Debate Archives - Woman's Place UK

A Woman’s Place is in the Press: a guest blog by Susanna Rustin

Susanna Rustin is a leader writer at the Guardian, where she writes mostly on social affairs and the environment. She has also worked as an editor on the opinion and...

Solidarity with Róisín Murphy

Solidarity with Róisín Murphy The audience members who tried to boo Sinéad O’Connor off stage when she performed at Bob Dylan’s tribute concert in 1992 were most likely to...

Abortion, Criminal Law & Crisis Pregnancies

Healthcare is a fundamental human right, yet as women we know our bodies have long been viewed as the property of men and of the state. This patriarchal notion...

An open letter to Edinburgh University

We welcome Professor Peter Mathieson's recent statement in response to the concerning events that unfolded on Edinburgh University's campus. We thank him for clearly stating a commitment to academic...

WPUK & Billy Bragg

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

Woman’s Place UK Portsmouth: Lucy Masoud

This is the text of a speech given by Lucy Masoud, at our meeting co-hosted by Portsmouth University on Thursday 16th September 2021, A Woman’s Place is asking big...

Woman’s Place UK Portsmouth: Dr Shonagh Dillon

This is the text of a speech given by Dr Shonagh Dillon, at our meeting co-hosted by Portsmouth University on Thursday 16th September 2021, A Woman's Place is asking...

Ann Henderson: Reflections on the University of Edinburgh

We are proud to publish the following account by Ann Henderson of her time as Rector of the University of Edinburgh. During her three-year tenure Ann was repeatedly subjected to...

National Education Union asserts importance of debate

Delegates at the National Education Union (NEU) conference recently passed a motion which asserts the importance of discussion and debate, with 75 per cent voting in favour. The text...

Spanish feminists take on Podemos: “There are feminists in Podemos too”

Just as women in Izquierda Unida, a Spanish left wing political coalition, have published a statement against proposed gender self-ID legislation; women in Podemos, a Spanish left wing party...

Portsmouth Labour Party Motion: Erasing and silencing women in the name of inclusion

A story of bad faith, procedural labyrinths and digital disempowerment in the Labour Party Across the UK, women have been persistently highlighting how we are being excluded and delegitimised...

Edinburgh Labour Students

This statement was updated on 27th October to note the withdrawal of the offending statement by Edinburgh Labour Students. Please see update at the end.