Woman's Place UK

 

10 January 2022

 

Woman's Place UK

22 posts today

RT @russwebt: Tomorrow @PPOmbudsman will publish her report into the "shocking circumstances" of baby Brooke who was still-born in a toilet at HMP Styal in June 2020. Louise, Brooke's mum, & @LucyBaldwin08 have written a poignant tribute which ...

January 10th @ 12:51 pm |

Woman's Place UK

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RT @BBCWomansHour: Listen live now: Too short to drive a bus? We talk to Tracey Scholes, one of Manchester's first female bus drivers, who says her route was changed because she's too short to drive the newly-designed buses: https://t.co/3w6Oc3...

January 10th @ 8:00 am |

Woman's Place UK

22 posts today

RT @mwolferobinson: Tracey Scholes was one of the first women to drive a bus in Manchester. 34 years later, she's been sacked after a new bus design means she can't reach the pedals. Her final appeal is Tuesday - all she's asking for is the same no ...

January 10th @ 7:58 am |

Woman's Place UK

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Barbara Hillary (1931-2019) US. Nurse. Polar adventurer. On retiring from a 55 year career in nursing, she decided to become the first black woman to reach the Poles. After rigorous training she reached the North Pole, age 75, and the South Pole at ...

January 10th @ 7:47 am |

Woman's Place UK

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RT @WomensRightsNet: On 10/1 HOL debates #Amendment97ZA seeking to stop male prisoners being housed in women's prisons. We ask the Lords to consider the safety & dignity of women uppermost in the debate & support the amendment ...

January 10th @ 3:39 am |

Woman's Place UK

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RT @GreenhamWomen: We have travelled the country interviewing the women who formed the #GreenhamCommon Womens Peace Camp. We have interviewed 100 women. The interviews are deliberately authentic, and have only received light editing. Explore them ...

January 10th @ 3:31 am |

Woman's Place UK

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RT @ProfAliceS: Advance HE/Athena Swan has withdrawn guidance that recommended against collecting data on sex. Story by @ewansomerville in @Telegraph (Misleading headline - this is about accurate data collectionon sex, no-one is trying to prevent an ...

January 10th @ 3:30 am |

Woman's Place UK

22 posts today

RT @JeanHatchet: Women in prison matter. Their rights matter. The right to be incarcerated away from men is critically important not least because a huge proportion of those women - who are overwhelmingly in prison for petty crime - have been ...

January 10th @ 3:30 am |

Woman's Place UK

22 posts today

RT @JoPhoenix1: Retweeting this blog from two weeks ago. Available evidence indicates that gender identity does not overrule sex based offending patterns. Violent natal male offenders should not be in women’s prisons. #Amendment214 ...

January 10th @ 3:30 am |