Thread by @Womans_Place_UK

Apparently, some people find our New Year Resolutions alarming. We are not sure why. We are alarmed at the state of women’s rights in 2019. We are alarmed we are having to make these resolutions. Read them and tell us what alarms you. womansplaceuk.org/new-year-resol… #sexmatters

1. Women have a right to self-organisation, to speak and to be heard free from fear of abuse, threat or vilification in public and political discourse and in academia. This should be actively facilitated by those with civic or legal responsibility for promoting equality.

2. The law must work for women
The law must be strengthened to ensure that all women who want or need single sex spaces are able to access them without resorting to extraordinary measures. Service providers should be supported in offering such services...

3. An end to violence against women. Gov’t must make the end to male violence against women/girls a priority. Sustainable funding for independent women-led services for women subjected to VAWG must be fully resourced by central government alongside statutory RSE in all schools.

4. Nothing about us without us.
All organisations, committees and politicians speaking on issues of material concern to women to demonstrate that they have widely consulted the women they represent and serve and that such consultation informs their action and their policies.

5. Rigorous collection and analysis of sex-based data and high-quality research must be central to the development of any services, policies or actions which address women’s needs or which challenge sex discrimination and inequality.

And if those broad demands alarm you, you’ll be even more alarmed by our manifesto - 4 pages of specific demands to win some semblance of equality and justice for women. womansplaceuk.org/2019/05/20/thi…

Following huge interest and helpful feedback, we will be issuing a final version soon. So please have a read. We are astonished that anyone could be alarmed about women seeking equality and justice. But since this is where we are #WPUK will continue to make these demands.

If you would like some copies of our leaflets please let us know via our contact page womansplaceuk.org/contact/ They are (generally) very well received. It’s important women know about this growing movement and can be part of it. Thank you.