RT @ClaireShrugged: “Mercy Baguma, who was in her 30s, lost her job after her limited leave to remain expired and she was no longer allowed to work.” Mercy came to Glasgow as a refugee and died here from extreme poverty & hunger. Her baby was ...
RT @glosswitch: Just thinking out loud here, but maybe the vulva owners have some things in common with menstruators, gestators, cervix owners and AFAB people. Could be more efficient to organise politically under one name.
RT @CCriadoPerez: this is a very interesting point: should student loans continue to accrue interest during maternity leave? results in women paying more for the same education as men https://t.co/JchFOX...
Assuming same-sex attracted Lesbians with accompanying celebratory flags are welcome and protected on the @AvantiWestCoast lines? https://t.co/0lisnL...
'Any situation in which some individuals prevent others from engaging in the process of inquiry is one of violence' Paulo Freire ...
RT @thegirdlengr: The AGENDA🤦🏽♀️ Mrs Zainab said: Women are 100% circumcised because of men - to evidently stop us from cheating. I'm a wife in a polygamous home; all 4 wives were forcefully mutilated because they FELT our husband can't satisfy us ...
Your Friends of FiLiA donations go towards supporting Women to participate in the FiLiA conference who otherwise would not be able to. Thank you to all who have signed up. Sisterhood and Solidarity FiLiA Team https://t.co/jN98L8...
Most of those in care homes are Women 'Health officials told care homes to impose ‘Do Not Resuscitate’ orders on all residents during pandemic's peak' https://t.co/ZaL43c... https://t.co/S6uUkZ...
'high rates of poverty and violence, “directly stem from early colonizing excesses that disrupted and destroyed tribal economies while stealing tribal lands,” which are “a fundamental backdrop” of women being murdered and going missing, the report ...
120-year survey finds 1 in 5 of state’s cases of missing, murdered Indigenous women in Humboldt County
“It is considered taboo for a woman to challenge cultural beliefs, traditions and norms, but we don’t have an option right now. We have to defend our lives, and as women we are strongly opposing archaic practices that threaten the lives of our loved ...
Kenya – Indigenous women overcome discrimination to lead community COVID-19 responses - Kenya
'In contradiction to official guidance in the UK, US and Europe, there is no safe level for caffeine consumption during pregnancy, according to a peer-reviewed study published in the journal BMJ Evidence-Based Medicine' https://t.co/CDhUw3...
No safe level of coffee drinking for pregnant women, study says
'We meet Ms Sherbinskaya outside the hospital where she's spent the last week. She was beaten by a female prison guard at the now infamous Okrestina prison and is recovering from internal abdominal and bladder injuries.' #Belarus ...
'There were blood smears on the walls': Belarus protesters traumatised by brutal treatment at infamous prison
“I’m not a speaker or an activist. This is the first protest I put together in my life. I don’t represent any organization and tonight this is a personal gathering because we can’t bear to hear about more assaults or rapes” #Israel ...
Hundreds protest sexual violence in Tel Aviv in response to alleged Eilat rape
'Reproductive abuse was widespread in Russia, as in many conservative countries, even before the pandemic. The problem is rooted in gender stereotypes about what it means to be a girl and a woman.' @tahovhannisyan https://t.co/3WK7Gy...
Hypocrite Russia promotes childbirth but won't protect pregnant women
We played 'I am Woman' at one of the FiLiA events Love to Helen @TeamHelenReddy If you haven't heard the song - find it! The film [is] from Reddy’s 1971 feminist anthem, with its immortal line “I am woman, hear me roar. In numbers too big to ignore” ...
I Am Woman: how Helen Reddy’s music roared through the women’s movement
Women can't even play scrabble online without men being creeps 'One woman who signed the petition three days ago, wrote: "I do not like being targeted by creepy men who want to chat not play Scrabble."' [not so subtle racism snuck in there @BBCNews ...
'Creepy men' message women on Scrabble Go app
'Trustees said the internationally renowned school has been "driven to the point of insolvency" since allegations emerged that students had been subjected to inappropriate sexual contact by former vice-principal Jonathan Barton' ...
Acclaimed Scottish school Ballet West collapses amid vice-principal sex abuse claims
The worst gaslighting of Women in an advice column I've seen for a long time @abclifeau - it's common - you're not satisfying him - it's normal - poor communication - 'sex work' is simply a service - vulva owner This Woman does couples counselling ...
My husband cheated with sex workers. Can we repair our relationship? - ABC Life