Violence Archives - Woman's Place UK

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...

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...

Prison does not work for women: Bea Jaspert

Bea Jaspert can be found at @hogotheforsaken. "My prison experience was 33 years ago, but sorry to say, nothing has changed for the better. I hope we can turn that...

Woman’s Place UK Portsmouth: Jean Hatchet

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

Woman’s Place UK Portsmouth: Lucy Masoud

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

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.

Misogyny is the problem. Hate crime legislation is not the answer.

Hate crime is a hot topic these days. From the Hate Crime and Public Order Bill in Scotland, to calls for misogyny to be included in hate crime legislation...

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....

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...

Overlooking the invisible minority: girls in gangs by Michaela Clare Addison

Michaela Clare Addison is an advocate for young women & girls who have been subjected to sexual violence. She has recently been awarded an MA from CWASU (London Metropolitan...

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,...

2020 WPUK submission Labour Party Policy Forum: work, pensions and equality

This is the submission we made to the Labour Party Policy Forum 2020 on work pensions and equlity. We welcome the opportunity to contribute to Labour’s national policy forum...

Where is the outrage? Male violence against women: Charlotte Delaney

Charlotte Delaney is a writer, a mother and a feminist. Some time ago a close friend’s 18-year-old daughter called her mother to tentatively explain why, in her daughter’s own...

House of Commons Women and Equalities Committee Transgender Inquiry: A critique

This article has been republished here by permission of the authors. It was originally published on the Women Analysing Policy on Women website on 6th June 2017. A critique...

WPUK Response to the Communications and Digital Committee Enquiry: The Future of Journalism

This is the text of our submission to the UK parliament’s Communications and Digital Committee Enquiry on the future of journalism. About Woman’s Place UK Woman’s Place UK (WPUK)...

Too good for Labour: Karen Ingala Smith

We, the co-founders of Woman’s Place UK, are outraged that Karen Ingala Smith, highly respected campaigner and activist for the rights of vulnerable women and children facing male violence,...

Solidarity in action: Cátia Freitas

Cátia Freitas is socialist working class single mother of one who’s still struggling with mental illness following DV/male violence. I write this in solidarity with Woman’s Place and all...

The ‘Natal female’ question by A Hutchinson and M Midgen

Dr. A. Hutchinson and Dr. M. Midgen are experienced clinicians who have both worked in the NHS Gender Identity Development Service for children and young people (GIDS). The exponential...

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...

What needs to happen to end violence against women?: Karen Ingala Smith

Karen Ingala Smith has been recording the names of and commemorating all UK women killed by men since 2012. She is co-founder of the Femicide Census. Karen is CEO...