free speech Archives - Woman's Place UK

Solidarity with Róisín Murphy

Solidarity with Róisín Murphy The audience members who tried to boo Sinéad O’Connor off stage when she performed at Bob Dylan’s tribute concert in 1992 were most likely to...

European Network of Migrant Women publish open letter in support of Reem Alsalem

We are thankful to the European Network of Migrant Women both for their work representing migrant women, and for their key role in organising this crucial letter in support of...

An open letter to Edinburgh University

We welcome Professor Peter Mathieson's recent statement in response to the concerning events that unfolded on Edinburgh University's campus. We thank him for clearly stating a commitment to academic...

WPUK’ SUBMISSION: IPSO editorial guidelines on sex and gender.

The use of “she” and “woman” to refer to biologically male offenders misleads readers in another fundamental way. It creates the impression that far more women commit crimes sexual...

WPUK statement on Raquel Rosario Sanchez vs University of Bristol

This week Raquel Rosario Sanchez takes Bristol University to court for allegedly failing to protect her from bullying and harassment. It’s well-known* that Bristol University failed to discipline students...

SWP: Stand Up to Misogyny, Racism and Abuse

After attendees, staff and volunteers were subject to an abusive protest at our recent meeting, A Woman's Place is NOT in prison, we have written the following letter to...

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...

National Education Union asserts importance of debate

Delegates at the National Education Union (NEU) conference recently passed a motion which asserts the importance of discussion and debate, with 75 per cent voting in favour. The text...

IPSO Consultation: Editorial standards in coverage of transgender issues

We believe that newspapers should be able to identify someone by their biological sex in stories where not do so would be nonsensical or confusing to the reader. This...

What Happened at Brighton: #WPUKLab19

Emily Ward attended the WPUK unofficial Labour Party fringe meeting in Brighton in September 2019. I was in Brighton, England on September 23rd for a meeting of Woman’s Place...

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...

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