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38 posts todayRT @K_IngalaSmith: Very proud to be at the Richard Saltoun Gallery for the opening of Wilma Woolf’s domestic. Commemorating women killed by men since 2013 https://t.co/Touopn...
RT @K_IngalaSmith: Very proud to be at the Richard Saltoun Gallery for the opening of Wilma Woolf’s domestic. Commemorating women killed by men since 2013 https://t.co/Touopn...
#Portsmouth group 'stood together for trans rights' - liked by a local business concerned with VAW, Pompey Safe [sic] Spaces, XR Southsea - councillor involved in new EVAW group recently 'liked' post calling Women TERFS Enabled by silence of elected ...
RT @BarbieReports: AAB wearing a new ceremonial hat to celebrate finding a work by a female artist, yes that’s right, a #femaleartist! A rare find as only 21 works are by women in the #NationalGallery #London (& 2300 by men…) Élisabeth Vigée ...
“Laws and policies are essential in preventing child marriage, but we also need to change the attitudes that make child marriage acceptable in the first place” 'Mwangi-Powell, CEO of Girls Not Brides. https://t.co/ClophQ...
"... When compared to just 5 years ago, what we actually see are decreases in sentence lengths, in convictions and in the number of offenders found guilty. This is a stark reminder of the fact that the system is broken at every level.” ...
'52 organisations supporting women write to Priti Patel expressing profound concern about the devastating impact that the Nationality and Borders Bill will have on women and survivors of violence.' https://t.co/nytdAt...
RT @WomanchesterMMN: Getting our #HeartsForMurderedW... ready for the inclement #Manchester weather; some are very fragile, which seems so apposite for this project 💔💔 #IDEVAW2021 #16days #16Daysofactivism #EnoughIsEnough #SayHerName @CountDeadWomen ...
Congratulations to @ALLIANCELGB !! 👏👏👏👏 https://t.co/7kAdmJ...
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A quick Update about Kakuma — FiLiA
From Shifra - “I only want to say one thing to the women who have stood in solidarity with us, a very big thank you for their generosity. We thank them for always loving us. Thank you for showing humanity to us.” https://t.co/jNMa9I...
#163 FiLiA Meets Zemzem Mohamed — FiLiA
Zemzem says: “I have been very disturbed by what I have witnessed, in the form of sexual violence committed against women and girls in Tigray" https://t.co/Guz8dp...
'I always say that patriarchy is just like a bigger version of the abusive husband, and the first thing the abusive husband does is to detach you from your close networks ...' https://t.co/D436pD...
'We are a platform made up of different organisations and individuals who fight together to solve the issue of imposed maternity in Honduras.' https://t.co/qSO2yo...
More than 4,000 femicides in Latin America last year
'More than 4,000 femicides were recorded across Latin America and the Caribbean in 2020, a new UN report has revealed, underlining the region’s ongoing problem with lethal gender violence.' https://t.co/lalcra...
Women in Costa Rica Demand Release of Nicaraguan Prisoners - Havana Times
“We demand an end to the confinement and torture directed against the women political prisoners. We’re also marching to demand justice for the 66 femicides committed thus far this year in Nicaragua." https://t.co/mAUDoW...
'I was suffocating': Mother speaks out to highlight obstetric violence
'An international study in the British journal BMC Pregnancy Childbirth found that 66.7 per cent of the women who described a traumatic birth found the "care provider actions and interactions as the traumatic element" in their childbirth experience.' ...
The Council of Europe Expert Group on Action against Violence against Women and Domestic Violence (GREVIO) published its General Recommendation No.1 on the digital dimension of violence against women on 24 November 2021
'In its General Recommendation No.1, the first it has adopted, it outlines the problem of both gender-based violence against women committed online and facilitated by technology.' https://t.co/QjtgMh...
US unions to confront Mississippi anti-abortionists
'Women, especially low-income women and women of colour, would see their average travel distance needed to get reproductive rights counselling and an abortion, if necessary, “immediately increase from 36 miles to a staggering 280 miles,” that brief ...
California sued by Women’s Liberation Front over transgender jail law that ‘risks’ safety
'The Women’s Liberation Front (Wolf) filed a lawsuit alleging that the bill puts female prisoners at risk of being raped or sexually assaulted.' https://t.co/SkZ4Ub...
Turkish police tear-gas women protesting over violence
'Riot police, who had set up barricades at the end of the street to prevent them from proceeding further, fired tear gas when a group of protesters tried to breach the barriers.' https://t.co/s6yucX...
European Court Rules to Reunite Chechen Woman with Her Children
'Finding Russia in violation of Tapayeva’s right to family life and the prohibition of discrimination, the Court noted that sex-based discrimination was systemic in the region.' https://t.co/AomfAE...
Commons Speaker Lindsay Hoyle says he has been lobbied by female MPs to keep ban on children
'Compassion in Politics and Pregnant then Screwed were among groups saying the rules are unjust and undemocratic – arguing that MPs are both denied access to maternity leave and the right to bring their children to work.' https://t.co/jMX1JJ...
OXFAM: Violence Against Women Increased Amid Pandemic
'They found that one in four women suffered from physical violence between May and April 2020, a time where the pandemic was at its peak and allowed no one out of their homes.' https://t.co/41QvKX...
CFWIJ Calls for Global Attention to End Violence Against Women Journalists Now — The Coalition For Women In Journalism
'In the first 11 months of 2021 alone, the @CFWIJ documented more than 790 cases of violence against women journalists across the world.' https://t.co/rYaPwG... https://t.co/rYaPwG...