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40 posts todayWe’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...
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...
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 ...
'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...
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 ...
Anti-Racism Seminar 1- For all women in VAWG sector
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...
Professor Kathleen Stock and the toxic gender debate
'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...
Welcome to the FiLiA Newsletter - https://t.co/DDt78n...
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 💔♀️💜💚🧡 ...
What happened to Peng Shuai?
'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...
India: Women, The Farmer, and The Agitator — FiLiA
As farm laws are repealed, we share again: India: Women, The Farmer, and The Agitator 'If we trace the history of agriculture ...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 ...
*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 ...
'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...
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 ...
Sessions — FiLiA
Recordings of some #FiLiA2021 sessions https://t.co/ttpELx...
Like millions of people in the diaspora, Zemzem is currently unable to reach her family, including her seriously ill mother. https://t.co/Guz8dp...
#FiLiA2021 Closing Speech by Raquel Rosario Sánchez — FiLiA
"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...
Love, Work and Activism as a Socialist Feminist: Sheila Rowbotham — FiLiA
'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)' ...
Why Did the 2015 Japan-Korea ‘Comfort Women’ Agreement Fall Apart?
'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.' ...
‘A modern-day Schindler’s List’: Afghan junior women footballers land in UK
'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...
Minsk activist Volha Harbunova goes on hunger strike in Akrestsin detention centre
'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...
Relationship between police and women ‘acutely under strain’, chief warns
'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”.' ...
Victim living in ‘paralysing fear’ of ex’s release after not told about appeal right
“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,” ...
In Australian media, women's voices are still not heard
'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...
These are the best countries for women to live and work in around the world
'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...
New Pakistan law allows chemical castration of serial rapists
'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...