FiLiA

 

26 November 2020

 

FiLiA

39 posts today

The Shocking Reality of Surrogacy It is ‘an industry which places poor women of colour in closely monitored residences and treats them as potting soil for the planting and growing of children for wealthier, usually white clients’. ...

November 26th @ 4:01 pm |

FiLiA

39 posts today

About to attend the #FemicideCensus10ye... presentation. Thank you to all the Women who have worked to pull this together, and to highlight such an important issue. Sisterhood and Solidarity! FiLiA Team https://t.co/u14erm... https://t.co/8Gh60Q...

November 26th @ 1:32 pm |

FiLiA

39 posts today

Listen to Survivors: Valerie Tender - militant abolitionist radical feminist Valérie Pelletier (aka Legal Tender) is a survivor of prostitution, now a public speaker, a conceptual artist. a vlogger, a singer (jazz, country etc.) ...

November 26th @ 1:02 pm |

FiLiA

39 posts today

To mark our 16 days of activism to end male violence against Women we are sharing some of the great content from Women across the world #16days #VAWG ~Argentina https://t.co/VRh9L2...

November 26th @ 12:00 pm |

FiLiA

39 posts today

RT @marstrina: Women have been dropping out of the workforce to do more unpaid domestic labour; note that research shows that when men become unemployed they start doing *less* work in the home. https://t.co/LmW5KY...

November 26th @ 10:38 am |

FiLiA

39 posts today

About to join a Zoom call with three Women who want to join as volunteers. They describe themselves as a coven - this should be fun! https://t.co/5cOdKP... https://t.co/vyRiga...

November 26th @ 10:34 am |

FiLiA

39 posts today

RT @VictimsComm: Surviving Economic Abuse is running a series of free webinars over the next few months, increasing understanding and awareness of economic abuse across six key issues. @SEAresource sessions are free and open to everyone. ...

November 26th @ 10:16 am |

FiLiA

39 posts today

To mark our 16 days of activism to end male violence against women we are sharing some of the great content from women across the world #16days #VAWG #Femicide https://t.co/PtQDwK...

November 26th @ 3:30 am |

FiLiA

39 posts today

'Being a woman in Peru and facing the legal system is a nightmare. Rape culture is so normalised that it seems to override any fundamental rights.' by Lara Salvatierra https://t.co/5A2W1f...

November 26th @ 2:20 am |

FiLiA

39 posts today

Yes Matters - Research for the 16 Days of Activism Project In this episode, Gemma discusses the recent findings of a research report carried out by Yes Matters, as part of the 16 Days of Activism Project, looking at sexual violence and sexual ...

November 26th @ 2:19 am |

FiLiA

39 posts today

“With COVID’s socio-economic impact driving millions of refugees and displaced people further into poverty and destitution, we are extremely worried about the increase in violence against women and girls,” https://t.co/xBDbCA...

November 26th @ 2:07 am |

FiLiA

39 posts today

'According to IRNA, 20 per cent of the total murders that take place in Iran, and 50 per cent of the domestic killings, are “honour” killings, and annually between 375 and 450 such killings are registered in the country.' https://t.co/P6fZZY...

November 26th @ 2:02 am |

FiLiA

39 posts today

“We stand by a structural analysis relating to women being oppressed as a group and refrain from current neoliberal positions which focus on individual rights, as we do not see this as a route to transformational change.” https://t.co/GqtpHc...

November 26th @ 1:45 am |

FiLiA

39 posts today

'Misogyny and online violence are a real threat to women’s participation in journalism and public communication in the digital age. It’s both a genuine gender equality struggle and a freedom of expression crisis that needs to be taken very ...

November 26th @ 1:41 am |

FiLiA

39 posts today

'The crowd was able to complete the performance only once before police deployed a water cannon to disperse the demonstrators from the Plaza Italia in downtown Santiago.' https://t.co/U2usoc...

November 26th @ 1:36 am |

FiLiA

39 posts today

'While men swore often, women’s bad language was far more likely to be of concern. An 1850 commentary published in the Moreton Bay Courier, called on husbands to exercise their authority and prevent wives from publicly using “obscene and filthy ...

November 26th @ 1:35 am |

FiLiA

39 posts today

'She strongly believes her experience was related to her race and is calling for the government to offer more training to healthcare professionals on how they should treat mothers from different demographics.' https://t.co/DEMlOr...

November 26th @ 1:30 am |

FiLiA

39 posts today

'Under the penal code, people charged with violent crimes can receive harsher sentences if a judge decides their actions were motivated by someone’s sexual orientation or gender identity.' https://t.co/SpJ0ok...

November 26th @ 1:24 am |

FiLiA

39 posts today

'Posted anonymously, the petition alleged students were told to avoid such items of clothing as “they cannot show off the female anatomy as it is distracting to the female and male staff of the school”.' https://t.co/384klt...

November 26th @ 1:22 am |

FiLiA

39 posts today

“Lockdown itself is not the reason why domestic abuse occurs. In fact, it has only exacerbated abuse and heightened pre-existing behaviours of power and control in abusive partners, and narrowed the opportunities for victims to seek and access ...

November 26th @ 1:13 am |

FiLiA

39 posts today

'They are never attacked, robbed, or raped, or sexually harassed. They are the only ones not scared in Holbeck. It’s their hunting ground. They are ones benefiting from this council sponsored nightmare – the punters and the pimps.' ...

November 26th @ 12:47 am |