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Scottish Government’s strategic review recommends single-sex services

Scottish Gov strategic review recommends single-sex services. A response from WPUK. Independent Strategic Review of Funding and Commissioning of Violence Against Women and Girls Services Woman’s Place welcome the...

Abortion, Criminal Law & Crisis Pregnancies

Healthcare is a fundamental human right, yet as women we know our bodies have long been viewed as the property of men and of the state. This patriarchal notion...

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...

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...

Joint letter to Reem Alsalem, UN Rapporteur VAWG

Joint Letter to Reem Alsalem #UNSRVAW. We are publishing the joint letter signed by Woman’s Place UK and key feminist organisations and advocates to Reem Alsalem, UN Special Rapporteur...

Ed Davey on the Andrew Marr Show

On the Andrew Marr Show on Sunday 19th September 2021, the leader of the Liberal Democrats was asked what is wrong with the phrase 'adult human female'? This is a...

Vaishnavi Sundar: Feminist filmmaking and sex-based rights

In commemoration of International Women's Day, Raquel Rosario Sánchez interviews the feminist filmmaker Vaishnavi Sundar The founder of Women Making Movies and the production company Lime Soda Film, Vaishnavi Sundar...

Until all our sisters are free: Paula Boulton

Paula Boulton is a musician, playwright and granddaughter of one of the first women Labour councillors. This post was first published on Facebook. We are republishing it here with...

Not so liberal, not so democratic: the Liberal Democrats and Women

On Radio 4 this morning, Luciana Berger was asked about gender identity, sex and women’s rights. Here is a transcript of the interview: BBC Radio 4 Today programme, Thursday...

Dear men: How to support women’s rights

From our archives: as true then as it is now. This blog is based on a speech that WPUK co-founder, Kiri Tunks, made at the London Men Supporting Women’s...

Turbulent Times: Ruth Serwotka

It is something of a cliché to say we are living in turbulent times. But we are. Within every social movement currently on the march resides an extraordinary level...

WPUK submission to Law Commission consultation on surrogacy reform

There is no evidence that the Law Commissions have made any meaningful attempt to gather the views of surrogate mothers, particularly those who have regretted the experience or withdrawn...

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...

WPUK statement on leaked EHRC schools guidance on trans pupils

On 30th August 2019, the Telegraph published a story about schools guidance on transgender pupils being prepared by the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC), a copy of which...

International Voices on Gender Identity: ‘Women by Decree’ with Laura Lecuona

The conversation continues during this exciting Summer of Gender here in the Dominican Republic. We’re still in summer, right? Even if we are not, I am certain that these...

WPUK & Toilets

There has been much speculation about the expectations we have for the use of toilets at our meetings. Below is the explanation we gave to Norwich Quakers when they...

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