RT @JessDeWahls: Many of you wonderful people have already contributed,but as you can see we need much more to realise this brilliant book to help change the way we look at women in the criminal justice system,so i will keep asking💫 Please SHARE and ...
RT @adrianasthi: So so so happy to be at the @FiLiA_charity feminist conference this year with my sisters @GirlsssRadical 💜 Women for women! https://t.co/gccRtx...
'we are expected to believe that such homicides could not be predicted or stopped. In fact, it is rare for a woman to be murdered by a current or former partner without a previous history of domestic abuse.' By @polblonde https://t.co/Y0AsuL...
𝗟𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗦𝗧 𝗙𝗶𝗟𝗶𝗔 𝗣𝗢𝗗𝗖𝗔𝗦𝗧 #158 Ann Henderson Recording the Contribution that Women Make in Academia During her tenure as Rector of the University of Edinburgh, Ann received sustained targeting from trans activist students and staff members ...
Women’s aid groups fear service cuts to 'wider equalities agenda'
'Three separate organisations in North Lanarkshire fell into crisis earlier this year after the local authority decided to move its cash to a programme that did more for men.' Listen also to the FiLiA podcast here: https://t.co/v3ZGSc...
The project challenging how we view women in the prison system
“Inevitably, there is something in her past that has caused incredible trauma, there’s been abuse, there’s been neglect." Clare Simms, the managing editor, of The View Magazine Pleased to be showing this exhibition at #FiLiA2021 Follow ...
Afghan women’s rights activist fears Taliban resurgence
As one of Afghanistan’s most prominent women’s rights activists and a former government minister, she realizes how vulnerable she will be if the Taliban make it to the capital city. “Every minute I think of the Taliban coming,” Kamila Sidiqi ...
Independence Day: Incredible Women Who Helped In India's Freedom Struggle
'Savitribai Phule worked selflessly to empower women in India, repeatedly urging them to educate themselves, particularly those who came from the so-called backward castes.' https://t.co/i3ksHN...
'There’s an old saying in Afghanistan that encapsulates the country’s views on divorce: “A woman only leaves her father’s house in the white bridal clothes, and she can only return in the white shrouds.” Lida Ahmadi https://t.co/dZLOIx...
Maha: Doctor detained for alleged involvement in illegal sex determination racket
'The doctor in the hospital allegedly agreed to determine the sex of the fetus and also demanded Rs 25000 to abort the girl child ' Sanchari Chattopadhyay #SexMatters https://t.co/RVIYJa...
Ethiopia: Troops and militia rape, abduct women and girls in Tigray conflict – new report
'Soldiers and militias subjected Tigrayan women and girls to rape, gang rape, sexual slavery, sexual mutilation and other forms of torture, often using ethnic slurs and death threats.' https://t.co/tm39P1...
Solent Waspi women unveil new banner at 'pivotal moment' in fight for pension equality
'The local Women Against State Pension Inequality (#Waspi) group gathered in #Portsmouth on Friday to reveal their new a new flag created by local artist, Mandy Webb.' https://t.co/uCgPHZ...
Groups observe memorial day for WWII 'comfort women' - Focus Taiwan
'Taiwanese women and human rights groups Saturday marked the 30th anniversary of the first time a victim spoke out publicly about her experiences under forced prostitution by the Japanese army during World War II.' https://t.co/lmi9Nt...
“The female alchemist takes on different guises in the writings of these women: she is a medical practitioner and distiller; a religious meditator; a woman poet-maker; a female friend; patroness; a transformative widow-poet; and spiritual visionary,” ...
Prince Andrew: Britain's Monarchy Has a Long History of Dismissing the Royal Women’s Suffering
'Accounts positioning Andrew as a “black sheep”, giving an otherwise respectable family a bad name, erase the structural patriarchy that upholds monarchical power.' @Laura__Clancy https://t.co/yGscpn...
Thought Provoking Photos Show How Much Women Have Influenced Photography
'Her [Florestine Perrault Collins] work had been largely forgotten until her grandniece, an American history professor, rediscovered her. She knew that her great-aunt was a photographer so she went to flea markets in New Orleans and reassembled her ...
Australia decriminalises sex work in state of Victoria
Victoria decriminalises punters and pimps, using sexual access to Women's bodies for taxation, exposing them t violence and an increase in trafficking, which will surely follow. @LamiatSabin why no comments from sex trade survivors / abolitionists? ...
'An Australian swimmer who opted out of the Tokyo Olympic Games to protest “misogynistic perverts” in the sport yesterday said that her stance for cultural change was worth more than any medal.' Madeline Groves https://t.co/z7TGmT...
Farmers’ protest: Women farmers lead dress rehearsal in Haryana; to hold ‘tractor parade’ on I-Day
'#women lead a dress rehearsal in Uchana Kalan, Jind a day before their proposed #IndependenceDay 'Tractor Parade'.' #FarmersProtest https://t.co/me7yH0...
Ditch the gender books for four-year-olds, say women’s group
'ForWomenScotland said books promoted to primary schools by the SNP administration in order to challenge gender stereotypes amounted to “pushing an ideology which is harmful”.' Nod to K for the link https://t.co/HqKz4e...