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57 posts todayWomen murderers in Kurdistan Region must be held responsible: US
Women murderers in Kurdistan Region must be held responsible: US
'Twenty-four women were killed in the Region in the past year, according to statistics from the Directorate of Combatting Violence against Women.' https://t.co/07iCRl...
Chorlton shop removes card which ‘joked’ about domestic violence
'Yes Matters UK, a victim support service for women and girls, said: “Murder and strangulation isn’t a joke especially at a time of historical high in domestic homicides. Getting unprofessionally hostile and defensive is an example of the problem.”' ...
'The students say the strike signals the urgency of the issue, adding that they will not be ignored while their fees [for @GSofA] continue to fund some of the companies most responsible for the climate and humanitarian crises.' https://t.co/1fUeh6...
Women vow to rise from ashes to defeat Myanmar regime
'Despite the junta’s efforts to terrorise civilians into submission, however, the resistance movement continues to grow. And women, including ordinary housewives like 48-year-old Hla May, have been at the forefront of this struggle.' ...
A year later, Atlanta remembers the 8 people killed in spa shootings
'Activists and community members are preparing for the one year anniversary of the deadly shootings at Atlanta area spas when a man killed eight people, six of them of Asian descent.' [6 of the 8 murdered were Women] https://t.co/3UulGa...
tibet: Tibetan women protest against China in Dharamshala | India News - Times of India
Tibetan women protest against China in Dharamshala https://t.co/QCzw5A...
NHS-funded clinic is promoting prostitution to pay for trans surgery
‘We are astonished that a leaflet encouraging vulnerable girls to undertake criminally deceptive and breathtakingly risky sexual acts in gay men’s saunas and quiet woodlands is being endorsed by the NHS.' Kate Barker @ALLIANCELGB ...
Young Sex Trafficking Victims Were Allegedly Trafficked AGAIN by Staff at Government-Contract... Shelter in Texas
“And we had to wait for eight calls to come in before we took already trafficked children out this situation. This is a system that remains broken.” https://t.co/dsbxmU...
Congress steps up fight to get guns out of domestic abusers’ hands
'Gun homicides involving intimate partners rose a stunning 25% in 2020 compared with the previous year, to the highest level in almost three decades.' https://t.co/NWr3z3...
JK Rowling rounds on Keir Starmer over gender
“I don’t think our politicians have the slightest idea how much anger is building among women from all walks of life at the attempts to threaten and intimidate them out of speaking publicly about their own rights, their own bodies and their own ...
"I participated in today’s protest because I am withdrawing my consent for violent men to have any authority in this society.”Cassie Robinson https://t.co/XMKguO...
Why is so much effort put into diverting attention from those who really are 'putting trans lives at risk'. Your regular reminder that's it's men who kill trans-identifying people. Not Feminists. https://t.co/sTEkbw...
'The aim of this study was to identify the association between internal migration and physical and/or sexual violence against women in the last 12 months.' #Peru #Migration #VAWG https://t.co/hzH4T4...
'We believe traffickers and recruiters are most probably targeting both women travelling alone and women travelling with children,” she said.' https://t.co/GVNTSL...
RT @kiritunks: @sisterpegj .@FiLiA_charity have set up this online bookshop #OurFeministLibrary where you can browse/order feminist books recommended by women - and recommend others https://t.co/pCQqa2...
𝗪𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻’𝘀 𝗦𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗱𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗔𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗼 #𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗡𝗮𝘇𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗻 With thanks to Linzi Whittingham #Day83 who passes the baton to Carole Brown tomorrow What can you do? ♀️ Contact your MP ♀️ Sign the petition ♀️ Join the fast https://t.co/Z065CC... https://t.co/Tp4qhF...
RT @FiLiA_charity: Have you visited #OurFeministLibrary Feminist libraries challenge and subvert the patriarchal status quo Buying through us @bookshop_org_UK will help to support more women We 💜 ♀️ 📚 Tell us your favourite Find us at ...
Have you visited #OurFeministLibrary Feminist libraries challenge and subvert the patriarchal status quo Buying through us @bookshop_org_UK will help to support more women We 💜 ♀️ 📚 Tell us your favourite Find us at http://bit.ly/ourfe... #femin ...
Hearing that Women have been attacked on a Women-only march *against male violence* in #Manchester. An opportunity for @gmpolice to act beyond their reputation and deal with this swiftly and fairly. Sisterhood and Solidarity to all on the march. ...
Afar and Amhara Regions: Report on Violations of Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law in Afar and Amhara Regions of Ethiopia Published - Ethiopian Human Rights Commission - EHRC
'The EHRC believes the information and evidence it gathered strongly indicate a calculated and systematic use of Sexual and Gender Based Violence (#SGBV) (mostly indiscriminately but also selectively) for warfare by #Tigray Forces.' ...
RT @SafeSchools_UK: Blogpost on #safeguarding & boundaries in #RSE, written for @MerchedCymru ahead of their sex education webinar on 19th March “Grooming can happen, not just in person, but via materials too. RSE materials must be assessed using ...
𝗪𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻’𝘀 𝗦𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗱𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗔𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗼 #𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗡𝗮𝘇𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗻 With thanks to Linzi Whittingham on #Day83 of #Women4Nazanin What can you do? ♀️ Register to join over 1,000 Women ♀️ Write to your MP ♀️ Sign the petition to #FreeNazaninNow https://t.co/Z065CC...
RT @FiLiA_charity: Documentary producer Alison Wilson @DiscourserES joins FiLiA Volunteer Luba Fein to discuss her latest project ‘Exit’, a film about women who have been trafficked for sexual exploitation in Spain #humantraficking #trata ...
RT @GreenRebJohnson: Gave talk on risks & impacts of nuclear weapons use and war @CNDuk webinar yesterday, see: https://t.co/1vKRG9... Important to #StopPutinNOW and implement #nuclearban #TPNW & support war resisters & refugees ...
RT @FiLiA_charity: 𝗕𝗘𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗘 𝗔 𝗙𝗥𝗜𝗘𝗡𝗗 𝗢𝗙 𝗙𝗶𝗟𝗶𝗔 Your Friends of FiLiA donations go towards solidarity tickets, crèche, children's workshops speech-to-text, and more #FriendsofFiLiA #SisterhoodAndSolid... https://t.co/ZS9GgU... https://t.co/pxt3fv...
𝗕𝗘𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗘 𝗔 𝗙𝗥𝗜𝗘𝗡𝗗 𝗢𝗙 𝗙𝗶𝗟𝗶𝗔 You can become a Friend of FiLiA by gifting from £1 / month. All your donations support Women's particpation in FiLiA. #FriendsofFiLiA #SisterhoodAndSolid... https://bit.ly/Frie...
'It says that sexual exploitation is the most common form of human trafficking in the 27-nation bloc and that nearly three-quarters of all victims are female, with almost every fourth victim a child.' #Ukraine https://t.co/QVvFAQ...
FiLiA - Amplifying the Voices of Women This weekend make time to catch up. Register to attend #FiLiA2022 #HagueConvention #Prostitution #VirginityTesting http://www.filia.or...
FiLiA - Amplifying the Voices of Women This weekend make time to catch up. Register to attend #FiLiA2022 #HagueConvention #Prostitution #VirginityTesting https://t.co/X6dOC6... https://t.co/YQt0Gz...
“It is absurd and disgraceful that the Egyptian authorities continue to prosecute survivors, witnesses and activists standing up against the scourge of sexual violence in Egypt instead of providing justice and adequate reparation to survivors' ...
Endometriosis nurses appointed to improve treatment offer in Wales
'Specialist #endometriosis nurses have been appointed in each health board across #Wales in a drive to improve services and ensure a consistent level of support for women with the chronic condition.' https://t.co/VQToP7...
Why are there few women in Indian politics? | DW | 11.03.2022
"This was the first local body election held in the state after a 50% quota was announced for women. So many male politicians simply made their wives contest in their place." Priyadarshini #India https://t.co/YP2CYH...
From an enraged Mexican woman
'UC Berkeley students marched with signs reading “My body, my choice”; back home, my mom’s sign read, “Violence leaves marks, ignoring them leaves feminicidios.”' By Marina Roman Cantu for @dailycal #Mexico #Femicide https://t.co/Tj6Cbk...
Anti-abortion group 'harass' women outside Glasgow maternity hospital
'Campaigner Lucy Grieve from @backoffscotland said it was “wholly inappropriate” to “intimidate and harass” someone while they are accessing a sensitive medical service at what can be a difficult time.' https://t.co/OmKmIM...
Met police breached rights of organisers of Sarah Everard vigil, court rules
'The Metropolitan police breached the rights of the organisers of a planned vigil for Sarah Everard in the way they handled the planned event, high court judges have ruled, in a decision hailed as a “victory for women”' https://t.co/jLtLbd...
What happens when you get your period during a war?
'A 2017 study ...found that 60 per cent of female refugees did not have access to underwear and more had no access to sanitary products when they had their period ...half of the women surveyed suffered from untreated urinary tract infections as a ...
𝗪𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻’𝘀 𝗦𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗱𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗔𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗼 #𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗡𝗮𝘇𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗻 Today Trudie Joras hands over to Linzi Whittingham for #Day83 of the #Women4Nazanin global fast What can you do? ♀️ Sign the petition ♀️ Write to your MP ♀️ Follow @FreeNazanin https://t.co/Z065CC...
What is a woman? Don’t try asking Labour
'Answering the question “what is a woman?” is not “going down the rabbit hole”. We are already very much in Wonderland already' By @sarahditum Nod to C for the link https://t.co/Q4if6t...
The RSE curriculum must address particular harms to girls - Merched Cymru
Feminists have been warning of this for years. As always, sacrificial Women and Girls whilst the powers-that-be play catch up. '“In class boys talk about girls’ bodies and what they ‘would do to them’' By @cwknews for @MerchedCymru ...