RT @mbmpolicy: A thread on next steps and further action needed in relation to Petition 1876, asking Scottish police, prosecutors and courts to accurately record the sex of people charged or convicted of rape or attempted rape, as explained here. ...
#FiLiA2021 Laoise Uí Aodha de Brún Last month The Countess commissioned the first-ever independent survey into attitudes to gender in Ireland. It has revealed widespread support among the Irish public for single-sex spaces, services and sports. ...
#FiLiA2021 Laoise Uí Aodha de Brún Last month The Countess commissioned the first-ever independent survey into attitudes to gender in Ireland. It has revealed widespread support among the Irish public for single-sex spaces, services and sports. ...
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At Kisan Sansad, two women farmers who are part of stir at Delhi border since Nov 26
'Incidentally, while chalking out the plan for Kisan Sansad, the Samyukta Kisan Morcha decided that on July 26, the protest will be led by women only.' #FarmersProtest #India https://t.co/r5SvNf...
MPs to examine lack of support for working menopausal women
'A parliamentary inquiry into the workplace treatment of women going through the menopause will examine if legislation goes far enough to address discrimination.' https://t.co/hlymN4...
Women, girls rarely factored into malaria equation - Sub-Saharan Africa
'“For too long, the fight against #malaria has been gender-blind—includ... the lack of disaggregated data on how many men and women fall sick and die from malaria every year,' By Stephanie Achieng’ https://t.co/dZKCdc...
Shifting expenditure on food, holidays, and furnishings could lower greenhouse gas emissions by almost 40%
'The difference in men's and women's emissions is not due to differences in expenditure but rather to differences in expenditure patterns. Men spend only slightly more money than women, 2%, but emit 16% more greenhouse gases.' https://t.co/sVIWoN...
Disabled women tell government: ‘We know who you didn’t save during the pandemic’
'Disabled activists from @WEP_UK (WEP) chanted, “Who did they not save? Disabled women!” beneath a statue of the suffragist Millicent Fawcett on Tuesday, as they drew attention to the government’s failings during the pandemic.' for @johnpringdns ...
New report reveals stark inequalities in access to HIV prevention and treatment services for children—partners call for urgent action
'In the final report from the Start Free, Stay Free, AIDS Free initiative, UNAIDS and partners* warn that progress towards ending AIDS among children, adolescents and young women has stalled and none of the targets for 2020 were met.' ...
Revealed: Disabled women face shocking levels of workplace harassment – TUC
'Today, we are publishing new research that looks specifically at the experiences of disabled women. Seven out of 10 have experienced sexual harassment at work – and some have been forced to leave their job as a result.' Report by @The_TUC ...
Employers to be made liable if they don’t protect staff from harassment at work
'It said it intends to introduce a specific duty which puts the onus on employers to prevent sexual harassment as well as measures to ensure employees have adequate legal protections when making a complaint of harassment.' https://t.co/pQaOK5...
Women don’t need protection from catcalling
'The obsession with street harassment is frustrating.' says @Ella_M_Whelan Ella, I wonder where you get this from 'catcalling is on its way out' as we hear and read that it is getting far worse for Women and Girls (porn being a major contributing ...
Siglo XXI: My 24 hours in Mexico’s 21st-century migrant prison
'To be sure, each of these corpses served as a reminder of the very short distance between life and death for people marked as of inherently inferior value by an international capitalist hierarchy.' @MariaBelen_Fdez https://t.co/QFh8Mv...
RT @RajasthanRising: #MovementForGood @RajasthanRising conducted its 2nd digital meeting with girl collectives across #Rajasthan. Young girls took the baton in their hands, discussed & facilitated action plan to get access to #education & ...