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Do It Now: Email your MP From March 1st: Order a paper copy of the census On Census Night: Send the ONS a message https://t.co/3UGz9U... #SexInTheCensus #Census2021 #SexNotGender https://t.co/C3j2TP...
Thank you Maya
Thank you from the FiLiA Team to @MForstater for a very useful training session on why sex based rights matter. Follow Maya's work: https://t.co/r0eiMr... https://t.co/QORmtC... https://t.co/aRhpx4... https://t.co/nlEasX...
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The Women's Liberation Movement and the Politics of Class in Britain - book review
'It is well known that the difficulties of getting women’s oppression taken seriously on the Left were an important factor driving a separatist form of struggle.' https://t.co/1k66wy...
“I am an illiterate woman,” says Gurmer Kaur, at the #protests with her friends Surjit Kaur, and Jaswant Kaur, all in their mid-70s. “I cannot talk well, but I can sit tight—and I will sit here till the next elections if these laws are not called ...
The Women at the Frontlines of India’s Farmers’ Protests
RT @GreenRebJohnson: Looking forward to @MillionWomen Rise 6 March online https://t.co/OAXKlA... Together we can end male violence against women and girls #MWR2021 #IWD2021 @GreenPartyWomen @FiLiA_charity #BlackLivesMatter #WomensRightsAreHum...
Women are (rightly) angry. Now they need a plan
'They were angry they were paid less than men for the same jobs. They were angry childcare was hard to access. And, frankly, they were angry at men.' By @MichelleArrow1 https://t.co/LzJRnV...
Mexican authorities used illegal force to silence feminist protesters
'The (r)age of women: Stigma and violence against #women protesters analyzes five protests that women and #feminist groups carried out against gender-based violence last year in ... Guanajuato, Sinaloa, Quintana Roo, the State of #Mexico and Mexico ...
Venezuela strengthens gender violence law
'#Venezuela´s National Assembly (Parliament) passed on Tuesday the reform of the Organic Law on the Right of #Women to a Life Free of Violence, which is geared to expanding the scope of legal instrument adapted to present situation.' ...
How many femicides in Turkey are covered up as suicides? - Egypt Independent
'men can feel certain they will be deemed innocent by the justice system as soon as they frame femicide as a suicide. “To make an ostensible suicide seem more plausible, the case file then says ... ‘wasn’t in a good mood, had psychological ...
Women in UK armed forces face 'hostile environment' if they report bullying
'another issue was the effectiveness of military police, who have the power to investigate rape and sexual assault cases in the UK. “I cannot see why on the UK mainland we are allowing our service police to do this, it seems perverse and it isn’t ...
200,000 UK women in line for pension back-payments of about £13,500
“It is also quite shocking that DWP plans to stop paying interest on these underpayments. If the government is going to fix these problems it needs to do so swiftly and fairly,” https://t.co/nOhu0N...
International Women's Day: Illustrating the Covid-19 pandemic
'Ahead of International Women's Day on 8 March, we invite you to meet three women who are using their artistic talents, combined with their expertise in the fields of science, health and technology to help the fight against coronavirus.' ...