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Useful summary, as ever, from Sex Matters. This is big news.

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Sex Matters' CEO Maya is at @fawcettsociety.bsky.social conference today. Excellent panel on demanding dignity & safety for women in public services with @jessphillipsmp.bsky.social, Women's Aid CEO Farah Nazeer, @theoclarke.bsky.social, fivexmore.org, Black Equity and Black Minds Matter. Bravo!

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FiLiA cards are being spotted all over the place, this one in #Dundee 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Look out for any in your area! 🔎👁 Join 3000 women at #FiLiA2025 🎫 filia.org.uk/tickets #FiLiACard #Sisterhood #Solidarity #Scotland #WomenWontWheesht #NeverHaudYerWheesht

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"Campaign group Sister Salon announced last June that it would object to the licence renewal" And we did Important to note there are record numbers of objections this year See 🧵for our objections #PussyCatClub #NotBuyingIt #EndDemand @WhiteRibbon_UK www.brightonandhovenews.org/2025/02/08/o...

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Wise words from Robert Reich. robertreich.substack.com/p/ten-reason...

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Off air: one by one, the Taliban are removing women’s voices from Afghan radio. As one of the last female-run stations in the country is silenced, a former broadcaster gives an inside view of the crackdown on women working in the media. www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

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It’s clear Israel never did and never will want peace - ‘Israel says it is indefinitely delaying the release of more than 600 Palestinian prisoners, in another potentially major setback in the ceasefire process.’ www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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'It would be quite unusual for ... a former Ukip candidate, [who] had admitted to strangling her wife and said publicly that Camden had “too many gays” to get onto Woman’s Hour or Celebrity MasterChef, but exceptions were happily made for the boxing promoter turned LGBT ambassador Kellie Maloney'.

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London university apologises to lecturer wrongly accused of antisemitism. 'When I saw the accusations against me, the first instinct was to laugh. The evidence was so shoddy' www.middleeasteye.net/news/uk-lond...

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“I’m quite a strong person, but... I still wake up in a sweat with night terrors... Prison is so unhealthy – not only for mothers, but the baby as well. I’m so grateful to be out, but the effects of being pregnant in prison will be everlasting” www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

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'A top UK human rights body has written to “remind” an NHS board at the centre of a single-sex spaces row that changing rooms must include separate facilities for men and women.' www.thetimes.com/uk/scotland/...

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#FiLiAHagueMums are now on #Bluesky - give them a follow! @filiahaguemums.bsky.social #Sisterhood #Solidarity #Amparo #HagueMothersVoices

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“He opened the wounds we have spent decades trying to heal.” The Menendez family condemns LA DA Nathan Hochman’s refusal to grant a new trial for Erik and Lyle Menendez, dismissing new abuse evidence. Silencing child survivors of abuse cannot continue. This injustice must end.

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I have written a response to the article by Fried, Miller, Malik and Radacic that was published in 'Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters' on my alleged "misuse of evidence" for my 2024 report on #prostitution and violence against women and girls.

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“You have to be an #Afghan woman to truly understand how difficult it has been to give up everything you worked for. We showed to the world that the #Taliban have not changed and will not change. And it scares them,” #EndGenderApartheid #Afghanistan #NoTaliban www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

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You don't get to choose which bits of reality you believe in . Those telling me trans-women are 'biological women' What do you say when Trump's the war in Ukraine is Zelenskyy's fault? Or to those who say vaccines dont work or climate science is a lie. Reality is inconvenient. Deny it at your peril

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Guy Pearce says Kevin Spacey “targeted” him on L.A. Confidential set, recalling fear and unease around the actor. He broke down in tears after 2017 allegations. Spacey has since hit back, telling Pearce to “grow up.” A new UK lawsuit accuses Spacey of groping actor Ruari Cannon.

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#FiLiA cards are appearing in the wild! Have you spotted any in your area? Get your tickets today filia.org.uk/tickets #FiLiA2025 #FiLiACard #Sisterhood #Solidarity #Skipton #Yorkshire

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Great to see the Chair of the @commonswec.parliament.uk asking about the use of equality impact assessments in policy making. Our recent briefing set out recommendations for embedding gender and other equalities across government including better use of EIA's 👇 www.wbg.org.uk/publication/...

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Thank you @luketaylorld.bsky.social for highlighting the importance of a public health approach to tackling knife violence earlier today and for mentioning our work

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Labour is going to prevent refugees from ever becoming citizens of Britain. The Labour Party leadership competing with Reform to out-racist the racists won't secure a win for Labour at the next GE. It'll just make people like me not vote Labour. Does Starmer want a Reform win?!

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We welcome the mural to mark the 60th anniversary of Malcolm X's visit to Smethwick. It comes at a key moment in time, amidst the far-right's vicious onslaught on Black, minoritised and migrant communities' safety and attempts to fracture our unity. 1/3 www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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An inquiry into Prisons, Probation and Rehabilitation in Wales has been announced by the Welsh Affairs Committee Deadline for submissions: 21 March 2025 committees.parliament.uk/work/8905/pr...

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Rendez-vous demain à Strasbourg pour le colloque “Exploitation sexuelle en ligne : enjeux et réponses européennes” ! Un événement clé alors que la législation européenne évolue. Rejoignez-nous pour un avenir sans impunité. #StopSexualExploitationOnline

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Victoria Derbyshire must be exhausted from carrying the weight of British journalism. This challenge is needed. Including the eye roll. There's far too little of it.

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#FiLiA cards are appearing in the wild, this one in #Cambridge🎓 Have you spotted any in your area? Get your tickets for #FiLiA2025 today filia.org.uk/tickets #FiLiACard #Sisterhood #Solidarity

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“I certainly wouldn’t report again.” Rape survivor Amelia Price says she will be less protected when her abuser is freed this year than before his trial. No non-harassment order was imposed. She is urging NHOs to be mandatory in domestic abuse cases. ➡️ www.bbc.com/news/article...

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I've just signed this petition. Will you add your name and share too? you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ti...

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Joshua Grinham, of Georgian Walk in St Leonards, sought to control and manipulate his victim. He came to her own several times to abuse & assault her. Suspended 2yr sentence. 🤷‍♀️ www.theargus.co.uk/news/2493329...

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Jimmy Wright, Bexhill, isolated her from her friends and family and took control over significant parts of her life. He also assaulted her on multiple occasions, including strangling her until she stopped breathing. He got 2 yrs 🤷‍♀️ www.theargus.co.uk/news/2493037...

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Scotland Yard’s female officers have slammed their own union for “championing” a judicial review brought by a policeman accused of rape. 'lt is our collective view that Di Maria’s dismissal would not only be justified but essential'. #PoliceMeToo #maleviolence www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/m...

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Rising child poverty, NHS waiting lists, and barriers to paid work hit women hardest, as they take on unpaid care work when public services fail. Without urgent investment in social care, early education, and healthcare, more women will be pushed out of paid work, widening the gender employment gap.

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Saudi PhD student Salma al-Shehab has now been released from prison! This follows over four years of arbitrary imprisonment on the basis of her peaceful activism. ❤️ #freethemALL

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'Abandoning basic common sense for policies that put #women at risk doesn't go well for the left,' points out Sonia Sodha, below. It also brings #DEI (diversity) initiatives into disrepute. Nurse Sandie Peggie's employers treated her shamefully and are wasting NHS funds defending their actions.

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Burnout, shame, heartbreak: nurses are being crushed by our broken NHS | Sonia Sodha

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Female colleagues should never be expected to share changing facilities with male colleagues regardless of how they identify. It's wrong, and unlawful. But that's what happened to Sandie Peggie, a nurse working for NHS Fife. Today's Observer column. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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Salma al-Shehab, a Leeds University doctoral candidate who was handed a decades-long sentence for her tweets in 2022, has been released from a Saudi prison. 'Her full freedom must now be granted, including the right to travel to complete her studies' www.middleeasteye.net/news/uk-stud...

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'It saddens me that #Unison which has 75 per cent female membership, has as its first motion at its Women’s conference one that seeks to undermine Equality Act protections for women.' @unisontheunion.bsky.social #TradeUnion #UNWC25 #UWomen25 #WomenInUnison www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/02...

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New ... 'World Athletics today launched a new consultation process on its eligibility conditions for the Female Category and the current DSD Regulations and Transgender Regulations.' Good. Present regulations permit XY DSD athletes in female sport with T suppression to <2.5nmols/L

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