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Sign up for this event. Just watched it - it's brilliant. A future archive of the current situation for Women in India, as well as a momentous call for change. The film will take its rightful place in the long story of the battle for our rights. http ...
FiLiA meets: Robin Boosey β FiLiA
ππΆππΆπ π£π’ππππ¦π§π¦ Amplifying the Voices of Women (particularly those less often heard or purposefully silenced) FiLiA meets: Robin Boosey, co-director of the IC Change campaign https://t.co/8DMkMt...
RT @Samsmethers: Brilliant news! Well done all. Thanks to @RhonddaBryant for saving the House from an embarrassing backwards step on #Sexualharassment. Jacob Rees-Mogg might need a lie down. @fawcettsociety @CentenaryAction https://t.co/Bc1lKF...
RT @FiLiA_charity: ππΆππΆπ πππ’ππ¦ Amplifying the Voices of Women (particularly those less often heard or purposefully silenced) MIGRANT WOMEN AND THE COVID-19 CRISIS https://t.co/o1kLzk... https://t.co/3zXAKN...
RT @Baroness_Nichol: Up with ASDA! A really high quality company.Thank you CEO ROGER BURNLEY ASDA https://t.co/KrAjAg...
RT @ClaireShrugged: ββLesbianβ has been historically hijacked, warped to distortion by the male gaze: no more. An ancient poet once let her love for other women be known so exquisitely, lesbians today take their name from her home.β ...
RT @MForstater: Just noticed this @EHRC is the public body that is supposed to protect everybody's rights. All protected characteristics. Fairly. It does not rebrand it's logo for pregnancy, disability, race or religion π Public bodies rebranding w ...
On Saturday, June 13, a woman in her 40's was killed by her companion, in Aix-en-Provence. Sunday, June 21th in Bourg-lès-Valencia, a 37-year-old woman was killed by her companion. This is the 44th and 45th femicide since the beginning of the year. ...
FiLiA - Building Sisterhood and Solidarity - Amplifying the Voices of Women - Defending Women's Human Rights Become a Friend of FiLiA and support our work. https://t.co/jN98L8... https://t.co/xq6jCM...
*** πππ§ππ¦π§ ππΆππΆπ πππ’ππ¦ *** Clearly this is no coincidence: there is a deliberate attempt by men who wish to abuse children, for their desires to be viewed as normal, and as a 'sexual orientation'. By Olivia Palmer https://t.co/wUDLOq...
Why is Asda Using a Paedophile Slogan? β FiLiA
*** πππ§ππ¦π§ ππΆππΆπ πππ’ππ¦ *** Frauenkultur: This online archive is meant to act as a starting point for young feminists to make intergenerational linkages and discover overlooked herstorical material. by Bec Wonders https://t.co/X1r67j...
The normalisation of violence against women is evident in proverbs such as βthe son is the master and the husband is the godβ, βthe more you beat her up, the more (she) loves youβ and βnever have mercy on your wife or your cowβ. #Myanmar ...
βStay at homeβ: COVID-19 and rising domestic violence in Myanmarβs informal urban settlements - New Mandala
βI would see 16 cases of failed abortions on a given day. I would insert my hand and pull out syringes or leaves, unsanitary items that were inserted by midwives to induce a miscarriage,β #Sudan https://t.co/EssK6k...
Sudan, Where Illegal Abortions remain Dangerous and Deadly | Inter Press Service
'Often these portrayals of both men and women evolved with war, Yuen added. For example, the sexualization of Asian women on screen was heightened after the Vietnam War due to prostitution and sex trafficking that American military men often took ...
Kellie Chauvin and a history of Asian women being judged for whom they marry
'While the environmental impacts of climate change put all pregnant women in danger, Black women in the US are more likely to live in urban areas where they are more vulnerable.' #USA https://t.co/5PPLy6...
Climate Change Disproportionately Impacts Black Mothers in the US, New Research Shows
'The sisterhood is so close-knit and persuasive and the sorority is so intense that women start thinking of themselves in a different way. The organizing process itself is empowering and gives women a voice and brings validity to whatever they do' ...
Women collectives articulate grassroots response to shadow pandemic
"Our overall conclusion is that, when infected, #women do not seem to have any specific survival advantage [in India]," says Prof Subramanian. #India https://t.co/JTHBkD...
Are more women dying of Covid-19 in India?
βI make sure my sets are democratic: Everyone eats at the same time, thereβs no shouting and no one is considered more important than the other,β #Chile https://t.co/RENoCq...
Women Producers Take Charge in Chilean Cinema
'The prisoners, Sakineh Parvaneh, Soheila Hejab and Zeinab Jalalian have gone on hunger strike in the past days to protest the inhumane treatment of prison officials, unfair prison sentences...' #Iran https://t.co/0nLN6w...
Women Political Prisoners Start Hunger Strike Over Basic Rights
Nigeria protests over increase in rape and gender [sic] based violence 'The situation has deteriorated to a point where governors have demanded that the government declare a state of emergency over rape.' #Nigeria #endrapenow https://t.co/EOEmf1...