Events
We will list all our scheduled meetings on this page with links to bookings on Eventbrite
Our next event
London, 27th October
A Woman’s Place is NOT in prison
Chair: Allison Bailey
Frances Crook OBE, Chief Executive, Howard League for Penal Reform
Professor Jo Phoenix, Chair in Criminology, The Open University
Dr Lucy Baldwin, Senior lecturer in Criminology at De Montfort University
Rosie Duffield MP
Award-winning actress, Frances Barber, will read the words of FDJ
(former prisoner who was the claimant in a Judicial Reviw challenging the lawfulness of the the Secretary of State for Justice’s policies on the placement of transgender prisoners)
with Charlie Weinberg, Centre for Crime and Justice Studies
Cátia Freitas, Woman’s Place UK
Please scroll down to see a list of all our previous events.
Films from our meetings are available on our YouTube channel.
During Covid, we held several webinars on line.
About our events
Woman’s Place UK believes that women have a right to discuss matters of legitimate and material concern to them, specifically the proposals to reform the GRA.
We are astonished that in 2018 women’s voices are still being shut down and that when they try and meet or talk they face abuse, threats, harassment and violence.
We are therefore organising public meetings all over the UK wherever we are invited to ensure that these vital discussions can take place. We aim to centre women with a wide range of perspectives to facilitate the debate.
We do not necessarily agree or endorse the views of all the speakers on our platform and that is because we believe that only by hearing a full range of views can we develop a deeper understanding of the concerns women have and come to a progressive resolution.
We think the role of facilitating this debate is the responsibility of all but particularly of those organisations taking funding from government to promote equality and build understanding between groups. The failure of organisations who have these responsibilities to promote a respectful debate is fuelling an extremely worrying and intolerant environment.
Access and Toilets
We try to find venues that are fully accessible by all to ensure the widest possible inclusion.
To respect the privacy, dignity and legal rights of everyone, we seek venues with toilet provision of female, male as well as third spaces such as single occupancy cubicles or mixed sex toilets. We ask people to use toilets relating to their sex and make sure that there are toilets available for all.
Previous Meetings
You can watch films of the speakers at our previous meetings here.
You will find details of our past events below.
Webinars
A Woman’s Place is routed to liberation
Julie Bindel in conversation with Claire Heuchan
Friday 3rd September
You can watch a recording of this event here
A Woman’s Place is keeping it real
Helen Joyce in conversation with Susanna Rustin
Tuesday 13th July 7.30pm
You can watch a recording of this event here
A Woman’s Place is holding NGOs to account
Friday 4th June
Iseult White, Gita Sahgal, Kajsa Ekis Ekman. The film is available to view here
A Woman’s Place in a material world
Thursday 6th May 7.30pm
Kathleen Stock & Suzanne Moore
Watch a film of the webinar here
A Woman’s Place is fighting for women’s services
Thursday 15th April 7pm (BST)
Recordings of speakers here:
Karen Ingala Smith, Shonagh Dillon, Nicola Benge, Cátia Freitas, Viv Hayes
A Woman’s Place is reading The Politicization of Mumsnet
Sunday 22nd November 6pm (GMT)
You can watch the film of this meeting here
A Woman’s Place in conversation: Challenging men’s violence against women
Thursday 17th September 2020
You can watch the film of this meeting here
A Woman’s Place crosses the pond: equality law in the UK and USA
Saturday 25th July, 5pm (BST)
You can watch the film of this meeting here
WPUK goes to the movies
28th June 2020
You can watch the film of this meeting here
Public meetings
A Woman’s Place is asking big questions
Portsmouth, 16th September 2021
London, 1st February 2020
Leeds, 22nd November 2019
Oxford, 25th October 2019
Brighton, 23rd September 2019
London, 10th July 2019
London, 20th May 2019
Leicester, 14th April 2019
Norwich, 25th February 2019
London, 21st January 2019
Reading, 4th December 2018
Bath, 1st November 2018
Leeds, 28th September 2018
25th September 2018 (Labour Party Conference)
Sheffield, 20th September 2018
Brighton, 16th July 2018
Hastings, 20th June 2018
Todmorden, 7th June 2018
Newcastle, 24th May 2018
Basingstoke, 17th May 2018
Oxford, 25th April 2018
Cardiff, 12th April 2018
Birmingham, 15th March 2018
London, 27th February 2018
Edinburgh, 14th February 2018
Bristol, 8th February 2018
Manchester, 17th January 2018
Cambridge, 23rd November 2017
We believe that it is important to share a range of viewpoints on women’s rights and advancement from different perspectives. WPUK does not necessarily agree or endorse all the views that we share.
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