"Attempts by a minority of staff and students to disrupt the WPUK meeting showed Bristol University needed to rigorously defend academic freedom. Instead, university managers used this hostility to hinder feminists’ subsequent attempts to meet on ...
RT @MJHerbert: @LogonwithLogan @Womans_Place_UK there were working class suffragists inLancashire who organised amongst union andw/c women etc One Hand Tied Behind Us by Jill Norris and Jill Liddington tells their story https://t.co/XlADgH...
RT @MJHerbert: @faboldowl @LogonwithLogan @Womans_Place_UK You might find this article of interest on the split on Manchester Women's Trades Council over Votes for Women in September 1904 https://t.co/WQz57e...
RT @socksknitter: In a properly functioning society, which balanced the rights of all its members, this campaign would not be needed. As we don't live in such a society I applaud the work of @Womans_Place_UK https://t.co/Lq5Puc...
RT @SafeSchools_UK: Harassment, bullying & the stifling of debate have no place in education. We are appalled at the behaviour of @BristolUni towards @8RosarioSanchez & @Womans_Place_UK. Rights for women & girls are still very new in the ...
RT @johnarmstrong5: Great statement by WPUK. “That a university should attempt to stifle freedom of expression on its own campus suggests contempt for the law, but to attempt it off-site indicates an extraordinary level of entitlement.” 👇 ...
‘They've got an absolute army of women behind them’: The Formation of a Women's Cooperative Constellation in Contemporary Scotland: Scottish Affairs: Vol 31, No 1
“This study argues that a new women's cooperative constellation has been established in Scotland around the issue of the Scottish Government's proposed reforms of the Gender Recognition Act.” @SarahPedersen2 https://t.co/pNPEeP...
RT @WordsRevealUs: Absolutely brilliant work from @Womans_Place_UK #RaquelvBristolUni https://t.co/nHGZfJ...
RT @Womens_Voices_: Superb #RaquelvBristolUni piece @Womans_Place_UK @8RosarioSanchez "That a university should attempt to stifle freedom of expression on its own campus suggests contempt for the law but to attempt it off-site indicates an ...
RT @AnnDHenderson: Deadlines for @UKLabour Women's Conference fast approaching- motions, rule changes and delegates noon tomorrow (Friday 11 feb). Look forward to a busy Conference (online) hearing from Labour women across the country ...
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Emma Thompson on living in a woman’s body: my daughter thrums with life, my mother is frail – and I’m balanced between
Raquel Rosario Sanchez has taken Bristol Uni to court for allegedly failing to protect her from bullying & harassment. This has obliged the Uni to release documents which reveal that senior staff at the institution actively opposed WPUK and ...
WPUK statement on Raquel Rosario Sanchez vs University of Bristol - Woman's Place UK
"Until universities implement equalities law and uphold women’s lawful right to organise and debate, we will continue fighting for the rights of female staff and students like Raquel Rosario Sanchez. Our statement on #RaquelvBristolUni ...
RT @whywomen: At our next event we'll explore CEDAW - the International Bill of Rights of Women. Through conversations with experts in the field, we will explore how CEDAW can be used by the women's sector to advance, protect and promote women's ...
We also met with Shona Robison to discuss our concerns. We have followed up with a letter which we will be sharing on our website shortly. See this thread from @fairplaywomen on their meeting. https://t.co/X17MBp...
RT @cathydevine56: My letter to @AndyBurnhamGM published by @Womans_Place_UK regarding his support for self identification of gender identity and the effect of this on the rights of girls and women as protected in law on the basis of sex. ...
RT @LabWomenDec: Step by step we'll get there...@UKHouseofL... withdraws from controversial lobby group Stonewall's Diversity Champions - but remains in Workplace Equality Index league table - devised & scored by....Stonewall! (Note the list of ...
RT @lnmackenzie1: We are weeks if not days away from the Scottish Government introducing a bill to reform the GRA and officials do not understand the law as it stands. Incredible. https://t.co/LGlto9...
Marit Bjørgen (1980-) Norwegian. Cross-country skier. Leading Sprinter. Ranked first in the Cross-Country World Cup all time rankings with 114 wins. She is the most-decorated Winter Olympian in history; with a record breaking 15 medals which include ...
Marit Bjørgen (1980-) Norwegian. Cross-country skier. Leading Sprinter. Ranked first in the Cross-Country World Cup all time rankings with 114 wins. She is the most-decorated Winter Olympian in history; with a record breaking 15 medals which include ...
RT @runthinkwrite: The @BBCMoreOrLess item on T levels with Ross Tucker @Scienceofsport is here, from 13.42 Highly recommended. For those who follow the debate and Ross, it might not be wholly new. There are the explainers of ...
RT @LabWomenDec: Women patients’ dignity and safety ‘diminished’ by NHS imposing trans rights - Evening Standard “Labour peer Lord Hunt of Kings Heath said: “Surely there is a case now for a Government review of the (NHS) guidance.” ...
RT @LabWomenDec: Thanks to @LordPhilofBrum in action in @UKHouseofLords "There is a tension between @NHSEngland guidance on single sex wards which is eminently sensible & Annex B....Surely there is a case now for a government review of the ...