Speeches Archives - Woman's Place UK

“We are the warriors”: Victoria Smith (Glosswitch)

Below is the speech given by Victoria Smith at ‘A Woman’s Place is With Women: feminism, birth and motherhood’ held at the University of Bristol on Tuesday 3rd...

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,...

Woman’s Place UK Portsmouth: Julie Bindel

This is the text of a speech given by Julie Bindel at our meeting co-hosted by Portsmouth University on Thursday 16th September 2021, A Woman’s Place is asking big questions. The event is part...

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...

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...

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 &...

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...

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...

Courage is catching: Joan McAlpine

Joan McAlpine MSP is member of The Scottish Parliament & chair of its Culture, Tourism, Europe & External Affairs Committee. The committee took evidence on sex & gender identity...

We can speak up and we can be heard: Maya Forstater

Maya Forstater is a researcher & writer working on business & sustainable development. She lost her job at the Centre for Global Development after tweeting & writing about 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...

A Woman’s Place is in academia: Raquel Rosario Sanchez in Oxford

This is a transcript of the speech Raquel Rosario Sánchez delivered at the University of Oxford on 25 October 2019 for the ‘A Woman’s Place is at the lectern’...

Power and history: Selina Todd at A Woman’s Place is at the lectern

Selina Todd is Professor of Modern History at Oxford University. Her research focuses on women, feminism and working-class life in modern Britain. She is the author of the bestseller The People....

Freedom of speech: Allison Bailey introduces A Woman’s Place is at the lectern

Allison Bailey is a criminal defence barrister at Garden Court Chambers, London. She has nearly 20 years experience defending in cases of serious violence and complex organised crime. Allison...

I am not your enemy: let’s talk

This is the text of the speech Dani Ahrens gave at the Woman’s Place UK fringe meeting at Labour Party conference in Brighton on 23rd September 2019. It was...

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...

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...

In defence of Michele Moore

This is the text of a letter we sent to the publisher of Disability & Society in support of Professor Michele Moore, the editor, who is being targeted because...

A Woman’s Place is turning the tide

Ali Ceesay was part of a team of women who organised a WPUK meeting in Brighton in July 2018. Organising a WPUK meeting, may not feel like an easy...