Woman's Place UK

 

19 June 2020

 

Woman's Place UK

18 posts today

Amelia King (?1917-1995) Stepney born black Londoner, her brother in the navy. Rejected by the Land Army because she was black, took her fight to Parliament. With the support of her MP and local trades councils she won her place in 1943 making the ...

June 19th @ 7:25 am |

Woman's Place UK

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RT @MaternityAction: We’re back in court soon. Some of the most vulnerable pregnant women in the UK—many in #BAME communities and already impacted heavily by #Covid19–still face NHS charges and risk detention/deportati... if they cannot pay. Help us ...

June 19th @ 2:26 am |

Woman's Place UK

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RT @FiLiA_charity: “Black women have been central to Black life, to the American economy and to the struggle for justice and equality for women and people of color in the United States, but they’re often overlooked in the writing of history,” #USA ...

June 19th @ 2:26 am |

Woman's Place UK

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RT @Womans_Place_UK: "We posit that there are multiple, interweaving factors bearing down on girls and young women that have collided at this particular time causing a distress seemingly related to gender and their sex." https://t.co/21LrJK...

June 19th @ 2:13 am |

Woman's Place UK

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RT @Womans_Place_UK: The NHS has recently changed its guidance on hormone therapy for gender dysphoria - "Little is known about the long-term side effects of hormone or puberty blockers in children with gender dysphoria." https://t.co/DNmeY3...

June 19th @ 2:13 am |

Woman's Place UK

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RT @johnpringdns: Disabled people have faced discrimination in every area of their lives from the beginning of the #coronavirus pandemic, new research by a user-led organisation has found. https://t.co/XWHsNc...

June 19th @ 2:12 am |

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RT @Malala: Hard to express my joy and gratitude right now as I completed my Philosophy, Politics and Economics degree at Oxford. I don’t know what’s ahead. For now, it will be Netflix, reading and sleep. 😴 https://t.co/AUxN55...

June 19th @ 2:08 am |

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RT @dianjo: @IanSMcNee @adarcymraeg @Womans_Place_UK @RoddickMichael But almost all of the candidates for Momentum coordinating group elections have signed LCTR pledges, obviously bullying has gone on and Keir S hasn't replied to @LabWomenDec. Given ...

June 19th @ 1:50 am |

Woman's Place UK

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RT @michelemooreEd: And so, as I was saying, a long time ago when @Womans_Place_UK first enabled women to start talking @harlequinpub was the only venue of courage @helensteel12 chaired @djandyhealey sold books to cheer me on and @SheffieldWomen was ...

June 19th @ 1:50 am |