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...

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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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...

"We are accountable only to our stated aims and our supporters, Thank you." Kiri Tunks #WomensLib2020 #WomansPlaceUK www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFHQ...

Kiri Tunks at Women's Liberation 2020 (1 February 2020)

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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

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

Sisters Salon Brighton #CreatingWomensSpaces@sisterssalon.bsky.social · 2y ago

Action3 #16Days #16Actions #RespectWomen We donated £100 to the #NoRecourseFund Can you? Donate to save lives & use our email template to lobby your MPs/Cllrs for protect the most vulnerable migrant women #LeaveNoWomanBehind 👇 brightonsisters.wordpress.com/action-three/ @sbsisters.bsky.social

"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...

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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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...

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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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...

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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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...

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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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...

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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"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...

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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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.

-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 #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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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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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Queen of Hearts,1909 by Margaret Macdonald, one of the defining artists of the Glasgow School

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.

Margaret Sullivan @sulliview.bsky.social · 2y ago

Culture wars and sheer meanness. My latest https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/nov/22/nancy-mace-sarah-mcbride-transphobia

So women can be ill, but not with an illness related to our sexed bodies. #EverydaySexism www.express.co.uk/life-style/h...

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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“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...

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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“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/...

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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“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...

'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

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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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...

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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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.

"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-...

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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"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...

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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