RT @LabWomenDec: More time for yoga (yes, really) than for debating the Women's Conference Arrangements Committee report. No time for a proper debate on policy-making, but time for a session on gratitude. Emphatically not what we need from ...
Petition LABOUR WOMEN'S DECLARATION
RT @LabWomenDec: #LabourWomen21 Fed up with being marginalised and silenced? If you agree that "Women have the right to discuss policies which affect them, without being abused, harassed or intimidated" head on over to our petition and sign it. ...
RT @ProfAliceS: In this article, I explain how the Office for National Statistics found itself in court defending the strange idea that sex is an "umbrella concept". #sexinthecensus #census2021 https://t.co/zUUwzQ...
RT @RebeccaMKBull: The rules were changed without consideration of how it would negatively affect women. Enough. The evidence shows sex matters. The rules must reflect that. https://t.co/wZHbwY...
RT @LabWomenDec: We're very impressed with this much-needed resource for young lesbians. "We want you to know how great being a lesbian is, and how fun and freeing making lesbian connections can be!" Congratulations to everyone involved. ...
RT @AnnDHenderson: Some strong contributions at @UKLabour #labourwomen2021 on the economy debate. But very frustrating start to conf business, number of delegates not being called, with points to raise on conference arrangements and agenda. ...
Covid quarantine hotels: Women say they were sexually harassed by guards
RT @DrAishaKGill: Heads should roll. Four women who stayed in Covid quarantine hotels in the UK have told the BBC they were sexually harassed by guards working for security company G4S https://t.co/Z2yqxt...
RT @LabWomenDec: #labwomen21 Women delegates being silenced by @UKLabour Women's Conference. Grassroots women members being shut out of the discussion & decision making and regarding WHAT matters to women. What a farce @Keir_Starmer ...
Viola Desmond (1914-1965) Canadian. Entrepreneur. Convicted in 1946 for challenging segregation in Roseland cinema; fought the charges with the Nova Scotia Assoc for Advancement of Coloured People. Her case fuelled civil rights struggles, publicised ...
Viola Desmond (1914-1965) Canadian. Entrepreneur. Convicted in 1946 for challenging segregation in Roseland cinema; fought the charges with the Nova Scotia Assoc for Advancement of Coloured People. Her case fuelled civil rights struggles, publicised ...
People have told me I’m on the wrong side of history, but I still want to be their friend | Hadley Freeman
“If you’re more interested in performing your own purity than understanding people’s plurality, you’re not looking at progress, you’re looking into a mirror.” Well said @HadleyFreeman https://t.co/22Pvs2...
Sex and the Office for National Statistics: A Case Study in Policy Capture
This is a MUST READ by @ProfAliceS on how data experts worked to try and ensure #Census2021 collected accurate and useful sex data - and how they were blocked at every turn. This is not democracy @ONS Thank you to everyone who persisted in this fight ...
RT @kathmurray1: Extraordinary first-hand account of how the ONS prioritised the views of non-data users in its decision-making on the census, and ended up in court, unsuccessfully trying to defend the position that sex is an "umbrella term". ...
RT @LesbianGayNews: "Stonewall has long since lost its way as a campaigning organisation. Public and private sectors employers should withhold all cooperation with its demands for orthodoxy and have nothing to do with it," writes the @thetimes in its ...
Making policies Equality Act compliant: Audrey Ludwig - Woman's Place UK
Councils and the Equality Act - Woman's Place UK
Our 2019 guidance on how to challenge local councils and other organisations over their failure to uphold women's legal rights under Equality Act 2010. and to ensure they get their equality policies right. https://t.co/8BzT70...
RT @PenSaidWhatNow: @cathydevine56 @Womans_Place_UK Link to Times article with no paywall. https://t.co/6V4BP3...
RT @cathydevine56: @Womans_Place_UK Full text link here: https://t.co/VpBNVp...
Stonewall equality list ‘bullies bosses and silences dissent’
Female athletes’ views not listened to over transgender inclusion at Olympics, report says
Great to see research by @cathydevine56 with 19 female female Olympians “unanimous agreement there is not enough scientific evidence to show there is no competitive advantage for trans women”. https://t.co/M7C9Wx...
Stonewall ambassador: I believed in the scheme to uphold rights but we created a monster
“Stonewall encourages organisations to be “ahead of the law” and gives incorrect advice on the Equality Act. It says the protected characteristic of gender reassignment really means gender identity. That is factually incorrect.” ...
RT @KLBfax: We did this as a strong, fearless TEAM. Bravo to our QC Jeremy Hyam, that man know what he doing! Thank u to EVERYONE who supported and donated. All of us together made this happen. Whatever the outcome, I hope this will set a new ...
RT @michelemooreEd: Thank you @KLBfax for your strength and dignity sitting in court throughout the #TavistockAppeal this week. You have changed the global conversation on harms of medical intervention for children and young people experiencing ...
RT @joannaccherry: Some very concerning details here . Not least the revelation that some organisations have used social media silencing of their gender critical employees, service users & members to curry favour. It’s not just the bosses being ...
RT @AnnDHenderson: First full day of @UKLabour Women's Conference, all online. Missing meeting up with delegates, visitors and exhibitors, but looking forward to hearing some great speakers and policy debates. #labwomen2021
RT @cathydevine56: Full text link here: https://t.co/2b9yst... https://t.co/lFKp5U...
RT @cathydevine56: 'The International Olympic Committee has not listened to female athletes’ voices when drawing up its transgender guidelines, a new research paper has claimed.' https://t.co/7zowVR...
Thread. We agree with @LucyHunterB This is really shocking to see. https://t.co/uUfgHp...