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First FiLiA meeting of 2022 Buzzing! https://t.co/pIjG8X...
'Starting with their key question, ‘queerness’ is not a concept that is relevant to any child in any functioning school that correctly follows non-discriminatory, non-sexist policies.' https://t.co/DvWwPw...
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Free Zara Mohammadi https://t.co/rl28ki...
𝗕𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝗙𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗦𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝗔𝗰𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗮 'We have repeatedly had to justify the reasoning for our need to be women-only. Even our public events were affected by this institutional misogyny.' By Diana Barrera @WomenTalk_Back https://t.co/TH2fp6...
Thank you Caro Wilson for joining over 1,000 Women in a global fast in Solidarity with the #FreeNazanin campaign There are actions you can take part in to support Nazanin if you are unable to fast ... please follow the link to read more ...
Turkish Supreme Court of Appeals president says femicide cases in Turkey exaggerated - Stockholm Center for Freedom
'Feminist groups criticized Akarca’s statement, saying he was normalizing #femicide. The We Will Stop Femicide Platform said on Twitter that 280 women had been killed in 2021. “What are you doing to prevent these murders?”' https://t.co/HghLgv...
Policing bill would make my grandmother Sylvia Pankhurst turn in her grave
'For example, they would have banned the tactics of the Greenham Common women, who linked arms around air bases when campaigning for nuclear disarmament in the 1980s.' https://t.co/R8QRc0...
This is not the 1980s | Josephine Bartosch | The Critic Magazine
'Lesbians like Linda Bellos OBE, lost custody of their children. And yet now, those accused of “misgendering” risk a police record and parents live in fear of being reported to social services if they fail to affirm the identities of their ...
JANUARY 10 WORKING JOURNALISTS DAY: 19 journalist women battered in Turkey in a year, shows report
"As can be seen from the data in our report, journalist women are targeted by police officers/ soldiers and subjected to pressure and violence the most in workplaces, on the street and in reporting news," https://t.co/r64otJ...
How did Somaliland end up with zero female MPs? | African Arguments
'In the 2021 elections, not a single woman was elected to parliament. This level of female exclusion from politics is unprecedented, but the problem is not new.' #Somaliland https://t.co/DBCz5f...
Japanese Women Are Fighting Back Against Pervasive Sexism
'Feminists’ struggle to reduce Japan’s tolerance of sexual and domestic violence began decades ago,' https://t.co/yUg8Y7...
Maya Angelou makes history as first Black woman to appear on US quarter
'Maya Angelou has become the first Black woman to appear on the US quarter after new coins went into circulation.' https://t.co/t8xjEC...
Call for Views: New Strategies - Domestic and Sexual Abuse Strategy and Violence Against Women and Girls Strategy - Written Response - NI Direct - Citizen Space
NI Government Call for Views: New Strategies - Domestic and Sexual Abuse Strategy and Violence Against Women and Girls Strategy - Written Response Closes 7 Mar 2022 https://t.co/x4VXoj...
Cost Of Living Crisis Poses A “Catastrophic” Threat To Domestic Abuse Victims, Campaigners Warn
'Labour MP Jess Phillips said the financial hit facing many households over the next year could have a “catastrophic” impact on many women’ ability to leave abusive partners.' https://t.co/6EnQfs...
Drug resistant tuberculosis in Afghanistan: We must continue to put people at the centre of treatment
'The burden of TB and DR-TB is a major public health crisis in #Afghanistan, which particularly affects women and children. In Kandahar, for example, more than 60% of our patients are women and 25% are children under the age of 15.' ...
New Jersey passes Freedom of Reproductive Choice Act as future of abortion remains uncertain
'The Freedom of Reproductive Choice Act passed by a vote of 46 to 22 in the #NewJersey General Assembly on Monday, hours after passing in the state Senate by a vote of 23 to 15.' #abortionrights https://t.co/m7AOj1...
Libyan security forces crack down on migrants protesting outside UN office
"We are alarmed by the detention of hundreds of #migrants, #refugees, and asylum seekers, including women and children, that were camped out in front of the former Community Day Centre in #Tripoli," https://t.co/humKRy...
'Exploitation and enslavement': Two Nigerian migrants take rights case to UN Committee
'Essentially, lawyers at ASGI explain that the two women fell victim to a system of enslavement in Libya which is supported by money from Italy and the EU.' https://t.co/kdmTMe...
Student raises more than $70K to start women's scholarship in response to professor's viral remarks
"I never want a girl to look online and say, 'Oh look, a professor who teaches in higher education says I should stay out of STEM, medicine and law," https://t.co/ZQo9qY...