RT @FiLiA_charity: LabrysLit is a book group run by, for, and about lesbians. Every month we read a new novel, short story collection, or memoir written by a #lesbian author. Register via the link #LesbianOnly #LabrysLit | 28th November | 4:30pm GMT ...
LabrysLit is a book group run by, for, and about lesbians. Every month we read a new novel, short story collection, or memoir written by a #lesbian author. Register via the link #LesbianOnly #LabrysLit | 28th November | 4:30pm GMT ...
FiLiA is delighted to hear about gatherings of a new #Portsmouth Women's group that emerged after #FiLiA2021 and the #FiLiALegacyProject... Sisterhood and Solidarity! https://t.co/tVfCAy...
#164 Margaret Owen: On Hunger Strike for Nazanin Zaghari-Radcliffe — FiLiA
#164 Margaret Owen: On Hunger Strike for Nazanin FiLiA talks to Margaret, 89, who began a hunger strike on November 16 to raise awareness of the imprisonment in Iran of Iranian-British charity worker Nazanin Zaghari-Radcliffe. @FreeNazanin ...
'It means that female violence [sic] has been elevated to an urgent national priority alongside terrorism, serious and organised crime and child sexual abuse.' https://t.co/UiNJFt...
Violence against women in Mexico: homicides have doubled since 2015
'So we have to, between January and September 2015, in Mexico there were some 298 deaths of women considered femicide. While in the same period of this 2021, the figure has reached 736, more than double.' https://t.co/i1jBjS...
Maternity care 'crisis' is national emergency, say campaigners as protest vigils take place to highlight issue
'It comes as a recent survey by the Royal College of Midwives showed more than half of staff are considering leaving.' https://t.co/8GjOnn...
French politics faces #MeToo protests
'Almost 300 female politicians, party staffers and academics signed a manifesto in Le Monde newspaper last week demanding that male politicians “respond to the scale of sexual and sexist violence committed by our representatives”.' ...
Caroline Nokes Says Her Sex Life Was 'Trawled Through' Following Stanley Johnson Claims
'Nokes hit out at culture of victim “blaming and shaming” that tries to “turn it on the woman” whenever a complaint about sexual harassment is made.' @carolinenokes https://t.co/fHwNx0...
Homicide is a leading cause of death in pregnant women
'There are many factors — including lack of midwives — behind the higher maternal mortality rate in the US. The figure itself covers significant disparities among, for example, races or ethnic groups and socioeconomic classes.' https://t.co/Mc34lv...
In pictures - the powerful 1983 Greenham Common protest
'The all-women protest group were passionate in their protest at the storing of US nuclear cruise missiles on British soil.' #GreenhamWomenEvery... https://t.co/kbtZZR...
Attack on charities another attempt to silence First Nations women
'It started with funding cuts. Then we were left out of the National Plan to End Violence Against Women and their Children. Now, these newly introduced rules threaten the very existence of First Nations charities like ours.' @BraybrookA ...
As I read the news in the morning, I have to say that many a good article about Women is entirely diverted by the non-binary / non-men etc nonsense. To journalists ... Women matter. As a discrete category. As a sex class. Please take note. ...
Approval sought for first abortion pill in Japan, report says
'About 140,000 abortions were carried out in Japan in 2020, according to the newspaper, all via surgical procedures. By contrast, medication-induced abortion was introduced in France in 1988 and is available in more than 70 countries, the report ...
Taliban to Afghan networks: stop airing shows with women actors
'Afghanistan's Taliban authorities on Sunday issued a new ''religious guideline'' that called on the country's television channels to stop showing dramas and soap operas featuring women actors.' https://t.co/bakuDf...
Met Police 'ignored gang links' of girl, 17, killed by ex-boyfriend in knife row
'Mr Harris has asked two university academics to provide evidence-based advice about 'whether and how knife-carrying and gang membership' should be considered in risk assessments of victims of domestic abuse.' https://t.co/Z1fsFV...
Women’s charities fear an increase in domestic abuse this Christmas
'“Many perpetrators will excuse their abusive behaviours on additional pressures over Christmas, or more often than not, blame the other person for the abuse:' https://t.co/YXHHUo...
Sudan resists: anti-coup uprising rocks the junta
'From 2019, the exceptional role in the struggle played by women has been a feature of the resistance. “My mother forbade me from participation in demonstration, but my brother supported me, and we go together,” one young woman stated at a major ...