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#108 Ro Edge: Speak Up for Women - Saving Women’s Sports in New Zealand and Beyond
Why the Suffering of Trafficked Women and Girls Continues Because of Hostile Immigration Policies — FiLiA
RT @FiLiA_charity: 𝗙𝗶𝗟𝗶𝗔 𝗕𝗟𝗢𝗚𝗦 Amplifying the Voices of Women (particularly those less often heard or purposefully silenced) 'Despite having access to all these sexual outlets, men have not stopped raping.' By Caitlin Roper https://t.co/G2vqnG... htt ...
Require the NHS to provide single-sex psychiatric wards including intake wards https://t.co/NstHeN...
Looking forward to our first Webinar with #Portsmouth Women this week. Hibo Wardere will be reading from her book 'Cut' and answering questions. Women in around Portsmouth who want to join our Book Club, let us know. Sisterhood and Solidarity! FiLiA ...
RT @SafeSchools_UK: We have already had the lobbying scandal. Why are we here again? Why are Stonewall being allowed so much influence over policies that undermine the #safeguarding of children & strip women of rights & protections? ...
RT @MaternityAction: If there is, as reported, to be a second national lockdown next week, then it is imperative that Ministers learn from their mistake in March, and use the Job Support Scheme to properly protect pregnant women in the workplace. ...
One important way that you can support FiLiA is to help us to enable more Women to participate in our events by buying a Solidarity Ticket or becoming a Friend of FiLiA. Sisterhood and Solidarity! https://t.co/X6dOC6... https://t.co/iO8ZE7...
Sunday is FiLiA Podcast day! Over 100 Women's voices to listen to. Thanks to all who made this happen by gifting their time and skills. Sisterhood and Solidarity! FiLiA Team https://t.co/4zhd0p... https://t.co/BBzCOD...
'Nigerian Women will continue to closely monitor the events as they develop and will take appropriate measures to protect our young ones while defending our democracy for peace and justice to reign.' #endSARS https://t.co/g5hvqa...
Nigerian women arise seek justice for victims of EndSARS protests
'A literature review ... found just 11 articles on anatomical dissection of the clitoris had been published worldwide since 1947.' Caveat: 'people with vaginas' language https://t.co/xNrPTB...
The sole function of the clitoris is female orgasm. Is that why it’s ignored by medical science?
Initiative to support Wome out of prostitution 'Around 87% sex workers in the red-light area of Hanuman Tekdi in Bhiwandi want to opt out of commercial sex work [sic] and explore alternatives,' https://t.co/qvQs1t...
Bhiwandi's sex workers keen to make fresh start | Mumbai News - Times of India
'And the battle of the sexes long played out in physical workplaces is now being replicated in the virtual world, it said, with women who work online suffering worse pay and fewer options than their male counterparts.' https://t.co/uEBgyl...
Women Still 60 Years Away From Equality With Men in Europe, as COVID-19 Risks Progress: Report
'For every mention of a prominent woman expert in COVID-19 coverage, there are nineteen mentions of a man ... just one of several findings in a recent study which shows that women’s voices have been largely absent from public discussions around ...
How women’s voices have been marginalised in COVID media coverage
'The Telegram groups, with thousands of members, do not only serve as spaces to share photos of women without consent but are also transaction hubs for stolen nudes, child pornography, and hidden camera footage, a women’s rights group said.' ...
Malaysian survivors of Telegram porn scandal lead calls for change
Ultimately, older women today are made visible in the media to entertain but are made invisible as human beings entitled to care provided by the state. They are celebrated only when they demand nothing.' https://t.co/mSmL6s...
Where have British women over 65 gone?
'Almost half (45%) of BME women told the TUC they had been singled out for harder or less popular tasks at work ... and 3 in 10 (30%) said they had experienced verbal abuse at work.' New report by @The_TUC https://t.co/F7j6rq...
TUC: BME women are twice as likely to be in insecure jobs as white workers
'a “significant and fatal” breakdown of community support; and the disproportionate impact on under-represented groups of disabled people, such as children, women, homeless people, and those living in remote and rural locations.' ...
Governments ‘overwhelmingly failed’ to protect disability rights during pandemic
'A major part of the problem of low pay for women’s work is that so much of this work is carried out for free and is therefore valued little in a capitalist society.' says @LindseyAGerman https://t.co/Y6VNi7...
The Coronavirus crisis amplifies women’s oppression