ArchbishopofCanterbury live: details on #CanterburyCathedral website here www.canterbury-cathedral.org/news/posts/h...
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Hosting the Installation of the 106th Archbishop of Canterbury | Canterbury Cathedral
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WATCH @watch-notequalyet.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Praise God!
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Sue Crampton @suecauthor.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
BBC News - First female Archbishop of Canterbury to be enthroned www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... Many women in the late early part of 20th century campaigned for this.They were barred by the patriarchy of the Establishment.'A Head Above Others' is about Edith Picton Turbervill an early campaigner.
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First female Archbishop of Canterbury Dame Sarah Mullally to be enthroned
The Prince and Princess of Wales will be part of the congregation at Canterbury Cathedral - alongside nurses and carers, reflecting the new archbishop's past career.
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Diocese of York @dioceseofyork.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
We give thanks for Archbishop Sarah and offer our warmest congratulations on her installation as Archbishop of Canterbury. @bishopbarry.bsky.social shares a message from Whitby, where nearly 1,400 years ago, St Hilda was baptised by Paulinus and set the course of Christianity in northern England.
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The Church of England @churchofengland.org · 25/03/2026
Join us in prayer for the Archbishop of Canterbury on the day of her installation. 🙏
A prayer for the installation of the Archbishop of Canterbury.

Almighty God,
you call your Church in every age
to proclaim the gospel of Christ:
look with mercy upon your servant Sarah,
and grant that, as deacon,
she may care for those in need,
as priest, sustain us with the ministry
of word and sacrament,
and as bishop, guard the faith
and build up the body of Christ in holiness.
Give her wisdom and kindness
that as archbishop, she may promote unity,
seek truth, and lead us in the way
of righteousness and peace;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.
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WATCH @watch-notequalyet.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
IWD2026 sermon by @MartineOborne here 38:40 mins in www.youtube.com/live/SNREtNO...
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Parish Eucharist (Sunday 8th March at 10.00am)
YouTube video by St Martin-in-the-Fields
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WATCH @watch-notequalyet.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
@sydmorningherald.bsky.social article by Dr Julia Baird on #TransparencyAboutMaleHeadship views & practices, in #AnglicanCommunion churches. (Male Headship/Female Submission to men is called - by those who subscribe to it - “ #Complementarian “ “theology”)
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WATCH @watch-notequalyet.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
Hope to see members & friends at the 10am service at #StMartinintheFields today. 😃Martine Oborne will be preaching. #InternationalWomensDay2026
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WATCH @watch-notequalyet.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
#MartineOborne on the task taken on by #SarahMullally #InternationalWomensDay2026
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WATCH @watch-notequalyet.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
WATCH members & friends are invited to celebrate #InternationalWomensDay this Sunday morning at St Martin-in-the-Fields. Do please join us! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/10am-sung-...
Poster saying that the service will be at 10am, a Eucharist, with WATCH members & friends.
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The Times and Sunday Times @thetimes.com · 06/03/2026
Five years after Sarah Everard, has the Met made women feel safer?
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Five years after Sarah Everard, has the Met made women feel safer?
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SCM Press @scmpress.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
It’s here! Out now but still 20% off for the rest of February. ‘Shercliff calls for women to show anger and courage by speaking with authentic voices’ - Martine Oborne, Chair of @watch-notequalyet.bsky.social
Three copies of the new book by Liz Shercliff, May She Speak in the Name of the Father: Patriarchy, Preaching and the Gospel
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WATCH @watch-notequalyet.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
Wonderful moment in time: thank you ++Sarah, for taking this burden on.
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Dan Barnes-Davies SCP @danbarnesdavies.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Great news! Mullally will be speaking out for the end of the deeply flawed 2014 settlement any day now, then. Removing the 5GP, right? No longer requiring priests to function in a toxic environment, yeah? Let's hold our breath, @watch-notequalyet.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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New Archbishop of Canterbury Dame Sarah Mullally says she will speak out on misogyny
The first woman to lead the Church of England in its history is officially confirmed at St Paul's Cathedral.
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WATCH @watch-notequalyet.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
#CatholicWomenPriests yet? No Women are not “allowed”…by men. These men are still keeping women down.
More reaction to the decision of Catholic leaders to continue to exclude women from priestly ministry.
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WATCH @watch-notequalyet.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
This Reith Lecture is really encouraging for those advocating for moral/ethical progress. It covers lessons learned from abolitionists, suffragettes, etc; the need for perseverance; how just a few determined people do achieve positive change for societies. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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Radio 4 - Listen Live - BBC Sounds
Listen live to Radio 4 on BBC Sounds
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WATCH @watch-notequalyet.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
Our online Advent Liturgy event
Image advertising WATCH Inclusive Liturgy Online event on 4 December, 10-11am. You can sign up via Eventbrite.
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WATCH @watch-notequalyet.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
Join our online liturgy event, coming up this Thursday:
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WATCH @watch-notequalyet.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
Really interesting discussion about #MargeryKempe & her times: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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In Our Time - Margery Kempe and English Mysticism - BBC Sounds
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Margery Kempe, the medieval English mystic.
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WATCH @watch-notequalyet.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
#GodBeyondGender book launch tomorrow:
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WATCH @watch-notequalyet.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
A Guide to #Mansplaining: theconversation.com/mansplaining...
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‘Mansplaining’ is different from other criticism – and Rachel Reeves is right to call it out
Women in public life often experience gendered behaviour but are punished for pointing it out.
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WATCH @watch-notequalyet.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
Sharing encouragements at the WATCH trustees’ meeting today. So many to be grateful for: the #ArchbishopofCanterbury ‘s appointment; the response to our Transparency campaign; so many new members joining; & yet more joining our mailing list; the Newcastle Roadshow; new trustees; etc. #NotEqualYet
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WATCH @watch-notequalyet.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
Letter in the @churchtimes.bsky.social this week, in response to Rev Katie Stock’s article last week. #NotEqualYet
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WATCH @watch-notequalyet.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
Medieval women’s legacies live on in Britain’s towns and cities theconversation.com/medieval-wom...
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Medieval women’s legacies live on in Britain’s towns and cities
As creators of educational, religious and charitable institutions, women of means found ways to circumvent the patriarchal power structures of medieval society.
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