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An anniversary thread
Today marks four years since our first meeting in Cambridge, 23rd November 2017.
Even at this very first event, we had to overcome significant and sustained attempts to obstruct our organising. /1
womansplaceuk.org/2021/11/23/wom…
Today marks four years since our first meeting in Cambridge, 23rd November 2017.
Even at this very first event, we had to overcome significant and sustained attempts to obstruct our organising. /1
womansplaceuk.org/2021/11/23/wom…
The impetus for this meeting came when Linda Bellos was ‘uninvited’ by a student society of a Cambridge college at which she had been due to speak.
We decided to invite her to speak in Cambridge and we were honoured when she agreed. /2
varsity.co.uk/news/13638
We decided to invite her to speak in Cambridge and we were honoured when she agreed. /2
varsity.co.uk/news/13638
In the weeks leading up to the event, we heard of more women being shunned, intimidated, smeared and silenced for their views about gender and we asked them to speak too.
Helen Steel had been threatened at the Anarchist Bookfair. /3
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Helen Steel had been threatened at the Anarchist Bookfair. /3
helensteel12.wordpress.com/2017/11/22/my-…
THREAD: Following the aggressive protest at our #WPUKPrisons meeting, we rushed out the films so that people could see for themselves what people were talking about inside. Now we are pleased to be publishing films of the speeches with improved audio. /1
Charlie Weinberg opened A Woman’s Place is NOT in prison on behalf of @CrimeandJustice with an explanation of why the issue of women in prison needs urgent action.
#WPUKPrisons
#WPUKPrisons
She was followed by our Chair for #WPUKPrisons @BluskyeAllison “From the walls of academia to the women’s prison estate, women are catching hell”.
Male protester insulted my breasts & how low he thought they'd hang without bra, insulted my friend's hairline and forehead, another woman's "flat ass", hurled racist crap at a black woman, insulted a woman's general body shape, and even male security gaurd's beard! #WPUKPrisons
#WPUKPrisons We were there to hear the harrowing testimonies and statistics about the experiences of women in prison. Do they even know what they were protesting?
In this one a male targets a black woman, says her natural hair is "minging" and tells her to buy a weave
We are setting up here for A Woman’s Place is NOT in prison. We are looking forward to a brilliant discussion tonight. If you can’t be here in person. you can follow #WPUKPrisons for live tweets. Speakers will be filmed and recordings uploaded to our YouTube channel. 
Welcome from Charlie Weinberg from Centre for Crime and Justice Studies #wpukprisons
I believe women in prison are each different and distinct, says Charlie Weinberg #WPUKprisons
We are really looking forward to our 28th public meeting tonight A Woman's Place is NOT in prison. To celebrate, we are launching our new website with this updated post detailing all the public events we have organised since 2017 womansplaceuk.org/2021/10/27/rec… Image @LilyLilyMaynard
We think the new web site looks fabulous and we hope it will enable everyone to more easily find all our resources, blogs and statements (as well as better understanding what our campaign is about). womansplaceuk.org/about/
Thank you to all the women who have helped us organise meetings all over UK and supported right of women to speak and to self-organise. We want to ensure that women’s voices are heard in all areas of public life women’s rights are upheld in law and policy. womansplaceuk.org/wpuk-manifesto…
