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Violence against women and sex discrimination still exist. Women need reserved places, separate spaces and distinct services. Join our campaign to keep them. Link 🌳 linktr.ee/womansplaceuk

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Woman’s Place UK @womansplaceuk.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Campaign statement: Founded in response to proposals to reform the GRA2004, our campaign is now ending Our website, meetings & submissions will remain as an archive of our campaign & a resource for future ones Thank you & in sisterhood Woman's Place UK 🔗 womansplaceuk.org/2024/11/28/a...
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A Woman's Place UK: the right side of history
After seven years we are ending our campaign, knowing that we have largely achieved our original demands. The guarantor of our rights ultimately will be a thriving women’s liberation movement, interna...
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Woman’s Place UK @womansplaceuk.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
1-The case hinges on whether “sex” in the Equality Act refers to biological sex or legal sex established by a GRC. A ruling will not change the legislation itself but will provide clarity on how these laws interact and are interpreted. #WeKnowWhatAWomanIs todaysfamilylawyer.co.uk/supreme-cour...
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Woman’s Place UK @womansplaceuk.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
"We are accountable only to our stated aims and our supporters, Thank you." Kiri Tunks #WomensLib2020 #WomansPlaceUK www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFHQ...
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Kiri Tunks at Women's Liberation 2020 (1 February 2020)
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FiLiA @filiacharity.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
We are here at the #SpyCops inquiry, to support Helen Steel, who is giving evidence today. #Sisterhood and #Solidarity to all those affected @spiesoutoflives.bsky.social 🔗 spycops.co.uk #NoExcuse #16days #365Days
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Southall Black Sisters (SBS) @sbsisters.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Huge shout out to @sisterssalon.bsky.social for supporting us in our endeavour to empower Black, minoritised and migrant women and girls to escape abuse and lead lives free of fear and violence. Your voice can further strengthen our calls for action. #16DaysOfActivism
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Woman’s Place UK @womansplaceuk.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
"The women of Scotland are furious and organising in their thousands, and they are unequivocally supported by all of us south of the border and beyond." Dr Shonagh Dillon #WhatIsAWoman #WeKnowWhatAWomanIs #ForWomenScotVTheScottishMinisters womansplaceuk.org/2022/12/20/c...
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Celebrating Scottish Women - Woman's Place UK
A celebration of the Scottish women showing politicians and policy makers that angry women will organise and should never be underestimated.
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Miriam J aka Miz from the hellsite @mizmog.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
World feminism in crisis: #Palestine and the betrayal of solidarity Hard to disagree with any of this! @maryamaldossari.bsky.social for the Morning Star. morningstaronline.co.uk/article/worl...
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World feminism in crisis: Palestine and the betrayal of solidarity
Palestinian women have been failed by the feminist movement overall, argues MARYAM ALDOSSARI, calling for a return to principled solidarity instead of selective outrage and dehumanising narratives
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Women for Refugee Women @4refugeewomen.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
We have one volunteer opportunity left! 💃Dance and Movement 📅Tuesdays, 4pm - 5pm 🖊️Apply by Thurs 28 Nov, 5pm If you're passionate about dance and would like to support refugee women in a fun and relaxed environment, we'd love to hear from you! www.refugeewomen.co.uk/dance-volunt...
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Women for Refugee Women : We're looking for a Dance and Movement volunteer!
We're looking for a new volunteer to support refugee and asylum-seeking women to practice dance and movement in a fun environment.
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Woman’s Place UK @womansplaceuk.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
1] The Scottish Gov strategic review recommends single-sex services. Therefore we must have the law to support this. #WhatIsAWoman #WeKnowWhatAWomanIs #ForWomenScotVTheScottishMinisters womansplaceuk.org/2023/06/23/r...
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Scottish Government's strategic review recommends single-sex services - Woman's Place UK
Scottish Gov strategic review recommends single-sex services. A response from WPUK. We have picked out some key points and recommendations.
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Aurora New Dawn @auroranewdawn.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
An estimated 140 women and girls across the world die at the hands of their partner or family member every day, according to new global estimates on femicide by the UN. #16Days #16DaysofAction #IDEVAW2024 #WeBelieveYou #YouAreNotAlone www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
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Home is the most dangerous place for women, says global femicide report
Of the 85,000 women killed by men in 2023, 60% died at the hands of a partner or family member, new UN figures show
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Woman’s Place UK @womansplaceuk.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
"The women of Scotland are furious and organising in their thousands, and they are unequivocally supported by all of us south of the border and beyond." Dr Shonagh Dillon #WhatIsAWoman #WeKnowWhatAWomanIs #ForWomenScotVTheScottishMinisters womansplaceuk.org/2022/12/20/c...
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Celebrating Scottish Women - Woman's Place UK
A celebration of the Scottish women showing politicians and policy makers that angry women will organise and should never be underestimated.
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sianushka.bsky.social @sianushka.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Don’t forget how the anti abortionists respond to a woman dying, her children left without a mother. Believe them when they show you who they are.
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Sisters Salon Brighton #CreatingWomensSpaces @sisterssalon.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
-2- We are so thankful to the survivors who attend #SistersSalon & share their stories & testimonies. We hope today we are closer to single-sex rape crisis provision being reinstated in Sussex. Take action for #16Days #IDEVAW using our template 👇 brightonsisters.wordpress.com/respectwomen...
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Action One
Action One #Respect Women Support our meeting with the Sussex Police & Crime Commissioner on social media To mark the International Day For The Elimination of Violence Against Women & Girls…
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Sisters Salon Brighton #CreatingWomensSpaces @sisterssalon.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
We are so thankful to Katy Bourne OBE Sussex Police & Crime Commissioner for meeting with #SistersSalon to mark #IDEVAW2024 & uphold single-sex services for victim-survivors. #16Days #RespectWomen brightonsisters.wordpress.com/16daysofacti...
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Woman’s Place UK @womansplaceuk.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Addressing the definition of ‘legal sex’: "It creates significant inconsistencies, which impair the proper functioning of the Equality Act and jeopardise the rights and interests of women and same-sex attracted people." Baroness Falkner www.equalityhumanrights.com/media-centre...
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Sisters Salon Brighton #CreatingWomensSpaces @sisterssalon.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Sign our open letter in support of @sarahsurviving.bsky.social A victim-survivor she is asking Brighton' #RapeCrisis service to provide single-sex support services. Women in Brighton are self-excluding from life-saving service. This has to change. brightonsisters.wordpress.com/we-stand-wit...
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Sisters Salon Brighton #CreatingWomensSpaces @sisterssalon.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
Women victim-survivors from all walks of life, tell us again & again that single-sex provision of services (generic services & specialist domestic abuse/rape crisis) are vital. brightonsisters.wordpress.com/we-stand-wit...
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Susan Dalgety @susandalgety.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
On Tuesday, the UK Supreme Court will consider the definition of a woman. My preview of this groundbreaking case in the Scotsman www.scotsman.com/news/opinion...
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How UK's highest court is about to decide what a 'woman' is
A long-running row over how to define a women is set to come to a head at the UK Supreme Court
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
Queen of Hearts,1909 by Margaret Macdonald, one of the defining artists of the Glasgow School
Symetrical artwork featuring a stylised central white female figure wearing an ornate headdress or crown and long robe or cloak in gold and with details of lines and small red hearts on the borders, in front of her chin is a red rose motif and to each side of her head is a small white childish face, all on a dark blue background bordered by a dashed line
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Cathy Devine @womensportfeminism.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
What complete nonsense. We don't pick & choose which females we share females public toilets with. But the female ones include all females. Across the political spectrum. And exclude all males. We don't police entry based on political allegiance.
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Woman’s Place UK @womansplaceuk.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
So women can be ill, but not with an illness related to our sexed bodies. #EverydaySexism www.express.co.uk/life-style/h...
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Women uncomfortable telling work the truth about sick days - for three reasons
New research has revealed the reasons why women are unlikely to tell their boss the real reason they are calling in sick
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Woman’s Place UK @womansplaceuk.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
“The accused range from social media influencers to cash-hungry boyfriends. “I don’t think I’ll ever be fully healed,” said one victim.” www.reuters.com/investigates...
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Enslaved on OnlyFans: Women describe lives of isolation and torture
OnlyFans gives women the chance to earn money by making porn. Sex traffickers also use the platform to abuse and exploit them, say police and prosecutors.
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Woman’s Place UK @womansplaceuk.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
“As the world marks the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women on November 25, the ongoing war on Gaza casts a dark shadow over the commemoration.” #IDEVAW #16Days www.presstv.ir/Detail/2024/...
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Intl. Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women: A stark reminder of Gaza women
As the world marks the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women on November 25, the ongoing war on Gaza casts a dark shadow over the commemoration.
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Woman’s Place UK @womansplaceuk.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
“The guidance, seen by The Telegraph, allows male staff identifying as female to intimately search women so long as they have a gender recognition certificate (GRC).” 🔗 archive.ph/2024.11.23-0...
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FiLiA @filiacharity.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
'Religion is an idea like any other, and it’s a bad one at that. If Women’s rights are your concern, then Feminism is a much better idea.' @maryamnamazie.bsky.social freethinker.co.uk/2024/11/femi... #WomensRights
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Feminism and religion are incompatible - The Freethinker
This is an edited version of Maryam Namazie’s contribution to a Cambridge Union debate: ‘This House Believes Feminism…
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Michael Conroy / Men At Work @michaelconroy.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
No, 25th November is NOT ‘White Ribbon Day’. It is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women #IDEVAW This from @kareningalasmith.bsky.social is very compelling on why this matters. kareningalasmith.com/category/the...
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The International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women – Karen Ingala Smith
Posts about The International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women written by Karen Ingala Smith
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Cathy Newman @cathynewman.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
I talked to ⁦‪‬The Media Show about our ⁦‪Channel 4 News‬⁩ investigation into the Smyth ⁦‪Church‬⁩ abuse scandal. It meant so much to hear Smyth survivor ⁦‪Mark Stibbe‬⁩ praise our journalism. That’s what it’s all about.
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Woman’s Place UK @womansplaceuk.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
"The central question to be decided is whether guidance issued by the Scottish Government about the meaning of the word “woman” in the Equality Act 2010 (EqA) is lawful." For Women Scotland V Scottish Ministers knowingius.org/p/what-is-a-...
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What is a woman? The Scottish Government's case
This post is a part of a series that I am doing on the legal aspects and implications of the appeal in For Women Scotland v The Scottish Ministers that will be heard by the UK Supreme Court at the end...
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Woman’s Place UK @womansplaceuk.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
"That it has taken the threat of court action to force publication of the legal arguments in this case raises serious concerns about transparency, integrity, & open justice." MBM Policy @mbmpolicy.bsky.social For Women Scot Vs Scottish Ministers murrayblackburnmackenzie.org/2024/11/21/f...
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For Women Scotland vs the Scottish Ministers: making the arguments transparent - Murray Blackburn Mackenzie
Introduction Next week the case of For Women Scotland vs the Scottish Ministers will be heard in the UK Supreme Court. It will decide the definitions of ‘sex’, ‘woman’ and ‘man’ in the Equality Act 20...
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MurrayBlackburnMackenzie @mbmpolicy.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
NEW: We consider the resistance of the Scottish Government and Equality and Human Rights Commission to publishing their written submissions to the UK Supreme Court in the case brought by For Women Scotland, and the steps taken to bring about publication. murrayblackburnmackenzie.org/2024/11/21/f...
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For Women Scotland vs the Scottish Ministers: making the arguments transparent - Murray Blackburn Mackenzie
Introduction Next week the case of For Women Scotland vs the Scottish Ministers will be heard in the UK Supreme Court. It will decide the definitions of ‘sex’, ‘woman’ and ‘man’ in the Equality Act 20...
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Woman’s Place UK @womansplaceuk.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Addressing the definition of ‘legal sex’: "It creates significant inconsistencies, which impair the proper functioning of the Equality Act and jeopardise the rights and interests of women and same-sex attracted people." Baroness Falkner www.equalityhumanrights.com/media-centre...
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Woman’s Place UK @womansplaceuk.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Rand Jarallah Palestinian activist & artist Her projects use makeup to illustrate the reality of male violence against women & girls Her series of campaigns and videos for the UN Population Fund included 'Reversing the Trend' & #7DaysofMakeup #WPUKicons #16DaysOfActivism 🔗 x.com/womans_place...
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Woman’s Place UK @womansplaceuk.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
“Whatever the role of online porn in the Pelicot case, drug-facilitated rape predates the internet by centuries. Gwen Seabourne highlights a case from 1292 where a woman consulted her doctor, who administered a drink that incapacitated her, then raped her.” www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
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The horror and history of drug-facilitated rape: ‘When I woke up my body felt battered’
Gisèle Pelicot waived her anonymity to put drug-facilitated rape in the spotlight, and her experiences of sexual violence have shocked the world. So what else do we know about this most hidden of crim...
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Woman’s Place UK @womansplaceuk.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
“The letter, seen by The Times, criticised Children in Need’s chief executive, Simon Antrobus, for his response, amid revelations that it awarded £466,000 in grants to LGBT Youth Scotland (LGBTYS).” #SafeguardingScandal www.thetimes.com/uk/media/art...
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Children in Need chairwoman resigns with tirade at chief executive
Rosie Millard sent a scathing letter criticising Simon Antrobus for ‘dithering’ after she flagged paedophile scandals at a charity awarded £466,000 in grants
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Ms Marchmont @msmarchmont.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
I knitted these during lockdown Zoom meetings. One colour was when men were speaking, the other was when women were speaking. Guess which was which. 🤔
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Woman’s Place UK @womansplaceuk.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
“The letter, seen by The Times, criticised Children in Need’s chief executive, Simon Antrobus, for his response, amid revelations that it awarded £466,000 in grants to LGBT Youth Scotland (LGBTYS).” #SafeguardingScandal www.thetimes.com/uk/media/art...
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Children in Need chairwoman resigns with tirade at chief executive
Rosie Millard sent a scathing letter criticising Simon Antrobus for ‘dithering’ after she flagged paedophile scandals at a charity awarded £466,000 in grants
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Labour Women's Declaration @labwomendec.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
We're hiring ❗️PUBLIC AFFAIRS VACANCY❗️ We're recruiting for someone to lead our Westminster parliamentary liaison work 🌟Substantial contract. 1 year in first instance. Interested❓ See ⬇️ for more info on role & remuneration labourwomensdeclaration.org.uk/senior-consu...
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SENIOR CONSULTANT TO LEAD ON POLICY, PARLIAMENTARY LIAISON & PUBLIC AFFAIRS
We are hiring! Labour Women’s Declaration Working Group is recruiting a Consultant Lead on Policy, Parliamentary Liaison And Public Affairs to help us deliver our core aim of holding Labour to account...
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David Challen @davidchallen.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Never underestimate a woman’s strength to own and reclaim their name…
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National Women’s Council @nwc.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
📢Tonight!! 🌟 Ahead of #GE24, party reps will take questions from NWC and @womenforelection.bsky.social on their women-friendly policies, including: 👉public childcare 👉40% gender quotas 👉policies to support women in politics Read our more & sign up here: www.nwci.ie/learn/articl... #VoteFeminist
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Woman’s Place UK @womansplaceuk.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
“Whatever the role of online porn in the Pelicot case, drug-facilitated rape predates the internet by centuries. Gwen Seabourne highlights a case from 1292 where a woman consulted her doctor, who administered a drink that incapacitated her, then raped her.” www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
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The horror and history of drug-facilitated rape: ‘When I woke up my body felt battered’
Gisèle Pelicot waived her anonymity to put drug-facilitated rape in the spotlight, and her experiences of sexual violence have shocked the world. So what else do we know about this most hidden of crim...
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Woman’s Place UK @womansplaceuk.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Rand Jarallah Palestinian activist & artist Her projects use makeup to illustrate the reality of male violence against women & girls Her series of campaigns and videos for the UN Population Fund included 'Reversing the Trend' & #7DaysofMakeup #WPUKicons #16DaysOfActivism 🔗 x.com/womans_place...
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Sisters Salon Brighton #CreatingWomensSpaces @sisterssalon.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
This page gives both some wider context as to why #women are more impacted by #poverty & #austerity as well as some signposting to those of us who are struggling We hope our cllrs & MPs consider this an issue worth prioritising #PovertyHasAWomansFace brightonsisters.wordpress.com/women-povert...
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Women, poverty and support
Why are women particularly impacted by austerity, and what are the aspects of poverty that is particular to our sex?  We hope this page gives both some wider reading as to women are more impacted b…
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Woman’s Place UK @womansplaceuk.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
“Again and again I’ve come up against men who argue exactly what Oliver does here, using the very same talking points." variety.com/2024/digital...
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J.K. Rowling Says John Oliver ‘Spouts Absolute Bulls—’ About Trans Athletes Not Posing ‘Any Threat to Safety and Fairness’ in Women’s Sports
J.K. Rowling has slammed John Oliver over his support for transgender athletes in women's sports.
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Woman’s Place UK @womansplaceuk.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
"If the world can tolerate the Taliban’s abuses, Iraq’s restrictive laws and the US restrictions on abortion access, it reveals the fragility of women’s and girls’ rights globally, and how easy it is to take them away." theconversation.com/how-womens-b...
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How women’s basic rights and freedoms are being eroded all over the world
In just four years, Afghan women have lost the right to work, speak in public and go to university.
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Woman’s Place UK @womansplaceuk.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
"A genocide is unfolding before our eyes: History will not forgive our inaction, UN Special Committee warns General Assembly in report." Reem Alsalem UNSRVAW www.ohchr.org/en/statement...
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A genocide is unfolding before our eyes: History will not forgive our inaction, UN Special Committee warns General Assembly in report
Madam Chair, distinguished Excellencies, distinguished delegates,On behalf of the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian People and Other Arab...
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Clinical Advisory Network On Sex & Gender @can-sg.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Any of these versions of an “evidence led review” look very much like a rerun of a substantial part of the Cass Review. Dr Louise Irvine Co Chair CAN-SG @the-bma.bsky.social can-sg.org/2024/11/07/t...
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The Cass Review and the BMA: the story of a u-turn
In July, the British Medical Association (BMA) Council voted to oppose the Cass Review recommendations on transgender healthcare for children and young people, prompting an open letter signed by ov…
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Woman’s Place UK @womansplaceuk.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
"Women lost everything" Malala. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Malala: I never imagined women's rights would be lost so easily
Malala Yousafzai is involved in a new film documenting the lives of Afghan women under Taliban rule.
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Women for Refugee Women @4refugeewomen.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
This year is set to be our biggest winter party yet, and we need your help to make it happen! Donate now to: 💝support our winter party 🎁and to give a refugee women a gift voucher. Thank you for making a difference to refugee women, like Faye, this winter. 5/🧵
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Women for Refugee Women @4refugeewomen.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
‼️We need your help! Spread joy to refugee women this winter: refugeewomen.co.uk/festive-joy/ Refugee women have already survived so much. They have fled war, violence and other torture, only to be met with racism, poverty and isolation upon arriving in the UK. 1/🧵
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