Take action archive Archives - Woman's Place UK

Sponsor a copy of Defending Women’s Spaces for your MP

THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO HAS SPONSORED A COPY FOR THEIR MP/MSP/MS- MONEY FROM EACH COPY WENT TO nia. WE WILL HAVE AN UPDATE SOON #DefendingWomensSpaces Please sponsor a...

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...

Support the women at Belfast Regina Coeli hostel

Women workers protest against closure of Regina Coeli women’s hostel Women workers at Belfast’s only single-sex refuge, Regina Coeli hostel, which is facing closure in a few weeks, have...

Reinstate Joan Smith to London Mayor’s VAWG Board

Woman's Place UK's open letter to Sadiq Khan to protest the treatment of Joan Smith and call for her reinstatement receives over 4,000 signatures in less than 72 hours.

Sex and the Census: Call to Action

Call to Action to ensure the accurate collection of sex data in the 2021 Census. Sex and the Census Report In 2020 we were delighted to collaborate with Oxford...

How to submit evidence to the Women & Equalities Committee Inquiry on GRA reform

Since publishing this guidance we have received a response to our email about the date the Inquiry was launched. We have been assured that the Inquiry commenced on 28th...

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...

Coronavirus: Urgent actions needed to tackle domestic and sexual violence

The Coronavirus crisis has thrown a spotlight on the very high levels of domestic abuse and male violence against women and girls in our society. The crisis will also...

WPUK Guidance for the Scottish Government’s consultation on reform of the GRA

The Scottish Government is consulting on its proposals to reform the Gender Recognition Act 2004 (GRA). It published a draft bill and consultation paper in December 2019. The deadline...

WPUK Manifesto: write to your MP/AM/MSP

MPs respond best to original letters from individuals. Below you will find a model letter but it is best if you adapt it to suit your own style. Pick...

WPUK Manifesto: take action

We have now published our revised manifesto. Download this PDF for home printing: Printable manifesto It adds detail to our 5 New Year resolutions which form the pillars of...

WPUK 5 Demands: Our New Year’s Resolutions 2019

We started Woman’s Place UK in September 2017 to ensure women’s voices would be heard in the Government consultation on proposals to reform the Gender Recognition Act. We had...

Gender Recognition Act: Lobby your MP

Who is your MP and what do they care about? Visit https://www.parliament.uk/mps-lords-and-offices/mps/ and enter your postcode. This site will give you basic information about your MP, their responsibilities and...

A Woman’s Place is in her UNION

Following the recent vote at TUC conference in favour of a motion supporting self-declaration of gender, we have been asked by women how best they can take this issue...

WPUK Guidance on GRA Consultation

Go straight to the Guidance Read our brief introduction Introduction The Government is consulting on proposals to change the way in which people can apply for a Gender...

City of London Gender Identity Survey

On July 7th 2018, a link to a survey monkey questionnaire was tweeted out by Edward Lord OBE , an officer of the City of London Corporation. The survey...

Our Founding Five Demands (Archived)

Respectful and evidence-based discussion about the impact of the proposed changes to the Gender Recognition Act to be allowed to take place and for women’s voices to be heard....

Grassroots women’s pressure forces Councils to comply with Equality Law

Local councils around Britain have been forced to change legally inaccurate equalities information on their websites by women’s rights campaigners. Many authorities have been found to be in breach...