FiLiA

 

10 March 2021

 

FiLiA

21 posts today

RT @kiritunks: Thank you @elainesmithmsp @JohannLamont @JennyMarra @JoanMcAlpine for everything you are doing to make sure women’s concerns are being heard. We share your outrage at the attacks women face. #CourageCallsToCour... #HateCrimeBill

March 10th @ 2:09 pm |

FiLiA

21 posts today

These deliberate moves against Women are visible for all to see. We will not be quiet. #SexMatters The vote to include 'sex' in the #HateCrimeBill has been lost today, despite the best efforts of @JohannLamont and @JoanMcAlpine #iamthestorm #SpeakOut ...

March 10th @ 2:07 pm |

FiLiA

21 posts today

RT @EVAWuk: "Among women aged 18-24, 97% said they had been sexually harassed, while 80% of women of all ages said they had experienced sexual harassment in public spaces." Shocking findings in the @guardian today. https://t.co/BCn62A...

March 10th @ 4:45 am |

FiLiA

21 posts today

'Susan Smith, of women’s rights group For Women Scot, said the Bill was “doubly problematic” for women as it threatened their freedom of speech as well as failed to “implement the recommendation of Lord Bracadale to include sex in the legislation”.' ...

March 10th @ 3:55 am |

FiLiA

21 posts today

𝗙𝗶𝗟𝗶𝗔𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟭 | 𝟭𝟲𝘁𝗵-𝟭𝟳𝘁𝗵 𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿 | 𝗣𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘀𝗺𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵 We are planning the FiLiA2021 conference. If, for any reason, it can't go ahead ... all tickets will be carried over to FiLiA2022. Book your tickets now!! https://t.co/X6dOC6... https://t.co/DjavR2...

March 10th @ 2:24 am |

FiLiA

21 posts today

'Last year, during the coronavirus pandemic, 256 women were murdered – an increase of more than 50 per cent on the previous year.' #Venezuela #Femicide https://t.co/5JkTa5...

March 10th @ 2:13 am |

FiLiA

21 posts today

'The Office of National Statistics has been forced to rewrite its guidance to the census question asking a person’s sex following a victory for feminist campaigners at the High Court.' With thanks to @fairplaywomen #SexMatters https://t.co/8sdqiZ...

March 10th @ 2:10 am |

FiLiA

21 posts today

'A full judicial review will take place next week before the census day, but the judge made the interim order saying he was satisfied the campaign group was "more likely than not to succeed" on its case regarding the legal definition of "sex".' ...

March 10th @ 2:06 am |

FiLiA

21 posts today

'Gathered on microfilm from twenty-three archives over several decades of research by Davis Center Associate Rochelle Ruthchild, this collection brings together an array of primary source print materials concerning women’s lives and political ...

March 10th @ 1:58 am |

FiLiA

21 posts today

'While oil companies celebrate milestones of installing women in leadership positions with cutesy tweets, women around the world continue to suffer assault, displacement, and death due to the effects of oil extraction.' by @HerrCaitlin #EcoFeminism ...

March 10th @ 1:53 am |

FiLiA

21 posts today

'Ms McGovern spoke about a 2014 EU survey [finding] 34 per cent of #women with a health problem or #disability experienced physical or sexual partner violence, compared with 19 per cent of women without a health problem or disability.' ...

March 10th @ 1:46 am |

FiLiA

21 posts today

Time to make Women the supervisors @hm 'They described a working environment in which male supervisors wielded “total power” over the women beneath them.' https://t.co/5FprZh...

March 10th @ 1:39 am |

FiLiA

21 posts today

'Complaints about sexist behavior and a lack of support were commonplace... in 1896, Luise Kähler .. protested: “Many male comrades treat the women’s question so facetiously that we must wonder whether they really support equal rights at all.” ...

March 10th @ 1:34 am |