Meetings Archives - Woman's Place UK

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...

Eventbrite Woman’s Place UK

Last week, Woman’s Place UK’s next webinar ‘Defending Women’s Spaces‘ was removed by Eventbrite from its ticketing site. Woman’s Place UK has organised 31 public meetings, 11 webinars and...

Oxford Mail: Right of Reply

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

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,...

Colourised image of Women's Liberation 2020 conference

A record of Woman’s Place UK meetings

WPUK is only one of many women's groups organising public meetings across the UK. For upcoming events we recommend the Women's Grid and the Feminist Calendar. To keep up...

Woman’s Place UK Portsmouth: Kiri Tunks

This is the text of a speech given by co-founder of Woman's Place UK, Kiri Tunks, at our meeting co-hosted by Portsmouth University on Thursday 16th September 2021, A...

Reflections on WPUK: Making women’s voices count

Reflections on WPUK: Making women’s voices count As we publish the WPUK financial statement for the first three years of our existence, it feels like a good time to...

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.

Happy World Statistics Day – Sex in the Census

Below is the text of a letter we have sent today to Ian Diamond, National Statistician, Head of the Government Statistical Service (GSS) and Chief Executive of the UK Statistics Authority....

Women count, count women: WPUK & the Census

The subject of the webinar we are hosting tomorrow, Sunday 18th October, is also that of our first action: accurate recording of sex in the census. Selina Todd will...

Truth and Allies: Sarah Field

Cllr Sarah Field was born in Leeds in 1975. She is a single parent, ex-Labour Party member and is the elected Independent member for Garforth and Swillington in Leeds....

Dear Keir…

Dear Keir, We are the co-founders of Woman’s Place UK and we are all members of the Labour Party. We have been horrified at the way the concerns we...

Thank you Labour Women’s Declaration

On Monday night, we spoke at the #ExpelMe rally organised by Labour Women’s Declaration in support of Woman’s Place UK and LGB Alliance. You can read the speech by...

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....

Warning! This motion may damage your CLP

New Socialist has produced a draft motion for Constituency Labour Party groups (CLPs) entitled ‘Draft Model Motion in support of trans, nonbinary, and intersex rights’. In their ‘Tasks &...

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...

Solidarity in action: Cátia Freitas

Cátia Freitas is socialist working class single mother of one who’s still struggling with mental illness following DV/male violence. I write this in solidarity with Woman’s Place and all...

No answer from Labour over intimidation

On 23rd September 2019, we held an unofficial fringe meeting at Labour Party Conference in Brighton to discuss the demands in our manifesto. Due to intimidation by trans rights...

Dear Lisa Nandy: a letter from Ruth Serwotka

Dear Lisa Nandy, I write on behalf of the feminist campaigning organisation Woman’s Place UK (WPUK). Information about us can be found here. I am a co-founder of WPUK,...

This is a movement: Kiri Tunks

Kiri Tunks is a teacher and trade union activist. She is a co-founder of Woman’s Place UK. This is the speech she gave on the closing plenary of the...