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Taliban University — FiLiA
Taliban University One of her colleagues had physically attacked and insulted her. Instead of holding him accountable, the university had asked Khadija to stay silent to protect the university’s reputation and promised that this would be the last ...
RT @SafeSchools_UK: This is an appallingly ill informed statement from @Nancy_M_K. We question if she has in fact read or understood what was a very sensitive & thoughtful judgement, that covered gillick competence. Schools must not use ...
#109 Listen to Survivors: Simone Watson - "Prohibition and Decrim have failed." — FiLiA
Listen to Survivors: Simone Watson - "Prohibition and Decrim have failed." Simone Watson is a Survivor activist who entered prostitution in a legal brothel in Melbourne in her 20’s. She found the world of legalised prostitution to be anything but ...
WE NEED MORE STIGMA ON MEN WHO PAY TO SEXUALLY EXPLOIT WOMEN — FiLiA
To mark our 16 days of activism to end male violence against Women we are sharing some of our great content from Women across the world #16days #VAWG @about_nthroom https://t.co/WNTddJ...
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#039 FiLiA meets: Sammy Woodhouse — FiLiA
To mark our 16 days of activism to end male violence against Women we are sharing some of our great content from Women across the world #16days #VAWG @sammywoodhouse1 https://t.co/wzVYay...
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Keira Bell: The High Court hands down a historic judgment to protect vulnerable children
'The most damning evidence of complacency in the service is the fact that the GIDS offers troubled adolescents no alternative therapeutic treatment pathway.' https://t.co/0loHlR...
RT @JudiciaryUK: The judgment in R (on the application of) Quincy Bell and A -v- Tavistock and Portman NHS Trust can now be found online https://t.co/D5dSWl...
CONGRATULATIONS to Keira Bell and Mrs A!!!!!! And to all the Women who stepped forwards on this issue. Sisterhood and Solidarity! FiLiA Team #IStandWithKeiraBel... #KeiraBell ...
CONGRATULATIONS to Keira Bell and Mrs A!!!!!! And to all the Women who stepped forwards on this issue. Sisterhood and Solidarity! FiLiA Team #IStandWithKeiraBel... #KeiraBell https://t.co/RKf2tI...
RT @K_IngalaSmith: This discussion needs to be widely held. Should misogyny be a hate crime? I don’t think the answer to this is as straightforward as many seem to assume and I welcome hearing @VeraGrayF outlining some of the issues that need ...
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#056 FiLiA discusses: Rape Case in Cyprus with Bracha Barad — FiLiA
To mark our 16 days of activism to end male violence against Women we are sharing some of our great content from Women across the world #16days #VAWG https://t.co/lvnaYn...
'Everywhere women are rising up and joining together against the ever increasing patriarchal violence, the fascist attacks of the states that occupy and destroy our living spaces with their imperialist policies.' @starrcongress https://t.co/Z56u8S...
Solidarity Message from Kongra Star for Signature Campaign — FiLiA
Sign up for the FiLiA weekly newsletter if you haven't already ... Sisterhood and Solidarity! FiLiA Team https://t.co/WeE77P... https://t.co/mbwfh2...
*** 𝗙𝗶𝗟𝗶𝗔 𝗕𝗢𝗢𝗞 𝗥𝗘𝗩𝗜𝗘𝗪 *** Review: Transgender Body Politics by Heather Brunskell-Evans It’s an accessible introductory volume and eloquent summary of the issues, useful to read even if you’re already quite familiar with them. SD ...
*** 𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗙𝗶𝗟𝗶𝗔 𝗣𝗢𝗗𝗖𝗔𝗦𝗧 *** Pragna Patel reflects on her work with Southall Black Sisters, which was established in 1979 to meet the needs of Black (Asian and African-Caribbean) women, https://t.co/vk75WX...
#115 Pragna Patel of Southall Black Sisters on Anti-Racism and Feminism — FiLiA
Shopworkers launch Christmas campaign to urge against abuse of staff Usdaw general secretary Paddy Lillis said that “keep your cool at Christmas and respect shopworkers” https://t.co/V6JyDa... https://t.co/IZzVZ9...
Campaigners press for changes to stop the killing of women in Iraqi Kurdistan 'Those gathered stood in silence, wearing scarves emblazoned with red hands, depicting the blood of the women that have been killed in the region.' https://t.co/Mw7TDz...
'Their mimeographed newsletter, The Ladder, spread to gay women all over the world, mostly passing hand-to-hand since people were afraid to be on a mailing list or even have it in their mailbox.' https://t.co/nVRacC...
A lesbian refuge becomes a historic city landmark - The San Francisco Examiner
“The fact that women aren’t doing this beauty work is exciting to me, because it represents a disruption of how they normally comply with our society’s expectations of femininity.” https://t.co/wiXrqp...
'The census statistics are disturbing, but as its co-founder Karen Ingala-Smith says, they must be studied unflinchingly if anything is to change. It states that across the UK between 2009-2018, 1,425 women were killed by 1,419 ' ...
'It led women's groups to suggest rape was being "de-criminalised", with perpetrators unlikely to face prosecution.' https://t.co/umka2f...
'Even then, though, she was unusual: here was a 49-year-old mother of three taking up the challenge of flying which, in the 1920’s, was still as dangerous as it was exciting and glamorous.' https://t.co/CnNJLZ...
Hidden women of history: Millicent Bryant, the first Australian woman to get a pilot's licence
“People [sic] who pay for sex need to think about what they are doing. They may be responsible for the continued sexual exploitation of a woman and for directly funding organised crime." #EndDemand https://t.co/2x5Mbp...
Teenagers among 84 women exploited by sex trafficking gangs in Scotland despite Covid lockdown
'The survey, of 607 Americans, also discovered that 59.8 per cent of those polled were “very” or “extremely concerned” about the carbon footprint of having children.' https://t.co/TU1rWi...
Anxiety over the climate crisis is stopping people having children, study finds
'UNHCR has called on states to include displaced and refugee women and girls in their Covid-19 response programmes and place their safety first as they respond to the pandemic.' See also the FiLiA podcast with Women in Kakuma camp ...
UNHCR urges states to prioritise protection of female refugees