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16 posts today#157 Combatting Rape Culture and Sexism in Schools
#157 Combatting Rape Culture and Sexism in Schools
#FiLiALegacyProject for Women in Portsmouth Isle of Wight and surrounding areas We will discuss the history of Consciousness Raising, the principles behind it, and the practical side of setting up a CR group. With Lynn Alderson Thursday 5th August 6 ...
FiLiA Feminist Book Club Discusses Exit! with Grizelda Grootboom
#FiLiALegacyProject for Women in Portsmouth Isle of Wight and surrounding areas Exit! is the story of Grizelda Grootboom life of prostitution and her ultimate escape from it all. 9 August 18:00 BST Register by following the link ...
Consciousness Raising Workshop with Lynn Alderson
#FiLiALegacyProject for Women in #Portsmouth #IsleofWight and surrounding areas We will discuss the history of Consciousness Raising, the principles behind it, and the practical side of setting up a CR group. With Lynn Alderson https://t.co/5BIfK8...
Black women are lowballed and overlooked at work. It’s time to pay us what we’re worth | Chandra Thomas Whitfield
'... That’s right: Black women in the United States must work 19 months to earn what white men earn in a year.' By Chandra Thomas Whitfield #racism #sexism https://t.co/p50Fo4...
HS2: Charges against '7 Sisters' tree protest in Buckinghamshire dropped
'Campaigners accused of trespassing while trying to save an oak tree have had all charges against them dropped. The group, who dubbed themselves the "7 Sisters", were accused of stopping work in June 2020 at Poor's Piece' #7Sisters ...
Murdered women: A history of ‘honour’ crimes
“Ordained by the Gods, supported by the priests, implemented by the law, women came to accept and to psychologically internalise compliance as necessary. Violence towards women in all its forms has and still thrives in such an environment” ...
Trans sex offenders can go on women’s wards, hospitals advise
'One nurse told the Telegraph that risk assessments of patients, including those with a known history of sexual offences, were not conducted because workloads were too high. “NHS wards are replicating what is happening in jails,” ' ...
Climate change is endangering sacred land. For these Native women, it threatens ‘everything we are.’
'Wildfires in Western states have razed structures, displaced residents and altered air quality - and fundamentally changed the relationship between Native #women and the land they have historically stewarded.' https://t.co/q2uxxl...