Don't forget, Dr Laura Favaro is on #BBCWomansHour this morning 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 💥⬆️

FiLiA@filiacharity.bsky.social · 2mo ago

📢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.

Vital new FiLiA research: Life near Strip Clubs: Women’s Voices from UK Cities, by Dr Laura Favaro, reveals how strip clubs are viewed and experienced by women in Cardiff, Edinburgh and Manchester. Read more here: filia.org.uk/strip-clubs-research #LifeNearStripClubs #WomensVoices #VAWG

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

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

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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‘The Cost of Work is Still Far too High’ – Ann Henderson, highlights the need for workplace action on stress, asbestos & sexual harassment – & more Women leading on safety. 🔗 www.filia.org.uk/latest-news/... Written for @mstaronline.bsky.social, posted on the #FiLiA blog with permission #MayDay

The Cost of Work is Still Far too High — FiLiA

Following our March 2026 webinar, preparing for International Workers’ Memorial Day, Ann Henderson, of the FiLiA Trade Union Women’s Network, highlights the need for workplace action on stress, asbest...

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Thank you to the @mstaronline.bsky.social for printing Ann Henderson's article about our webinar on Health & Safety as a women's issue, held last month in preparation for #IWMD26 #InternationalWorkersMemorialDay #WorkersDay #MayDay morningstaronline.co.uk/article/cost...

The cost of work is still far too high

THIS week members of trade unions, communities and families gathered to mark International Workers Memorial Day (IWMD).Taking time out each year to remember the lives of those who died at work, or as ...

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Join the FiLiA Trade Union Women's Network to ensure Women’s voices and power are at the heart of the movement. 🔗 filia.org.uk/filia-trade-union-womens-network #UnionsForWomen @kiritunks.bsky.social @ph-severn.bsky.social

FiLiA Trade Union Women's Network — FiLiA

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Being part of a collective labour movement has won real gains for Women but everyone benefits from better pay and working conditions. And unions need to do more. Download here ➡️ www.filia.org.uk/s/FiLiA-TUWN... #WorkersDay2026 #WorkersDay #MayDay

#Asbestos is killing more Women every year. But evidence shows that many still aren’t aware of the disease & how it can be acquired at work. On #IWMD26, read Asbestos: The Invisible Killer by Susan Aitouaziz. 🔗 www.filia.org.uk/latest-news/... #internationalworkersmemorialday #IWMD #mesothelioma

The Invisible Killer: Asbestos and the Dangers for Women in the Workplace — FiLiA

Asbestos is killing more women every year. But evidence shows that many still aren’t aware of the disease and how it can be acquired at work. This blog is based on a speech given by Susan Aitouaziz fo...

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Check out this @filiacharity.bsky.social TU Women's Network webinar and resources on why Health and Safety is a Women's Issue - getting organised to make workplaces safer for all #IWMD26 #IWMD #UnionsForWomen

FiLiA@filiacharity.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Today on #IWMD26, we are sharing the recording of the FiLiA Trade Union Women's Network webinar ‘Health & Safety is a Women's Issue’. 📺 youtu.be/psJ8DW9HY1g Hear from three H&S activists why the role of H&S rep is so important. #internationalworkersmemorialday #IWMD #comehomesafe

🚨 Are you an employer? Under equality law, you must take reasonable steps to prevent sexual harassment of your staff. Our 8-step guide is a useful tool to help you take positive action to prevent and deal with sexual harassment at work. The guide 👉 https://ow.ly/CCXz50YLbio

Thanks to @filiacharity.bsky.social for hosting - and posting - the speech I made to the @mstaronline.bsky.social conference last Saturday. Too often women's liberation is something the labour movement pretends to care about while doing the minimum to achieve it. #UnionsForWomen

FiLiA@filiacharity.bsky.social · 4mo ago

🧵 Last w/e, @kiritunks.bsky.social spoke for the FiLiA Trade Union Women’s Network at @mstaronline.bsky.social 1926-2026: Organised Labour – 100 years from the General Strike conference, Holding up Half the Sky ‒ Women & the Labour Movement. Read her speech here ➡️ www.filia.org.uk/latest-news/...

* 8 in 10 workers have experienced abuse at work in the past year  * 45% of surveyed workers have experienced threats of physical harm in the last 12 months  * 84.1 % of respondents said their roles are public facing. @tuc.org.uk @filiacharity.bsky.social www.tuc.org.uk/news/tuc-8-1...

TUC – 8 in 10 workers have experienced abuse at work in past year

A new survey published by the TUC today (Friday) shows 8 in 10 surveyed workers have experienced some form of abuse at work in the last year.

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New resource from @evawuk.bsky.social et al on reframing conversations to challenge disinformation re VAWG www.endviolenceagainstwomen.org.uk/not-in-our-n...

THE LABOUR movement has “completely neglected” feminist principles, Jeremy Corbyn’s former shadow employment rights secretary said." morningstaronline.co.uk/article/wome...

Women’s movement has been ‘systematically’ destroyed, says Pidcock

THE LABOUR movement has “completely neglected” feminist principles, Jeremy Corbyn’s former shadow employment rights secretary said.Speaking at the Morning Star conference, former MP and Declassified c...

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Thanks to @mstaronline.bsky.social for a great day. Five panels with lots of interesting speakers. So refreshing to be in a movement space where women's voices were centred and respected. More!

Impressive speaker ratio at @mstaronline.bsky.social conference today - 18 women to 10 men. Others take note... Great to be part of this panel on women's rights with such inspiring sisters. Onwards! #UnionsForWomen

Looking forward to a day of discussion and debate at @mstaronline.bsky.social Conference on organised labour 100 years from the General Strike. Pleased to be speaking later for @filiacharity.bsky.social and @womensliball.bsky.social #UnionsForWomen

What are lessons of the General Strike? How do we rebuild fighting unions today? Is Britain’s trade union movement a feminist movement and does the British left stand with/for women?" Come & be part of debate @mstaronline.bsky.social conference on Saturday. morningstaronline.co.uk/article/left...

The left without class has failed – what comes next?

“THE cause of labour is the hope of the world.” Walter Crane’s May Day masterpiece summarises the understanding that has united most socialists for a century and a half: that the organised working cla...

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"the #Together march was to be a show of unity against the far right and against racism – that's it. And that's why we went." Proud to walk #Together with other women from @filiacharity.bsky.social last weekend. This blog outlines why www.filia.org.uk/latest-news/...

Women in FiLiA – Reflections on the Past Week — FiLiA

If you looked closely, amid half a million people, you could spot the FiLiA contingent at the Together March. Our politics (small p) haven’t changed – but the context in which we operate has. Read abo...

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On Saturday 11th April, @kiritunks.bsky.social will speak for the FiLiA Trade Union Women’s Network at a conference, organised by @mstaronline.bsky.social Kiri will speak as part of the panel, Holding up half the sky – women and the labour movement. 🎟️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1926-to-20...

1926 to 2026 -- Organised Labour 100 Years from the General Strike

Join Ben Chacko, Jeremy Corbyn, Diane Abbott, Eddie Dempsey, Fran Heathcote, Steve Wright, Laura Pidcock and more at this major event

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This is good news for low-paid workers - particularly women, who are twice as likely as men to be in low-paid work. But while this should be an important boost at a time when every pound counts, the reality is that for too many women, any relief is likely to be short-lived.

Minimum wage rises to £12.71 an hour as firms warn of impact

Many businesses have said they will have to pass higher wage costs onto customers.

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Delegates have debated and passed a motion to defend the right to protest. Conference believes the freedom of assembly and the right to protest are fundamental to a democratic society and they must be defended. It opposes any attempts by the government to intensify this. #NEU2026 📷 Kois Miah

Great to be on the @togetheralliance.bsky.social demo today - the range of groups was huge and diverse. Some political differences for sure but we stood together today in huge numbers against the Far-Right. #NoPasaran #Together

Disgraceful decision by the police.

Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament@cnduk.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Latest Palestine Coalition statement responding to Met Police's decision to refuse our proposed route for the Nakba Day march in May.

Planning for #InternationalWorkersMemorialDay? Come to the FiLiA Trade Union Women's Network #webinar to listen to Women active in health & safety on why it's a Women's issue. 🗓️ Thursday 26th March 7PM 🌐 Online 🎟️ bit.ly/FiLiAIWMD #WomensHistoryMonth #WomensHealth

NEW BLOG POST! For #Portsmouth100, the centenary of #Portsmouth's city status, and #WomensHistoryMonth, we've been looking at some of Portsmouth's railwaywomen. Read more here, including about the Allaway sisters, Ethel & Alice: www.railwayaccidents.port.ac.uk/portsmouths-...

Susan Longman & Charlotte Atherton – Britain’s first female railway track workers? Many thanks to our friends @rwldproject.bsky.social for uncovering this forgotten history. rmtunion.org/3NBv4YP

Susan Longman & Charlotte Atherton – Britain’s first female railway track workers?

New research sheds light on a forgotten history.

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Sobering truths about the commercial sex trade in this new joint report from specialist organisations. #WomenFirst

FiLiA@filiacharity.bsky.social · 5mo ago

🧵 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

Book now for our event on the preventable murders of Fiona Holm & Naomi Hunte, and why women need systemic changes. Now with extra speaker Jennifer Brown, who joins us from the Mannheim Centre for Criminology @lsesocialpolicy.bsky.social Tickets here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/never-forg...

Never Forgotten: Violence Against Women and Systemic Failures

Is it time to radically reform policing, law and social protection to tackle the epidemic in gender-based violence in the UK?

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