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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....

WPUK submission to UN International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR)

We are pleased to have contributed this submission to the UN International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) with the Women’s Resource Centre In brief, WPUK contends that...

World Toilet Day 2019

The United Nations has declared 19th November as World Toilet Day to draw attention to the woeful lack of access to toilets and good sanitation around the world. According...

WPUK & The Green Party

Given that we are sharing statements about our interactions with political parties, we have decided to publish this account of our interactions with the Green party. Last year, we...

Biological sex is not a spectrum: there are only two sexes in humans. An interview with Claire Graham

Subscribe I Woman’s Place UK videos I Insta I Twitter I Take action Biological sex is not a spectrum: follow Claire Graham‘s blog @MRKHVoice. We thank Claire for her...

Sex and gender: the law in the USA

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...

WPUK submission to Law Commission consultation on surrogacy reform

There is no evidence that the Law Commissions have made any meaningful attempt to gather the views of surrogate mothers, particularly those who have regretted the experience or withdrawn...

WASPI Judgement: the sting of injustice

WPUK expresses shock and concern at impact of High Court pensions ruling on women’s rights. Woman’s Place UK shares the dismay and anger of the Backto60 and WASPI campaigns...

Spousal Consent

WHAT IS 'SPOUSAL CONSENT' AS OUTLINED IN THE MARRIAGE (SAME SEX COUPLES) ACT 2013? The Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013, Schedule 5 and the Marriage and Civil Partnership Act...

WPUK statement on leaked EHRC schools guidance on trans pupils

On 30th August 2019, the Telegraph published a story about schools guidance on transgender pupils being prepared by the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC), a copy of which...

Making sure A Woman’s Place is on the Platform

This article was originally published on the Socialist Feminist Network website on 28th November 2017. When I heard that Linda Bellos had been ‘uninvited’ by a student society of...

Bristol University

In February 2018 we organised a Woman’s Place UK (WPUK) meeting in Bristol. This meeting came under attack from an anonymous open letter which was circulated to academics and students...

Statement by the Head of the Centre for Gender and Violence Research at the University of Bristol

Founded in 1876, as University College Bristol, the University of Bristol was the first higher education institute in England to admit women on an equal basis to men. On...

Use of data: WPUK submission to Public Accounts Committee

This is the text of the submission by WPUK to the Public Accounts Committee Inquiry into Challenges in using data across Government published on 16th July 2019. About us...

Government Equalities Office: roadmap for change

The Government Equalities Office (GEO) has today launched a report, Gender equality at every stage: a roadmap for change’, to tackle ‘gender’ inequality in the UK” “The roadmap sets...

WPUK Submission Labour Policy Forum: Justice & Home Affairs

We welcome the opportunity to contribute to Labour’s national policy forum consultation. About us Woman’s Place UK (WPUK) is a grassroots feminist campaign which was formed by a group...

WPUK Submission Labour Policy Forum: Health & Social care

We welcome the opportunity to contribute to Labour’s national policy forum consultation. About us Woman’s Place UK (WPUK) is a grassroots feminist campaign which was formed by a group...

WPUK Submission Labour Policy Forum: work, pensions & equality

We welcome the opportunity to contribute to Labour’s national policy forum consultation. About us Woman’s Place UK (WPUK) is a grassroots feminist campaign which was formed by a group...

WPUK Submissions to Labour Policy Forum

These are the submissions we made to the Labour Policy Forum consultation on Sunday 30th June 2019: Work, pensions & equalities Justice & home affairs Health & social care...

Holyrood calls to Westminster

The announcement this week by the Scottish Government that they intend to fully consult with women and carry out a full Equality Impact Assessment into proposals to adopt legal...

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