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29 posts todayDomestic and sexual abuse of silenced Sikh women revealed
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29 posts todayRT @SikhWomensAid: The silencing, victim blaming and shaming of Sikh Women who experience domestic and sexual abuse must come to an end. The beginning of the end of decades of toxic cultural practices involves acknowledging the problem exists. ...
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29 posts todayRT @GreenhamWomen: Alison Napier was a sociology student in Aberdeen when she was asked by some friends if she would drive a minibus for them down to Greenham. She visited many times afterwards and was arrested twice! 😲 Check out her interview here ...
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29 posts todayRT @AnnDHenderson: Plenty of support from @ScotLabourWom today for the @EastLothianCLP proposals on investing in public toilet provision as a priority for local government. Essential if women and girls are to be able to live their lives to the full. ...
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29 posts todayRT @LabWomenDec: @DalgetySusan @kittysull1 @AnnDHenderson Thank you @kittysull1 and @AnnDHenderson for proposing this and @DalgetySusan for tweeting. This is a very positive step forward for @ScottishLabour. It's through dialogue and a transparent ...
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29 posts todayRT @Sal_Robins: My husband just mentioned he brought up the subject of men in women’s prisons at work yesterday. The reaction: Don’t be daft! That’s not happening! & laughter. So he showed them the evidence. They were aghast. There’s a lot of ...
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29 posts todayRT @LabWomenDec: This is fantastic news. Hopefully it marks the end of #NoDebate in @ScottishLabour. Thanks and congratulations @DalgetySusan @kittysull1 @AnnDHenderson. Women must have a say in changes that affect us. We hope @UKLabour are paying ...
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29 posts todayRT @UN_Women: Name a strong woman who has inspired you! May we know them, may we be them, may we raise them. https://t.co/0cS2vh...
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29 posts today“A YouGov poll, on behalf of @EVAWuk found 47% of women and 40% of men polled said trust in the police has decreased since the details following the crimes of Ms Everard’s killer, Wayne Couzens.” https://t.co/wQRSK9...
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29 posts todayLooking for something good to watch? Check out @JoPhoenix1 from our recent #WPUKPrisons meeting https://t.co/QipAc6... "Let's hope this evening kickstarts a campaign to stop routine use of imprisonment for women & short of that to get MOJ to ...
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29 posts todayThank you to everyone who donated to our campaign. Our funding mostly comes from ticket sales for our meetings and donations on-line through our PayPal account. We have been in receipt of some larger donations or grants. We are grateful for every ...
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29 posts todayRT @magnusllewellin: SNP MP @joannaccherry has called for her party to investigate an equality charity it supports with almost £500,000 of taxpayer money. https://t.co/aCbdgP...
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29 posts todayRT @FeministRoar: I remember when @Docstockk first started speaking out and how grateful I felt to see such a compassionate and extraordinarily insightful woman have the bravery to speak up for lesbians and all women. Thank you Kathleen. ...
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29 posts todayMegan Boyd BEM (1915-2001) Scottish. Award winning fly tyer. She began tying flies at age 12. Known for her precision; she was one of the most important salmon fly tiers of the 20th century with international and royal clients. Said “ I do not fish, ...
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29 posts todayMegan Boyd BEM (1915-2001) Scottish. Award winning fly tyer. She began tying flies at age 12. Known for her precision; she was one of the most important salmon fly tiers of the 20th century with international and royal clients. Said “ I do not fish, ...
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29 posts todayP*nk 'News' allegedly in Brighton - Woman's Place UK
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29 posts todayThis very important article by @bindelj on why she finally decided to sue P*nk News "It seemed to me that the clear aim of the piece was to smear an entire group of feminists as abusers and cultists." https://t.co/90Vw9I... Thank you for taking this ...
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29 posts todayWhy I sued PinkNews
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29 posts todayThread https://t.co/793EN1...
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29 posts todayRT @MerchedCymru: This would not be happening if women hadn't spoken up and challenged Stonewall's regressive, illiberal misrepresentation of the law and the erasure of the language women need to describe our lives and the discrimination we face ...
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29 posts todayRT @legalfeminist: NC's speech, described by Ozanne as "vicious" and "vitriol[ic]": https://t.co/M0zctP... Here she explains her approach to pronouns: https://t.co/ivoA6W... And here's the post about Wadhwa that provoked such fury: https://t.co/vz60t ...
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29 posts todayRT @LabWomenDec: @AnnelieseDodds @UKLabour Current proposals on conversion therapy before Westminster have a flawed evidence base and conflate sexual orientation and gender identity (two very different things). @UKLabour policy should be ...
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29 posts todayRT @LabWomenDec: @AnnelieseDodds Glad you've re-stated @UKLabour's commitment to the single-sex exceptions. Reconciling these with any form of self-ID will be tricky and will require unambiguous definitions. Please would you respond to our request to ...
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29 posts todayThe law is failing domestic abuse victims in England and Wales. But we can change it | Yvette Cooper
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29 posts todayRT @centreWJ: Over the past five years, police in England and Wales dropped close to 13,000 domestic abuse cases because they ran out of time https://t.co/SBubHb...
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29 posts todayRT @joannaccherry: Your regular reminder that it is unlawful for employers, membership organisations including political parties & service providers including Government to discriminate against, harass or victimise individuals on basis of their ...
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29 posts todayRT @Emmabarnett: A clip from my interview with Nancy Kelley, CEO of @stonewalluk - in which we talk about what constitutes transphobia, whether JK Rowling is a transphobe for her views on women and sex, & Nancy’s understanding of why the BBC ...
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29 posts today“Stonewall has dropped guidance advising groups on its workplace schemes to remove the word “mother” from their policies.” This is a significant change of direction by @stonewalluk Thank you to everyone who spoke out #SexMatters ...
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29 posts todayStonewall agrees that mother knows best