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22 posts today#163 FiLiA Meets Zemzem Mohamed
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22 posts todayLabrys Lit is committed to celebrating #lesbian stories and voices. We’re reading Liberty by Jay Taverner. With Claire Heuchan Register via the link #LesbianOnly #LabrysLit | 28th November | 4:30pm GMT https://filia.org.u...
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22 posts todayRT @FiLiA_charity: Labrys Lit is committed to celebrating #lesbian stories and voices. We’re reading Liberty by Jay Taverner. With Claire Heuchan Register via the link #LesbianOnly #LabrysLit | 28th November | 4:30pm GMT https://t.co/BVh22t... https ...
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22 posts todayRT @hilarymcc7: 25 years ago yesterday (15 Nov 1996) was the final day of the International Conf. on Violence, Abuse & Women’s Citizenship (the Brighton conf). What an amazing week it was @ProfLizKelly @Finn_Mackay @fiona_broadfoot @davinajh ...
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22 posts todayBelfast Lord Mayor hits out at anti-abortion group over baby announcement post
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22 posts today'Ms Nicholl said: “I am so happy to be pregnant, however not everyone has my circumstances. While I respect differing views on the matter, I will always support a woman’s right to choose what is right for her.”' https://t.co/c4qnFA...
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22 posts todayHair salons to help detect signs of domestic abuse among clients
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22 posts today'More than 2500 hair salons around Ireland have joined a new initiative to detect signs of domestic abuse among clients and follow up with assistance and support.' https://t.co/SPHC4M...
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22 posts todayNew artwork appears at Brixton tube station
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22 posts today'The artwork depicts the interior of an imagined hair salon, an amalgamation of places Labinjo has visited over her life, a shared space where women and children of different generations gather together.' https://t.co/iY7M7U...
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22 posts todayI’ve Fought FGM for 20 Years. It Terrifies Me How Many Girls Have Been Cut During COVID-19.
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22 posts today'Before the pandemic, we knew that every 11 seconds a girl became a survivor of FGM. In the wake of the pandemic, we know this number has now increased drastically as part of the explosion of violence against women and girls during our year of ...
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22 posts todayMarilyn Manson’s ‘bad girls room’ was ‘common knowledge’
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22 posts today'A number of women who used to date Manson described the room as a “solitary-confineme... cell used to psychologically torture women”. It was also referred to as the “bad girls’ room”.' https://t.co/8vfyQv...
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22 posts todayGhislaine Maxwell jury selection begins in New York sex trafficking trial
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22 posts today'British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell will come face-to-face with prospective jurors for her Manhattan federal court sex trafficking trial on Tuesday, as jury selection begins in earnest.' https://t.co/AY0hnW...
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22 posts todayMidwives vow to fight back against NHS underfunding
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22 posts today'Midwife Laura Morley: “every single shift is short staffed”. “We pull together, skip meals, leave work late, and cover extra shifts because we want to give the very best care to women using our services but we are at breaking point,” she said.' ...
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22 posts todayLiverpool Women's Hospital explosion: Police name suspect killed in blast
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22 posts today'Patients have been told to attend appointments at Liverpool Women's Hospital as normal. Kathryn Thomson, paid tribute to "brave and dedicated" staff and emergency service workers but added the last two days had been "extremely upsetting and ...
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22 posts todayWomen to sue Qatar for invasive airport body searches, a case highlighting rights concerns ahead of 2022 World Cup
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22 posts today'The women taking legal action, who ranged in age from their early 30s to late 50s, said they were forcibly taken off the plane, strip-searched and invasively examined to determine whether they had recently given birth.' https://t.co/OVs8cG...