RT @ClaireShrugged: But what happens after women make that first contact? Funding for refuges has been cut by over Β£7 million since 2010. This has devastating consequences for victims. A lack of funding & spaces meant 21,084 referrals were turned ...
RT @SBSisters: Southall Black Sisters, @compinpolitics, @jessphillips along with many others are asking @RishiSunak Chancellor of the Exchequer & @patel4witham Home Secretary to underwrite the costs of hotel & hostel accommodation for women ...
RT @helensaxby11: I'm currently reading Invisible Women by @CCriadoPerez and this sentence stands out as noting the crux of the problem: "Urban planning that fails to account for women's risk of being sexually assaulted is a clear violation of ...
'It turns out sex is not a spectrum. It is not uncertain or irrelevant. Clothes are just clothes. People who identify as non-binary are not a different group from men and women. It is important to collect sex disaggregated data.' ...
Great work from @STagainstDV anyone can offer support. Show your heart so women know we care #YouAreNotAlone https://t.co/1rKlnS...
ππΆππΆπ π£π’ππππ¦π§π¦ Amplifying the Voices of Women (particularly those less often heard or purposefully silenced) Sunday Closing Speeches - FiLiA 2019 Conference With Sharena Lee Satti, Megan Armitage, Akima Thomas, Robina Akter and others ...
So sad to hear of the passing of brave activist Helen Bolek following her hunger strike https://t.co/hxGxyu... https://t.co/WPtbI4...
ππΆππΆπ π£π’ππππ¦π§π¦ Amplifying the Voices of Women (particularly those less often heard or purposefully silenced) Violence Against Lesbians - FiLiA 2019 Conference Angela C Wild, Hilary McCollum, Susan Hawthorne and Counsuelo Rivera Fuentes ...
ππΆππΆπ π£π’ππππ¦π§π¦ Amplifying the Voices of Women (particularly those less often heard or purposefully silenced) Violence Against Lesbians - FiLiA 2019 Conference Angela C Wild, Hilary McCollum, Susan Hawthorne and Counsuelo Rivera Fuentes ...
Nordic Model Now blog by Dana Levy, prostitution survivor and abolitionist activist 1. Men can survive without access to prostitution 2. Most women involved in prostitution are extremely poor 3. Legalisation / decriminalisation provides little ...
RT @MForstater: "How extraordinary that it took Covid-19 to expose the absurdity of an utterly unscientific argument, that biological sex is not real but an artificial construct, randomly βassignedβ to babies at birth" @VictoriaPeckham ...
Huge thank you to these fabulous #Women at @Tesco Portsmouth. Keeping everyone smiling with their singing and dancing whilst shelf stacking and helping customers. Thanks for the laughter during difficult times! xx https://t.co/ik8Fqc...
RT @JeanHatchet: Has anyone in government considered that the demand for domestic abuse womenβs services will sky rocket AFTER the lockdown eases. When the women left alive finally KNOW they need to leave and the danger for them when they try. You ...
RT @DrJessTaylor: I just published a new blog!! Please read and share widely :) https://t.co/7pAZEU...
'Northern Ireland authorities confirmed on Thursday that abortions can now be carried out in the provinceβs hospitals, following threatened legal action by pro-choice groups.' https://t.co/wZMdNt...
Northern Ireland confirms abortions can now be carried out
'The most recent 2016 data, when maternal deaths shot up by 65 percent and infant mortality rose by 30 percent in a single year. The minister who published that information was promptly fired β and new statistics have been treated as a state secret ...
Childbirth in Venezuela, Where Womenβs Deaths Are a State Secret
βI felt like there was no way out. I thought about jumping out the window,β she tearfully tells FRANCE 24 as she recounts her ordeal, adding βhe was always thereβ. https://t.co/nx6yw7...
French domestic violence cases soar during coronavirus lockdown
"There are significantly more people are calling our hotlines," said Gulsum Kav, the director of We Will Stop Femicide Platform. https://t.co/SXcTUi...
Domestic violence rises in Turkey during COVID-19 pandemic | DW | 10.04.2020
U.S. Lockdowns Trigger Surge in Domestic Violence "When women seek help, they usually do it alone. They wait for him to go to work or they wait for him to go out. Now that's not possible," https://t.co/DW52Qk... https://t.co/zkzNK0...
'Assistant Secretary General at the Department of the Taoiseach Liz Canavan said State agencies were determined to protect those "at risk of harm" in their homes during the crisis.' https://t.co/K5Xsxx...
Domestic violence victims exempt from 2km restriction