ππΆππΆπ π£π’ππππ¦π§π¦ Amplifying the Voices of Women (particularly those less often heard or purposefully silenced) FiLiA meets: Daisy Haynes on how women are kept in poverty and impacted by the welfare state https://t.co/D8Lbp7...
RT @SafeSchools_UK: A parent has contacted us regarding #PSHE homework. A school had linked to @thedaytweets as recommended by @educationgovuk. The homework included a defamatory article about @JK_Rowling. #edutwitter #SLTchat @Baroness_Nichol You ...
RT @WIP_live: Time and time again, we hear that women in prison are not able to access vital healthcare with devastating consequences. Our Health Matters project found many women reported they experienced a deterioration of their health while they ...
RT @MillionWomen: @EVAWuk @imkaan @WomenandGirlsN @RapeCrisisEandW @MaraiLarasi @BBCNews @Channel4News @FiLiA_charity @VivHayes @AkimaThomas @VirdeeGurpreet @hudzyboo https://t.co/JOtv4Q...
RT @bareroots16: If this had been two white women....sisters... it would be making front page news and on every news channel! A major man hunt would be occuring! @BBCCrimewatch @BBCNews @Channel4News @AJEnglish @itvnews @SkyNews #sayhername ...
APPEAL OF WOMEN'S ORGANISATIONS IN NORTHEASTERN SYRIA β FiLiA
ππΆππΆπ πππ’ππ¦ Amplifying the Voices of Women (particularly those less often heard or purposefully silenced) APPEAL OF WOMEN'S ORGANISATIONS IN NORTHEASTERN SYRIA 'We, as Syrian women, call on the international community ... https://t.co/k7fZWS...
Such nonsense on a daily basis from people who really should do their research (yes, I know she has form!) https://t.co/fhSoct...
RT @Stuart_A_R: The silence from Britain's mainstream LGBT groups about last night's #Newsnight revelations - about homophobic parents driving their kids to transition - is deafening.
'When racism is labeled βsex,β it apparently becomes politically invisible.' By @Christen_P5 for @ncose https://t.co/YIxWcD...
The Long Racism of the Sex Industry
Become a Friend of FiLiA and support our work - Building Sisterhood and Solidarity - Amplifying the Voices of Women - Defending Women's Human Rights Β£2/month will buy a Solidarity Ticket, enabling Women to participate who otherwise would not be able ...
'When we look at the rest of the world, I can see that the most democratic and ecological paradigms are those that are women-centred communal ones and I see myself as very lucky for being a part of the struggle' @LeylaGuvenkcd with @M_Star_Online ...
'We can breathe because of your solidarity. Otherwise fascism would suffocate us'
'We call on White womenβs organisations to make some deep reflections and commit to true solidarity in order to end their own institutionally racist behaviour.' Statement by @whywomen https://t.co/Q7sXnv...
Women's Resource Centre: Statement on Racism & the Global Movement for Change β FiLiA
'And these statistics are no accident β environmental racism is a very real thing. Coal-fired power plants, factory farms, landfills, toxic waste dumps, and other polluting facilities are often built in or near Black and Brown communities.' ...
How the Climate Crisis Is Affecting Childbirth Outcomes, Especially for Black Mothers
"as much as this society tries to erase Black women, it canβt, because the society was built on the backs of Black women." says Oge Egbuonu Watch (In)Visible Portraits @InPortraits https://t.co/yAKOLU...
β(In)visible Portraits' is the history of Black women, told by Black women
'The U.S. Attorneyβs Office has shut down a website known as βa leading source of online advertisements for prostitution and sex traffickingβ and charged its owner.' https://t.co/EQCGg9...
Prostitution, Sex Trafficking Website That Took Over For Backpage Shut Down; Owner Indicted
'They are here to inform you and everyone else that there are issues of sexual, emotional, and physical abuse that exist in society but it needs to stop now.' Phenomenal portraits by Nneka Jones https://t.co/V8zhju...
Powerful Embroidered Portraits Shine Light on Targeted Women of Color [Interview]
'The sailors, it has been claimed, allegedly paid for Thai prostitutes to be brought to the island nation in the Middle East where they would keep them hostage, by taking away their passports.' #USNavy https://t.co/nAhD0z...
US Navy sex-trafficking scandal exposes how sailors 'housed, pimped prostitutes in taxpayer-funded apartments'
'Importantly, this research found that while women typically earn less than men and pay more in transfer fees, the average remittance amounts they send are the same as or even greater than those of men.' Download full report https://t.co/LG0LFk...
Migrant women & remittances: Exploring the data from selected countries - World
'All of a sudden, dozens of Somali women across the diaspora broke their silence over the violence they had suffered β sexualt assault by family members, childhood sexual abuse, rape and molestation by teachers.' Solidarity @munaism #Somalia ...
βI have suffered too longβ: Somali woman breaks the culture of silence on sexual assault to motivate others - Sahan Journal
'In 2016, Iranβs supreme leader issued a fatwa forbidding women from cycling β with some posting videos to social media of them riding their bikes in response.' #Iran https://t.co/Psz430...
Iranian cleric's call to kill activist challenging country's ban on women cycling
Kamwi backs calls to legalise abortion "Access to safe abortion should be an option available for any woman in this day and age, not only the wealthy.β #Namibia https://t.co/s7ZPzz... https://t.co/bwKNuX...
'Republicans in #Tennessee have voted to ban #abortion as early as six weeks after conception, in a surprise midnight vote held in the middle of a pandemic, without members of the public present.' https://t.co/F2egGp...
Tennessee Republicans approve six-week abortion ban in surprise vote