Organising Archives - Woman's Place UK

Holding NGOs to account

Holding NGOs to Account Women’s rights are human rights: and yet, in the past few years, the best-known NGO defending human rights, Amnesty International, has adopted policies that are...

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...

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...

There was no debate: TUC 2020

The Trades Union Congress (TUC) met this week to hold its annual conference. Like most meetings at the moment it was held online. Motions were moved and seconded –...

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....

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...

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...

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...

Lisa Nandy on Radio 4

This morning Lisa Nandy MP was interviewed by Justin Webb on Radio 4’s Today programme. We were astonished to hear the comments she made about Woman’s Place UK which...

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...

50 Years of Women’s Liberation in the UK: Pragna Patel

Pragna Patel is a founding member of Southall Black Sisters’ advocacy and campaigning centre and Women Against Fundamentalism (now non-operational). She worked as a coordinator and senior case worker...

Tottenham CLP motion on free speech and self-organisation

We are delighted that Tottenham CLP have passed this motion in support of women’s right to self-organise and debate issues of concern to us free from intimidation and threat....

Until all our sisters are free: Paula Boulton

Paula Boulton is a musician, playwright and granddaughter of one of the first women Labour councillors. This post was first published on Facebook. We are republishing it here with...

“Both patriarchy and capitalism benefit from a depoliticised feminist movement”: Towanda Rebels

This article is part of a series of interviews featuring international perspectives on the ramifications of the concept of ‘gender identity’ within public policy. We are grateful to all...

Dear Labour Party

Kay Green is a Labour Party member and activist, supporting gender-critical voices on the political left. She has a message today for the Labour Party membership. This is the...

Mensaje de solidaridad con la XVI Escuela Feminista Rosario de Acuña

Autora: Raquel Rosario Sánchez A principios de este mes, se celebró la XVI Escuela Feminista Rosario de Acuña en Gijón, España bajo la temática Política Feminista, Libertades e Identidades. El evento tuvo lugar los días...

Solidarity statement with the XVI Escuela Feminista Rosario de Acuña

Raquel Rosario Sánchez asks for support for sisters in Spain. Earlier this month, the XVI Rosario de Acuña Feminist School was held in Gijon, Spain. With the title Feminist...

WPUK Manifesto: this is what we want

On 20th May 2019, we published our draft manifesto and asked for responses. Thank you to everyone who suggested amendments or ideas. We are delighted to publish a revised...

Lesbians at Edinburgh Pride: a personal account

In this adapted version of a twitter thread, Jackie Mearns gives this account of her day at Edinburgh Pride. So. My personal account of my day at @PrideEdinburgh. I...

The fight by women has just begun and Scotland is at the forefront

The rapid growth of a vibrant movement of women in Scotland has been inspirational, and to see that movement properly represented by incredibly brave politicians moves us beyond words....