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Women are under-represented in film – why the BFI needs to be held to account: Deirdre O’Neill
Filmmaker Deirdre O’Neill, who co-ordinates the Inside Film project, argues that the British Film Institute needs to do much more to tackle the barriers to women’s participation The relationship...
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Sex and transgender status in American employment law – the Bostock case: Elizabeth Hungerford
Elizabeth Hungerford is a licensed, though non practicing, attorney in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. She identifies as a feminist, lives as a lesbian, is a longtime observer and sometime...
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2020 WPUK submission Labour Party Policy Forum: work, pensions and equality
This is the submission we made to the Labour Party Policy Forum 2020 on work pensions and equlity. We welcome the opportunity to contribute to Labour’s national policy forum...
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Labour Campaign for Trans Rights letter to Catherine West MP: WPUK response
On 24th June 2020, the Labour Campaign for Trans Rights (LCTR) drafted a letter addressed to Catherine West, Labour MP for Haringey and Wood Green calling on her not...
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Our rights are not yours to give away – Labour must listen to women: Dani Ahrens
Dani Ahrens is a founding member of Brighton Pride and a lifelong left wing activist. On 24th June she tweeted a thread of paragraph by paragraph commentary on an article...
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Allison Bailey: “I am suing Stonewall to stop them policing free speech”
UPDATE: ALLISON BAILEY AWARDED £22,000 IN DISCRIMINATION CASE With permission, we are posting the text from Allison Bailey’s Crowdjustice funding page because the page has been taken down. In...
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There’s more than one way to ‘erase’ women – Women’s rights under attack in Victor Orban’s Hungary: Jayne Egerton
Jayne Egerton is a socialist feminist & radio producer. On 28th May Hungary’s Parliament signed a bill into law which ends legal recognition for transgender people. The votes of...
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EqualiTeach and the Government Equalities Office
This post was updated on 13th May 2020 with the response we received from the Government Equalities Office. We became aware early last week of a resource, Free to...
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Woman’s Place UK submission to Women & Equalities Select Committee Inquiry into Covid-19
About us Woman’s Place UK (WPUK) is a grassroots feminist campaign which was formed by a group of women in the labour and trade union movement to uphold women’s...
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Lesbian Visibility Week: Beatrix Campbell
Beatrix Campbell is a writer, feminist, Green Party activist, playwright, broadcaster and social commentator. ‘But you don’t look like a lesbian!’ This has often been said to me as...
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Democracy, sex-based rights and a sex-based pandemic: Raquel Rosario Sanchez
Raquel Rosario Sánchez is a writer, campaigner and researcher from the Dominican Republic. She specialises in ending male violence against girls and women and is currently pursuing a PhD...
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Glittering Prizes: National Diversity Awards
On Tuesday 21st February 2020, we were surprised and delighted to find that Woman’s Place UK had been nominated for something called the National Diversity Awards. Congratulations! You have...
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You ignore us at your peril: Kiri Tunks
This is the text version of the speech Kiri Tunks gave on behalf of Woman’s Place UK at the Labour Women’s Declaration #ExpelMe rally on Monday 9th March 2020....
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Norwich Quakers: modelling conflict resolution
On 25th February 2019 , Woman’s Place UK organised a public meeting, A Woman’s Place is breaking ground, together with local women in Norwich. It was held at the...
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WPUK Guidance for the Scottish Government’s consultation on reform of the GRA
The Scottish Government is consulting on its proposals to reform the Gender Recognition Act 2004 (GRA). It published a draft bill and consultation paper in December 2019. The deadline...
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Women have a right to single-sex toilets
WPUK is pleased to hear reports that the Government has asserted the statutory and ethical rights for women to have access to single-sex toilets. The provision of single-sex public...
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Expelled by the left: the case of the Spanish Feminist Party
Raquel Rosario Sánchez is a writer, campaigner and researcher from the Dominican Republic. She specialises in ending male violence against girls and women and is currently pursuing a PhD...
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Solidarity with the Spanish Feminist Party/Mensaje de Solidaridad con el Partido Feminista de España
We are alarmed by the expulsion of the Spanish Feminist Party from the left-wing coalition block Izquierda Unida this week because of disagreements about plans to support self-ID. This...
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Mixed sex toilets: model letter
There is growing concern at the trend of turning single sex toilets into mixed sex provision. This week, Lord Lucas initited a debate on the provision of changing and...
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WPUK statement on Morning Star cartoon
The crocodile cartoon that appeared in the Morning Star this week works against the respectful debate and discussion to which WPUK is committed – it was misjudged and offensive...
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