FiLiA

 

12 March 2022

 

FiLiA

57 posts today

'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...

March 12th @ 10:01 pm |

FiLiA

57 posts today

'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.”' ...

March 12th @ 9:59 pm |

FiLiA

57 posts today

'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...

March 12th @ 9:57 pm |

FiLiA

57 posts today

'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.' ...

March 12th @ 9:51 pm |

FiLiA

57 posts today

'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...

March 12th @ 9:45 pm |

FiLiA

57 posts today

‘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 ...

March 12th @ 9:32 pm |

FiLiA

57 posts today

“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...

March 12th @ 9:25 pm |

FiLiA

57 posts today

'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...

March 12th @ 9:16 pm |

FiLiA

57 posts today

“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 ...

March 12th @ 9:10 pm |

FiLiA

57 posts today

"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...

March 12th @ 9:05 pm |

FiLiA

57 posts today

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...

March 12th @ 8:53 pm |

FiLiA

57 posts today

'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...

March 12th @ 4:36 pm |

FiLiA

57 posts today

'We believe traffickers and recruiters are most probably targeting both women travelling alone and women travelling with children,” she said.' https://t.co/GVNTSL...

March 12th @ 4:25 pm |

FiLiA

57 posts today

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...

March 12th @ 3:58 pm |

FiLiA

57 posts today

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...

March 12th @ 3:00 pm |

FiLiA

57 posts today

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 ...

March 12th @ 1:45 pm |

FiLiA

57 posts today

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 ...

March 12th @ 1:45 pm |

FiLiA

57 posts today

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. ...

March 12th @ 12:45 pm |

FiLiA

57 posts today

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

March 12th @ 11:25 am |

FiLiA

57 posts today

'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.' ...

March 12th @ 11:24 am |

FiLiA

57 posts today

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 ...

March 12th @ 10:40 am |

FiLiA

57 posts today

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...

March 12th @ 9:00 am |

FiLiA

57 posts today

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 ...

March 12th @ 7:00 am |

FiLiA

57 posts today

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 ...

March 12th @ 6:37 am |

FiLiA

57 posts today

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...

March 12th @ 5:00 am |

FiLiA

57 posts today

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...

March 12th @ 5:00 am |

FiLiA

57 posts today

'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...

March 12th @ 4:02 am |

FiLiA

57 posts today

FiLiA - Amplifying the Voices of Women This weekend make time to catch up. Register to attend #FiLiA2022 #HagueConvention #Prostitution #VirginityTesting http://www.filia.or...

March 12th @ 4:00 am |

FiLiA

57 posts today

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...

March 12th @ 4:00 am |

FiLiA

57 posts today

“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' ...

March 12th @ 3:58 am |

FiLiA

57 posts today

'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...

March 12th @ 3:41 am |

FiLiA

57 posts today

"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...

March 12th @ 3:30 am |

FiLiA

57 posts today

'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...

March 12th @ 3:24 am |

FiLiA

57 posts today

'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...

March 12th @ 3:14 am |

FiLiA

57 posts today

'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...

March 12th @ 3:12 am |

FiLiA

57 posts today

'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 ...

March 12th @ 3:08 am |

FiLiA

57 posts today

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...

March 12th @ 3:00 am |

FiLiA

57 posts today

'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...

March 12th @ 2:06 am |

FiLiA

57 posts today

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 ...

March 12th @ 2:01 am |