WPUK Myth busters
From the earliest days of our campaign, WPUK has faced smears, slurs, and lies intended to discredit us. We’re busy women so we don’t have time to write to every… Read More →
Politics
Portsmouth Labour Party Motion: Erasing and silencing women in the name of inclusion
Sign held up in protest during the CLP debate
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 from… Read More →
Democratic norms trump single issues: a reflection on the US election
Many women in the UK will have been watching the election coverage of the US in the past few days, the outcome of which has ramifications not only for our… Read More →
Women’s rights in Cambridge
Thursday night saw the latest assault on women’s rights by Cambridge City Council. With near unanimity councillors voted that gender identity trumps sex. Kevin Price, a Labour councillor for King’s… Read More →
Make the Census make sense
Some of you are asking how you can voice your concern about the proposed guidance to accompany the sex question. You can contact ONS on national.statistician@statistics.gov.uk Liz Truss MP is… Read More →
Labour needs to speak up for women
The treatment of Rosie Duffield MP is deplorable. We applaud her courage in speaking out. The Labour Party says it wants more light and less heat but its actions don’t… Read More →
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. In… Read More →
Woman’s Place UK submission on Hate Crime & Public Order (Scotland) Bill
This is the WPUK submission to the Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Bill Call for Views. We also submitted a PDF version of the record of all our meetings… Read More →
Against the erasure of women: interview with Spanish feminist and politician Angeles Álvarez
We are delighted to feature an interview with Spanish feminist and socialist politician Angeles Alvarez. Born in Zamora in 1961, she was a PSOE (the Partido Socialista Obrero Español, the… Read More →
Debate is not hate: women won’t be silenced
It is good to see the Equality & Human Rights Commission (EHRC) and the House of Commons Library acknowledge the aggression of the public discussion around proposals to amend the… Read More →