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  • Pride & Protest: WPUK statement on London Trans Pride 2023

    Pride & protest: WPUK statement “I was going to come here and be really fluffy, and be really nice and say ‘yeah be really lovely queer and gay’, but...

  • Response to the TUC’s letter to Kemi Badenoch

    Read the TUC letter here. Response to the TUC’s letter to Kemi Badenoch about the Equality Act: The TUC’s letter demonstrates a worrying ignorance of current equalities law. It...

  • Sex in the Census – 2021 campaign

    This is an archived copy of the sexinthecensus.org joint campaign from 2021.

  • New MoJ transgender prisoner policy: WPUK Statement

    We believe no female prisoner should be forced to share prison space with male prisoners. The United Nations mandate to keep male and female prisoners separate is essential, not...

  • The Scottish Parliament passes the GRR Bill

    The Scottish Parliament, supported by Scottish Labour, passes the Gender Recognition Reform Bill, 86/39.  This represents a dark day in Scottish history. In voting through gender self-ID, the Scottish...

  • Celebrating Scottish Women

    The fight for women’s sex-based rights has been fiercely reignited in recent years. Our sisters North of the border have been faced with a government that ignores them, and...

  • WPUK & Billy Bragg

    When Billy Bragg implied women fighting for sex-based rights were akin to Nazis, we invited him to a public discussion. He declined.

  • Women and the Religious Right in the USA: Jayne Egerton

    This article about women and the religious right in the USA first appeared in Issue 5 of The Radical Notion. It is shared here with permission.   Introduction Women...

  • UNISON conference votes to silence women’s voices

    UNISON, the trade union with a large membership in health, local government and education, has over 1.3 million members. The union says that over two thirds of them are...

  • Woman’s Place and Kellie-Jay Keen (aka Posie Parker)

    In Spring 2018 we decided to organise a meeting in Cornwall. As is the case with all our meetings, the panel of speakers was agreed in collaboration with local...

  • Roe v Wade must stand

    This was a speech given by Caroline Robinson at a protest in Edinburgh on 14th May 2022 in solidarity with US women whose abortion rights are under attack after...

  • WPUK and The Socialist: Further Debate

    This post is WPUK’s latest contribution to a developing debate with The Socialist Party. We welcome the willingness of The Socialist to engage with WPUK and look forward to...

  • A record of Woman’s Place UK meetings

    WPUK is only one of many women's groups organising public meetings across the UK. For upcoming events we recommend the Women's Grid and the Feminist Calendar. To keep up...

  • Protected: Trans pupils: EHRC draft guidance for schools

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  • WPUK Manifesto 2019

    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...

  • WPUK Submissions and Statements on GRA

    On this page you can find links to WPUK statements on and submissions to various organisations on proposed reform to the UK Gender Recognition Act.

  • A Woman’s place is on the platform

    Woman’s Place UK believes that women have a right to discuss matters of legitimate and material concern to them, specifically the proposals to reform the GRA. We are astonished...

  • A woman’s place

    Lucy Masoud is a firefighter and a trade unionist. This is the speech she gave at the WPUK meeting in London on Tuesday 27th February 2018. Thank you for...

  • Funding

    We are primarily a self-funding campaign.  Our funding mostly comes from ticket sales for our meetings and donations on-line through our PayPal account. We have been in receipt of...

  • About

    Who are we? We are a group of women from a range of backgrounds including trade unions, women’s organisations, academia and the NHS. We are united by our belief...