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19 November 2021

 

FiLiA

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We’ll be reading stories by lesbians across generations, ethnicities, cultures, classes, and religions. With Claire Heuchan Register via the link #LesbianOnly #LabrysLit | 28th November | 4:30pm GMT https://filia.org.u...

November 19th @ 3:01 pm |

FiLiA

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RT @FiLiA_charity: We’ll be reading stories by lesbians across generations, ethnicities, cultures, classes, and religions. With Claire Heuchan Register via the link #LesbianOnly #LabrysLit | 28th November | 4:30pm GMT https://t.co/BVh22t... https://t ...

November 19th @ 3:01 pm |

FiLiA

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'Although resource extraction and prostitution have been viewed as separate phenomena, this article suggests that they are related harms that result in multiple violations of women's human rights.' By Melissa Farley https://t.co/00wMwk...

November 19th @ 1:46 pm |

FiLiA

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Thank you to @women_people who made a donation to FiLiA today, as a percentage of sales. That donation will support Women to participate in FiLiA who otherwise would not be able to. Thank you for your support! Sisterhood and Solidarity. FiLiA Team ...

November 19th @ 1:30 pm |

FiLiA

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Anti-Racism Seminar 1- For all women in VAWG sector Workshops are designed to embed the anti-racist practice in the VAWG sector and to support the implementation of the Charter. https://t.co/ktLqzI...

November 19th @ 12:46 pm |

FiLiA

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'Stock’s friend, Professor Mary Leng, calls such a statement of unacceptable truth a “reverse Voltaire”: ie “I agree with what you say, but I’ll fight to the death to prevent you from saying it.”' https://t.co/9ADQfN...

November 19th @ 9:28 am |

FiLiA

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RT @WomanchesterMMN: A few more #HeartsForMurderedW... have arrived at @WomanchesterMMN HQ ready for our display on 28th November as part of the #16days #16Daysofactivism #IDEVAW @tweet_tdas @CountDeadWomen @JeanHatchet @FemicideCensus 💔♀️💜💚🧡 ...

November 19th @ 6:59 am |

FiLiA

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'Concerns have been raised for the safety of Peng Shuai, a Chinese tennis play... who has not seen in weeks after alleging on social media that she was sexually assaulted by a high-ranking government official in the country.' https://t.co/fEUGDZ...

November 19th @ 6:15 am |

FiLiA

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As farm laws are repealed, we share again: India: Women, The Farmer, and The Agitator 'If we trace the history of agriculture ... we can see that women were the first cultivators; the first farmers.' By Ritwija Dutta #FarmersProtest https://t.co/ofSl ...

November 19th @ 6:13 am |

FiLiA

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*ACTION NEEDED* 'I am writing to tell you urgently about a piece of legislation that the government is trying to rush through – starting with a consultation lasting just six weeks – that will put children and vulnerable people at risk.' #SexMatters ...

November 19th @ 5:54 am |

FiLiA

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'It would be laughable, were it not so disappointing, that the IOC has thrown out the fig-leaf of testosterone suppression and ended up with self-identification... https://t.co/M6wmRd...

November 19th @ 5:52 am |

FiLiA

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RT @joannaccherry: Of course I’m against conversion therapy. What I want to preserve is talking therapy for young girls who are gender confused. Please ignore the distortions & the witch hunt & read my @ScotNational column setting out my ...

November 19th @ 2:35 am |

FiLiA

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"This global pandemic has not provided a pause bottom on the patriarchal attacks on women; in almost every context, the pandemic has exacerbated the backlash against women." https://t.co/gB3aON...

November 19th @ 1:43 am |

FiLiA

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'Despite feminist progress, in many ways questions women grappled with in the 1970s linger on: “How to find ways of snatching happiness from the future so as not to be consumed by our own bitterness against circumstances in the present?”(p80)' ...

November 19th @ 1:40 am |

FiLiA

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'One #comfortwoman would sexually service 70-80 soldiers on holidays or the day before a planned battle ... This regulation also stipulated that the comfort women were not allowed to travel farther than 200 meters in all directions.' ...

November 19th @ 1:35 am |

FiLiA

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'Popal, the former captain of the national women’s football team, has now played a fundamental role in at least three evacuations of female Afghan footballers. She called Thursday a “day of great joy”.' https://t.co/8Rmu9k...

November 19th @ 1:26 am |

FiLiA

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'Volha Harbunova is suspected of staging women’s marches in the year of 2020; she was taken into custody on November 9. The woman is accused of ‘organising and preparing actions that grossly violate public order’' https://t.co/xrkT6g...

November 19th @ 1:22 am |

FiLiA

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'he said there was also a “deeply felt and long-standing concern with women, that the criminal justice system does not protect them, or bring them justice when they experience violent and sexual crimes that have a devastating impact on their lives”.' ...

November 19th @ 1:19 am |

FiLiA

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“Too few victims are aware of their right to request the appeal of a sentencing decision through the Unduly Lenient Sentence scheme, and lack of information post-sentencing continues to severely impact victims and bereaved families,”  ...

November 19th @ 1:08 am |

FiLiA

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'The only category in which women were the majority was arts and entertainment, at 51%. Areas of national importance and influence, such as politics, business, science and law, were largely framed by the opinions of men.' https://t.co/La9PC7...

November 19th @ 12:53 am |

FiLiA

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'A new ranking has named #Iceland the best place to live and work in as a #woman, citing high education levels for women and gender [sic] pay parity which is enshrined in law.' https://t.co/IZaheY...

November 19th @ 12:50 am |

FiLiA

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'Chemical #castration, carried out by the use of drugs and reversible, is practised in Poland, South Korea, the Czech Republic and some U.S. states.' https://t.co/bWcFls...

November 19th @ 12:44 am |