At FiLiA we hold regular Feminist learning sessions. Tonight was so incredible. Becca from @ScaryLittleGs told us all about the #Greenham Women Everywhere project. How important it is that we learn our collective history. Enjoy! ...
RT @SoniaAdesara: Why on earth was this withheld??! https://t.co/CmkrER...
RT @starrcongress: Today women in #Kobane went to the streets to denounce the atrocities committed by the #Turkish state's jihadist mercenary gangs against women in #Afrin. #WomenRiseUp4Afrin #StopTurkishInvasio... https://t.co/APy6e2...
RT @bindelj: YES!!! Who decided that letting posh young actors police my womanhood was progress? https://t.co/FzGjri...
RT @FiLiA_charity: ππΆππΆπ π£π’ππππ¦π§π¦ Amplifying the Voices of Women (particularly those less often heard or purposefully silenced) FiLiA meets: Rahila Gupta, writer, journalist and activist. https://t.co/5xs4qr...
FiLiA meets: Rahila Gupta β FiLiA
FiLiA Participates in Cambridge Union Debate: The House Regrets Online Pornography β FiLiA
RT @FiLiA_charity: ππΆππΆπ πππ’ππ¦ Amplifying the Voices of Women (particularly those less often heard or purposefully silenced) FiLiA Participates in Cambridge Union Debate: The House Regrets Online Pornography With Raquel Rosario Sanchez ...
This is just wonderful! https://t.co/2QlCk2...
RT @fawcettsociety: Join us on Weds 17th for our next #CoronaConversation... event in collab with @OpBlackVote. Chair @ayeshahazarika will be joined by @SholaMos1, @ppvernon & @Camalamalamz to discuss the disproportionate impacts of the ...
There are currently 3 volunteering opportunities with FiLiA with a focus on: 1. Funding 2. Environment 3. Partnerships Email us if you are interested and please note that we specifically welcome women who are less often heard or purposefully silenced ...
There are currently 3 new volunteering opportunities with FiLiA with a focus on: 1. Funding 2. Environment 3. Partnerships Please note that we specifically welcome women who are less often heard or purposefully silenced to join us as volunteers. ...
RT @stellacreasy: Making the link between misogyny and domestic abuse isn't denying male victims exist- its using an evidence led approach to detecting and preventing abuse. Here's why we're calling for misogyny to be recorded and for #amd84 to the ...
RT @stellacreasy: Congratulations @HackneyAbbott on your amethyst anniversary of your election to parliament! π€΄πΎ π #33years #ceilingsmasher #blackicon
RT @SafeSchools_UK: Please listen to @cwknews of @Transgendertrd from 10.08 here. We agree with every word. Schools have a responsibility to stand up to bullies & challenge sexism & misogyny. Some βInclusionβ excludes girls. #IStandWithJKR ...
A very interesting decision from the Court of Appeal: capacity to consent to sex means understanding that both parties have to consent. https://t.co/OlprRr...
RT @MrsNickyClark: The hate, derision & abuse of JKR since she posted her essay last night is a really clear lesson on why women donβt speak out about the sexual assault & domestic violence we live with. Itβs a routine part of our lives to be ...
Heard next door: "Yesterday I took my wife to work; give her something to do" #casualsexism https://t.co/Y5DOLn...
RT @annettesjl: @LucyHunterB @TheBodyShop @jk_rowling From their gender pay gap report. 94% of store based staff are women. The pay gap is 42%. That's women employed by TBS in the UK paid 42% less than men. Link here: https://t.co/0yNJez...
RT @ruthserwotka: Owen Jones brings shame on the left. No socialist should be so dismissive of violence against women and girls as he is. His misogyny is a huge problem for the left and I'm filled with rage that he gets a pass on it every single day. ...
RT @Sistah_Space: WE'RE BEING FORCED TO MOVE We've tried reasoning with @hackneycouncil and the @mayorofhackney, it hasn't worked. We are unable to focus on supporting DV victims until this is resolved. Please sign & RT this petition, STRONGER ...
*** ππππ’π π π ππ₯πππ‘π π’π ππΆππΆπ *** - Building Sisterhood and Solidarity - Amplifying the Voices of Women - Defending Women's Human Rights Β£2 / month covers a weekend Solidarity Ticket enabling a Woman to participate https://t.co/jN98L8...
*** πππ§ππ¦π§ ππΆππΆπ π£π’ππππ¦π§ *** FiLiA meets: Rebecca Mordan who created @ScaryLittleGs - populating stories with fascinating, diverse female characters; and rescuing amazing women from the wastelands of history. https://t.co/WAyMeJ...
*** πππ§ππ¦π§ ππΆππΆπ π£π’ππππ¦π§ *** FiLiA meets: Wanda Wyporksa, Executive Director @equalitytrust , who has over a decade of experience working in the trade union movement, leading on equalities, social mobility https://t.co/I4cwn5...
FiLiA meets: Wanda Wyporksa β FiLiA
Majority of women fear leaving abusive partner because of lack of appropriate housing βIt is completely unacceptable that women feel they have to choose between staying with an abuser or be faced with homelessness or unsafe and unsuitable housing.β ...
βThe same discrimination and anti-black racism that Dawn Butler experiences offline, like when she was mistaken for a cleaner in parliament, also manifests online and aims to suppress black womenβs participation in public life.β ...
Black female MPs receiving racist abuse and death threats for supporting protests
'Within hours, many womenβs rights activists and Twitter users joined in creating a chronicle of headline-grabbing sexist statements by government officials or acts of violence against women.' #menshouldknowtheir... #Turkey https://t.co/4Z7cxY...
Turkish women rage against sexism with topsy-turvy tweets
Solidarity with our Sisters from Zimbabwe who have been re-arrested. United Nations said the #Zimbabwe government should βimmediately endβ the practice of disappearances and torture Read the FiLiA blog by @WomenofZimbabwe : https://t.co/yIqEtJ...
Zimbabwe re-arrests 3 women who charge torture, sexual abuse
'In all, the process took six days and cost more than Β£2,700. When she arrived back in Poland, she had to go into quarantine for 14 days' #Poland https://t.co/CmznpF...
The women travelling across Europe to escape Poland's restrictive abortion laws
βWork should be safe for pregnant women and new mums. But our research has uncovered shocking levels of pregnancy and maternity discrimination during the coronavirus outbreak." says TUC General Secretary @FrancesOGrady https://t.co/LaFgac...
Employers are breaking the law and forcing pregnant women out of work during the pandemic, warns TUC
βIt felt like being in a cult. There was a lot of paranoia around the office. People used to walk to the other side of the Thames to have conversations about what they were doing at work.β https://t.co/OT5A5y...
UK 'secretly targeted' minority women with influencers
'Neither the president nor his ministers said a word about the women and the children murdered; there were no condolences to their broken families; no promises to prevent further femicides and infanticides.' #Uruguay https://t.co/3CWYNM...
Uruguayβs βshadow pandemicβ of violence against women is out of control
βWhile it is nice to have the family together, my husband [has] nothing to do. He is bored andβ¦ Boredom is making him edgy and prone to violence,β shared Heba* from the West Bank #Palestine https://t.co/bFk0Js...
New report from UN Women brings forth voices of Palestinian women under COVID-19 lockdown
'The Minister [ @maite_nkoana ] said it is incumbent for the IMC to move with speed and urgently establish the National Council for Gender-Based Violence & Femicide' #SouthAfrica #Femicide https://t.co/hyIbrt...
Nkoana-Mashabane shocked at killing of two women in Cape Town and Joburg
RT @BettyBandit: Always such an eye-opening #education on the global picture for women and girls. Women, men - this is vital stuff for any #humanitarian #feminism #humanrights #womensrights https://t.co/SXmJ2b...