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Sisters! Thank you so much for your support. Please help us to push this over the line .... it's a huge financial committment (and risk) to go ahead with #FiLiA2021 Please donate if you can, and share too. Sisterhood and Solidarity! FiLiA Team https: ...
'A major lack of support was reported by the respondents overall, with a lot of negative experiences coming from medical and mental health systems and from the LGBT+ community.' Nod to S for the link https://t.co/FjEw8L...
FiLiA #Feminist Book Club: Kurdish Women's Stories Houzan Mahmoud is a #Kurdish #feminist, writer and anti-war activist born in South Kurdistan. https://t.co/afnyah... https://t.co/O4Y4vZ...
RT @ScaryLittleGs: If you can afford to give, this is such an important organisation to support! ๏ฟผ๐ช๐ฝ๐ช๐พ๐ช๐ผ https://t.co/i9RgLu...
Huge thanks to Middle Eastern Women and Society Organisation for a superb conference on #BanVirginityTests Listening to personal testimonies and activists. Follow @MewsOrg and join the international campaign! ...
Huge thanks to Middle Eastern Women and Society Organisation for a superb conference on #BanVirginityTests Listening to personal testimonies and activists. Follow @MewsOrg and join the international campaign! https://t.co/17ZPzj...
'Am I to support a service user to see her and pay for sex, whilst also trying to support her to exit and recover?' https://t.co/aAqOMV...
RT @meggiewalk: A Canada man who violently murdered his wife was given parole and permitted to access a woman at a body rub parlour for โsex.โ He stabbed 22 year old Marylรจne Levesque 30 times. It appears the courts believe men have a right to rape ...
RT @HiboWardere: #nofgm if you are not aware of @FiLiA_charity Get to know .they are absolutely fir women and girls . Absolutely power house women Filia has supported me so much . Please donate so that they can continue to fight on out behalf. We do ...
FiLiA Statement on the Domestic Abuse Bill โ FiLiA
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Shocking statistics from the survey but actually most women I know have disclosed some form of abuse in their lifetime @DrJessTaylor @Jaimi_Shrive
Read the latest FiLiA Newsletter - We're talking about our Crowdfunder, the Domestic Abuse Bill, Women in prisons, and lots more - https://t.co/Zda5Gu...
Excited to be at the launch of @DrJessTaylor & @Jaimi_Shrive new research โI thought it was just part of lifeโ from @Victim_Focus
The Crowdfunder - what will your donations fund? If restricted attendee numbers mean that FiLiA is not viable, your funds will cover our financial liability to the venue, allowing FiLiA to continue our work in future years. Sisterhood and Solidarity! ...
Growth in Burkina Faso gold mining fuels human trafficking - Times of India
"These kinds of exploitation (can) take place outside of the mining areas, so stakeholders don't see it as their responsibility. However, the product is being produced in an ecosystem of human rights violations/sex trafficking,"ย ...
FiLiA #Feminist Book Club: Kurdish Women's Stories "Going beyond exoticising stereotypes and patriarchal representations, #Kurdish Women's Stories gives twenty-four women authorial freedom to write about their own lived experiences." Houzan Mahmoud ...
Transgender Teens: Is the Tide Starting to Turn?
Transgender Teens: Is the Tide Starting to Turn? 'As more people come forward, more people will realizeโฆthat's what's occurring. The question is, 'What is the burden of harm that has to happen before people start to take notice?'โ"' Nod to K for link ...
German ex-footballer Metzelder in dock on child porn charges - France 24
Another one ... 'The lawyer said the former centre-back was "shocked at himself for having had this kind of double life", but insisted his client is "obviously not" a paedophile.' https://t.co/5UlB2V...
Author recalls the โMayan, Socialist and Feminist Revolutionโ that took place in Yucatan
'Another characteristic of the #revolution in the state of #Yucatan is #Feminism.ย The vindication of womenโs rights, the recognition that oppression is not only class-based.' https://t.co/eJoakm...
Women are not paid comfort blankets for disabled men. Insulting to Women and to disabled people. https://t.co/PN6BFZ...
RT @LuxuryMoon: @BBCWomansHour Please cover the biggest feminist conference in Europe in October in Portsmouth run by @FiLiA_charity
๐ก๐ฒ๐ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ด๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐๐ฐ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐น๐ผ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐ปโ๐ ๐ถ๐บ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ผ๐ป๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐. 'We urgently need sustained investment in community alternatives for women' Emily Evison https://t.co/tycFWB...
#๐ญ๐ฏ๐ด ๐๐๐๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ฎ๐บ๐ถ๐น๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐น๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป โItโs a cruel, barbaric, draconian system that seems to hate victims and just doesnโt believe them.โ Campaigners Sammy Woodhouse and Victoria Hudson #novictimleftbehind https://t.co/TAFOVQ...
Former spycop who โgroomedโ young activist standing for re-election as Tory councillor 'Jessica is determined to thwart his election bid, launching her own campaign to inform voters of the former spycopโs past.' #SpyCops https://t.co/lDzf6Z...
'Gender critical' beliefs protected by law, says equalities watchdog
'The belief that trans women are men is protected by law, the equalities watchdog has confirmed.' https://t.co/atMMpD...
Warwick University protesters egged as campus sit-in continues
'Progress has taken place in talks between Protect Warwick Women and Warwick University, but the group say the University has failed to meet them in the middle on particular points regarding students' safety on campus.' #ProtectWarwickWome...
More new Portsmouth mums are in need of support from mental health services
'Sarah McMullen, director of impact and engagement at @NCTcharity, said: โWeโve heard throughout the pandemic from mums struggling with the impact on their emotional wellbeing.' in @portsmouthnews #Portsmouth https://t.co/3cg8kM...
โSexual predatorโ: actor Noel Clarke accused of groping, harassment and bullying by 20 women
Another one ... โI want people to know, because I hate the idea that he can secretly film young actresses โ who have no idea that theyโre not supposed to be getting naked in auditions โ and go on to get a Bafta,โ says James. https://t.co/wHgmI7...
โDevastating for women and girlsโ: UK cuts 85% in aid to UN family planning
โThe truth is that when funding stops, women and girls suffer, especially the poor. These cuts will be devastating for #women and girls and their families across the world.โ #UNFPA executive director Natalia Kanem https://t.co/y3nKBX...
Women's'-Only Gym Section Faces Discrimination Lawsuit 'Most noteworthy, 62 percent of women indicated they would consider cancelling their membership if the women-only area is eliminated.' https://t.co/ZX7Gzx... https://t.co/ASpDAW...
Young women, grown up without Taliban, dread their return
'Many worry that the vague terms the Taliban use in their promises, like โcorrect #hijabโ or guaranteeing rights โprovided under Islamic lawโ give them wide margin to impose hard-line interpretations.' #Afghanistan https://t.co/K3uyrM...
COVID-19 cost women globally over $800 billion in lost income in one year - World
'The COVID-19 crisis cost women around the world at least $800 billion in lost income in 2020, equivalent to more than the combined GDP of 98 countries, said Oxfam today.' #Covid #Women https://t.co/jOP6MR...