Women who are homeless need and want women only services and accommodation.

Women who are homeless need and want women only services and accommodation.

Stolen from the other place.

In particular, the idea that the best support for widows comes from other widows drove the work of a remarkable woman who has almost entirely been forgotten today, called June Hemer.

threadreaderapp.com/thread/19654... Thread from the other place by Nancy Hogshead.

We have signed 👇 petition to free activist Ibtissame Betty Lachgar, who is facing 30 months in prison for ‘offending’ Islam with a t-shirt she wore. www.change.org/p/lib%C3%A9r... #FreeBetty #IbtissameLachgar #Injustice

Welsh women please sign and share petitions.senedd.wales/petitions/24...

Welsh women please sign and share petitions.senedd.wales/petitions/24...

Today sees the final roll-out of 30 hours ‘free’ childcare for working parents of children from nine months. It also marks ‘mum’s equal pay day’—when mothers stop earning relative to men, according to ONS analysis. 🧵 1/2 www.bigissue.com/opinion/work...

'Edwards became a symbol of sporting bravery, overcoming the terror of the high seas and the chauvinism of male opponents convinced that her boat would sink before it even rounded The Needles ... but some of those honouring her feats on stage were frightened simply to be in the same room as her'.

The Afghan women's football/soccer team, who relocated to the UK to escape the Taliban's removal of female rights, including exclusion from all public life #WomensArt #AfghanWomen

I am tired of people saying that women who oppose the idea that some men should be able to self identify into the sex class of women are somehow jumping into a right wing (maga) bandwagon. Feminist women have been talking about this for 50 years. Lisa Tuttle's 1986 Encyclopedia of Feminism says this

Gender pension gap equates to £7,600 a year, say union leaders. Despite equality laws women continue to lose. Women punished for child bearing and caring responsibilities. Lower pension results in greater insecurity and anxiety.

‘I am going to find you’: the plight of #Afghanistan ’s female judges. When the Taliban took control of Kabul, the country’s female judges were in immediate danger. But western forces looked the other way, leaving them to fend for themselves www.thetimes.com/article/f46e... #Islamism #patriarchy

Today marks four year since the Taliban took over Afghanistan. Four years on, the UN warns that the group "is closer than ever to achieving its vision of a society that completely erases women from public life." Read more 👇 news.un.org/en/story/202... 1/🧵

📋 Single Parent Rights are running a survey to understand how single parents are treated in the private rental sector. All data will be anonymised and used to lobby policy makers for change. 👉🏾 Have your say. It only takes 5 minutes. forms.office.com/e/JwxbbjqdXW

The increasingly online nature of porn, hook-ups & sex-buying have made it easier than ever before for men to cultivate secret lives. It’s occurred to me that these factors also make it easier for men’s secrets to be *discovered*. Often all it requires is access to their phones.

📢 Important information: A UK-wide emergency alert test will sound on all mobile phones at 3pm on Sunday 7th September 2025, even if they're on silent. Remember, you CAN opt out of this test. If you need to turn off alerts for safety reasons, follow these steps: www.gov.uk/alerts/optin...

The Giggle v Tickle appeal starts today at 10.15 am! Link to watch the live stream of the proceedings 👇 www.youtube.com/live/ru6pc2t...

London-based artist Caroline Walker focuses on“invisible” women in the UK capital’s service industries #WomensArt

Local women crochet/knit sweaters for rescued often sick and vulnerable elephants when night temperatures fall low, at the Elephant Conservation Care Center, India #UnravellingWomensArt

📅 1–7 August | World Breastfeeding Week 2025 This year’s theme: “Prioritise Breastfeeding: Create Sustainable Support Systems” Let’s work together to prioritise breastfeeding and build a healthier future for all 💙 #WorldBreastfeedingWeek #WBW2025 #BreastfeedingSupport

Today is J K Rowling's birthday, I wish her a lovely day. www.facebook.com/share/1AjTrk...

The Women’s History Network is offering one £250 prize for an undergraduate dissertation on any aspect of women’s or gender history (though with a strong focus on women) written during the 2024-2025 academic year. Find out more! womenshistorynetwork.org/whn-undergra... #GenderHist #WomensHistory

"Allowing abusive men to avoid convictions is a failure of justice for their victims, but it also has terrifying implications for society as a whole." A vital point by Joan Smith - and it's great to see strong feminists back on @theguardian.com's comment pages. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

x.com/sarahsurvivi... YES!! After 3 years - women who want and/or need a single sex space in a rape crisis service can have one.

It is absurd that this post is labeled "intolerance".

Iconic anti-war poster, originally by US printmaker Lorraine Schneider, 1966 #ReframingWomenPrintmakers

abstracts.eurospe.org/hrp/0097/hrp... But as long as dad is happy….

"Breathe it in" by Sarah Jane Brown, contemporary Welsh land and seascape painter #WomensArt

Girls in Afghanistan have lost basic human rights. A young woman who escaped the Taliban, Nadia Nadim, reached Denmark as a refugee, became a proffesional footballer, playing for PSG, Man City & represented Denmark 99 times. She speaks 11 languages & has just qualified as a doctor.... #AfghanWomen

"Women-only" doesn't mean anything if it admits men. This is worth supporting if one can. “Women-only” doesn’t mean single-sex says Corporation of London sex-matters.org/posts/update...

It’s official: Missouri has banned #childmarriage. The Governor signed a law making marriage under 18 illegal, no exceptions. A huge win for survivors, advocates & children across the state. 231 minors were legally married in the state from 2019–21. That ends now. #EndChildMarriage

Our food shelves are critically low due to rising costs and no funding. Women rely on us for essentials, but we're struggling to meet demand. We urgently need your help to restock! Please donate to our Local Giving Fundraiser: tr.ee/mNnPO4

Greenham Common, 1980s UK, 1st peace camp, women-only, active for 19 yrs protesting nuclear weapons. Embrace the Base event-30,000 women held hands around the airbase fence housing Cruise Missiles, creating a 14-mile human chain #WomensArt Every month is #womenshistorymonth

#BBCNews - ICC issues arrest warrants for Taliban leaders for persecuting women and girls www.bbc.com/news/article... #Afghanistan

Self-portrait as a Female Martyr, c,1615 by Artemisia Gentileschi, one of the most accomplished of Italian Baroque painters #womensart

Feminism’s criticism of men’s violence against women & the sexualisation of men’s violence exists wholly apart from religious right criticism of porn, not least because elements of the right believe in dismantling protections against MVAWG

No Stage For Abusers? Join us to reflect, remember, listen & share..... For Manson's upcoming tour, Ticket Master describes him as an 'iconic rock legend'. His previous partners describe him as a rapist, an abuser, a kidnapper. Booking link in bio #NoStageForAbusers

How can it be 2025 and this is the first guideline?

Strangulation in porn to be banned - www.gov.uk/government/n...

Message from @maternityaction.bsky.social 'For many Women, a period of maternity pay effectively meant being ‘pushed into poverty'... You can join our call on the Government to increase #maternity pay by taking action here.' maternityandmidwifery.co.uk/pushed-into-...

What are the implications of the Supreme Court ruling on the women’s sector? Last week I was invited by Women's Resource Centre to speak on the implications of For Women Scotland v Scottish Ministers . We are doing a repeat of this on Monday 7th July 1-3pm Link below