Yesterday was the 4th anniversary of our first ever public event, A Woman's Place is on the Platform in Cambridge. You can watch films of the speakers here. youtube.com/playlist?list=…
This discussion between @AudreySuffolk and @ehungerford explored the different way equality and anti-discrimination laws operate in the US and the UK. Thanks to @luluchops1 for facilitating
Unsurprisingly, this was our most-watched lockdown webinar: Sex in the Cenus with @selina_todd@ProfAliceS@lnmackenzie1@janeclarejones - a brilliant discussion on the framing of the sex question in the census
This webinar focussed on whether NGOs are defending or undermining the rights of women... We were delighted to host @GitaSahgal@iseult and Kajsa Ekis Ekman with @kiritunks chairing the discussion
And finally, A Woman's Place is fighting for women's services. On the eve of #16Days#16DaysofActivism this event focussing on the vital need for women-run women's services is something everyone should watch. Links to separate presentations follow womansplaceuk.org/2021/04/17/a-w…
Here is @ShonaghDillon CEO at @AuroraNewDawn on her doctoral research into the clash between transgender ideology and women's sex based rights anlaysing the direct impact on the MVAW sector.
Campaigner in defence of women's domestic abuse services, @benge_nicola spoke about the campaign to save @riseuk and the impact of fragmentation on services for women locally and nationally.
Cátia Freitas @Mocha_Soul is a community and union activist spoke on men's violence against women from her direct experience as a user of domestic violence services.
@Mocha_Soul@VivHayes@whywomen We know that is a long thread but these amazing women - their experiences, their expertise, their work, their insights, their testimony - need to be widely heard. Please watch and share. Thank you.
PS. This thread of WPUK event videos mainly covers our webinars. Check out our YouTube channel for films from our other public meetings and the #WomensLib2020 conference youtube.com/channel/UCzFqs…
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Today is International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women #IDEVAW We are committed to campaigning for an to violence against women and girls, to ensure women can self-organise and that our voices are heard in policy/law-making and that the law works for women. /1
Here is a link to our manifesto which lists all our campaign demands. In this thread, we will post the actions we think are needed as a minimum to start to address the violence and abuse women and girls face on a routine and systemic basis. womansplaceuk.org/wpuk-manifesto… /2
Recognise prostitution as sexually abusive exploitation which is harmful to all women and girls. #IDEVAW#IDEVAW2021
Welcome to our new followers. This is who we are; this is what we stand for; this is what we want womansplaceuk.org
Woman’s Place UK is a group of women from a range of backgrounds who are united by our belief that women’s hard-won rights must be defended. This is our manifesto womansplaceuk.org/wpuk-manifesto…
Women face entrenched and endemic structural inequality. This is reflected, for example, in the high levels of sexual harassment and violence against women and girls, the 'gender' pay gap, and discrimination at work. Image (c) @wondersbec
This time, four years ago, we were starting our meeting in Cambridge: A Woman's Place is on the platform. This event was organised to offer Linda Bellos a platform after she was 'uninvited' from speaking at a student event. This is the film of her speech
Anne Ruzylo had recently been subjected to an orchestrated campaign against her, prompting the entire executive committee of her Constituency Labour Party to resign in solidarity. She spoke about this and her work in women’s prisons.
And our final film from our first ever meeting in Cambridge which took place 4 years ago tonight: Helen Steel spoke movingly of the relentless abuse women are subjected to in our daily lives & how it restricts our freedom.
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
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
Thread. Yesterday Lords debated the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill, including amendment that to record the sex and acquired gender of alleged victims and perpetrators of crime 1/4 hansard.parliament.uk/lords/2021-11-…
We dispute government position from Baroness Williams, that recording sex of perpetrators would be unlawful. 2/4
We commissioned legal opinion on this issue which we shared with EHRC and other interested bodies 3/4 womansplaceuk.org/2020/12/11/ehr…
Good to see this article on freedom of expression from @ucl President & Provost Dr Michael Spence: “UCL hosted the Woman’s Place UK Women’s Liberation 2020 Conference, which included gender-critical views that many in our community find unacceptable…” /1 uclporticomagazine.co.uk/spotlights-and…
“The event was able to go ahead and those who opposed it were able to protest and be heard, and that seems to me to be a victory for free speech.” /2