Blog Archives - Woman's Place UK

Attorney General affirms sex-based rights

Woman’s Place UK welcomes the clarifications on sex-based rights in the Equality Act (2010) made in the Attorney General’s speech to Policy Exchange. The statement makes clear the absolute...

WPUK & Billy Bragg

When Billy Bragg implied women fighting for sex-based rights were akin to Nazis, we invited him to a pubilc discussion. He declined.

The Tavistock: children and young people

The Cass Independent Review has identified huge shortcomings in the provision of healthcare for children and young people with gender dysphoria at the Tavistock GIDS Centre. The Centre will...

Women and the Religious Right in the USA: Jayne Egerton

This article about women and the religious right in the USA first appeared in Issue 5 of The Radical Notion. It is shared here with permission. Introduction Recently,...

UNISON conference votes to silence women’s voices

UNISON, the trade union with a large membership in health, local government and education, has over 1.3 million members. The union says that over two thirds of them are...

Woman’s Place and Kellie-Jay Keen (aka Posie Parker)

In Spring 2018 we decided to organise a meeting in Cornwall. As is the case with all our meetings, the panel of speakers was agreed in collaboration with local...

Oxford Mail: Right of Reply

Our response to misrepresentations of our campaign in the Oxford Mail.

Roe v Wade must stand

This was a speech given by Caroline Robinson at a protest in Edinburgh on 14th May 2022 in solidarity with US women whose abortion rights are under attack after...

Advice to US Women to Compromise on Abortion Rights Misses the Mark: Katherine M Acosta

Katherine M Acosta is a lifelong feminist, a sociologist, filmmaker and writer. Divided We Fall is her documentary about the 2011 Wisconsin Uprising, a weeks-long protest to save collective...

WPUK submission to Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee on the Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill

The latest in our submissions to the Scottish Government on Gender Recognition reform.

Women silenced at Edinburgh abortion rights rally

On Saturday 14 May 2022, a rally in support of women's right to safe and legal abortion was held in Edinburgh. Here an anonymous feminist protester who attended the...

“We are the warriors”: Victoria Smith (Glosswitch)

Below is the speech given by Victoria Smith at ‘A Woman’s Place is With Women: feminism, birth and motherhood’ held at the University of Bristol on Tuesday 3rd...

We Belong Here: Raquel Rosario Sánchez

The closing remarks from Raquel Rosario Sánchez at ‘A Woman’s Place is With Women: feminism, birth and motherhood’ held at the University of Bristol on Tuesday 3rd May 2022,...

How to submit evidence on the Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill

What is the Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill? The Scottish Government has introduced the Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill to the Scottish Parliament. The bill seeks to remove the...

How dare any man…

We reproduce here an anonymous account by an attendee at our last meeting A Woman’s Place is in Manchester. We were really uplifted to receive this message in our...

Kiri Tunks wins NEU Annie Higdon Award 2022

Our co-founder and director, Kiri Tunks, has won the National Education Union's Annie Higdon Award for challenging sexism and engaging women in union activity. Read Kiri's acceptance speech and...

WPUK: EHRC Guidance on single sex exceptions

Woman's Place UK welcomes guidance from the EHRC on the implementation of single-sex exceptions as set out in the Equality Act 2010.

WPUK and The Socialist: Further Debate

This post is WPUK’s latest contribution to a developing debate with The Socialist Party. We welcome the willingness of The Socialist to engage with WPUK and look forward to...

WPUK: Far-Right Not Welcome Here

We are aware that some individuals on the far-right are seeking to make political capital out of the aggressive protests against the WPUK public meeting in Manchester last week....

Manchester women refuse to be intimidated

Women’s Place UK is an organisation of women committed to promoting respectful debate around issues of law and public policy which affect women’s lives.