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Articles tagged with: women and equalities

Installing buffer zones around abortion clinics would be a direct threat to civil liberties

29 Jul Social affairs

Installing buffer zones around abortion clinics would be a direct threat to civil liberties

If ever passed, a law introducing buffer zones would set a dangerous and unjust precedent for restrictions on other opinions that may challenge the perceived status quo at any given time.

Inequality is the biggest barrier to reducing baby loss and improving maternity safety

20 Jul Health

Inequality is the biggest barrier to reducing baby loss and improving maternity safety

Babies from minority ethnic or socioeconomically deprived backgrounds continue to be at significantly greater risk of perinatal death than their white or less deprived peers.

IPSA clashes with Stella Creasy MP over maternity cover

12 Jul Political parties

IPSA clashes with Stella Creasy MP over maternity cover

The Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (IPSA) been criticised for rejecting Walthamstow MP Stella Creasy’s request for a locum to cover her maternity leave.

Our society is currently letting down women and girls

06 Jul Home affairs

Our society is currently letting down women and girls

Making misogyny a hate crime would cement a new mindset into future generations of men and boys that every day, casual sexism and misogyny is unacceptable.

The government has failed women – we need deeds not just words to turn the tide on systematic rape failures

22 Jun Home affairs

The government has failed women – we need deeds not just words to turn the tide on systematic rape failures

The Rape Review didn’t come close to meeting the scale of the challenge in the criminal justice system. We need a tangible, urgent plan to address what has effectively become the decriminalisation of rape in this country.

Failure to take action has led to sexual abuse being normalised in schools

14 Jun Health

Failure to take action has led to sexual abuse being normalised in schools

Peer-on-peer sexual abuse was rife when the House of Commons Women and Equalities Committee reported five years ago. Fast forward, Ofsted are only now giving it the attention it deserves.

British aid cuts hit women hardest but British leadership could change that

11 Jun Foreign affairs

British aid cuts hit women hardest but British leadership could change that

The cause of gender justice runs through multiple, overlapping crises faced by the G7. Britain must champion equality across the world and deliver on the vision for a more inclusive future.

Women in Northern Ireland still need help to access safe abortion

30 Mar Coronavirus

Women in Northern Ireland still need help to access safe abortion

The publication today of the Report on Sexual and Reproductive Health in Northern Ireland by the Northern Ireland Abortion and Contraception Taskgroup (NIACT) marks a year since new regulations for legal abortions, came into force in Northern Ireland. The report provides an evidence base to inform the funding and commissioning of Relationships and Sexuality Education (RSE) provision, and integrated sexual and reproductive healthcare for the population of Northern Ireland. It is also demonstrates how clinician-led collaborative working can transform sexual and reproductive healthcare despite considerable political resistance.

To tackle violence against women, we must address its root causes

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29 Mar Home affairs

To tackle violence against women, we must address its root causes

All forms of violence against women and girls are rooted in attitudes and stereotypes about their roles in society. We must look at how our society treats women on the whole, rather than in isolation.

We need to raise better boys and men to prevent stranger murders of women

19 Mar Home affairs

We need to raise better boys and men to prevent stranger murders of women

The debate must move on from what women and victims could do differently, to how we stop violent men from reoffending time and again.

Criminalising street harassment and kerb crawling is a much needed first step to keep women and girls safe

19 Mar Home affairs

Criminalising street harassment and kerb crawling is a much needed first step to keep women and girls safe

Currently it’s not a criminal offence for a man in a vehicle to follow a woman or girl; call out to her, film her, try to get her into the vehicle, pester her. That is terrifying and should be an offence punishable by taking away his driving licence.

Women’s voices should not be an afterthought in policies about their own safety

18 Mar Home affairs

Women’s voices should not be an afterthought in policies about their own safety

The government’s announcement of plain clothed police in clubs to keep women safe completely misses the point. Women need to feel confident that they will be believed when they report harassment.

The disastrous Sentencing Bill has exposed the government’s disregard for victims - women and girls in particular

17 Mar Home affairs

The disastrous Sentencing Bill has exposed the government’s disregard for victims - women and girls in particular

Labour has set out our own Victims’ Bill for the government to accept, enshrining victims’ rights and protections into law for the very first time.

Government Faces Backlash Over “Bizarre” Plan To Put Undercover Police Officers In Nightclubs To Tackle Sexual Harassment

16 Mar Home affairs

Government Faces Backlash Over “Bizarre” Plan To Put Undercover Police Officers In Nightclubs To Tackle Sexual Harassment

MPs and women's groups have hit back at the government over plans to deploy plain-clothes police officers in bars and nightclubs in a bid “to provide further reassurance for women and girls”.

The government’s violence against women and girls’ strategy must tackle sexual harassment online too

15 Mar Home affairs

The government’s violence against women and girls’ strategy must tackle sexual harassment online too

Laws are needed to tackle the sharing of intimate images online without consent - something that disproportionately effects women.

The pandemic has exacerbated the horrors of period poverty; the free period products scheme must be made mandatory

08 Mar Social affairs

The pandemic has exacerbated the horrors of period poverty; the free period products scheme must be made mandatory

By making the Free Periods scheme mandatory, we can ensure that period poverty is consigned to history and no child will ever be touched by its injustice.

The two-child limit is a hammer blow to families suffering due to the pandemic. It must be suspended

08 Mar Social affairs

The two-child limit is a hammer blow to families suffering due to the pandemic. It must be suspended

Women should not have to choose between financial hardship or ending an otherwise wanted pregnancy. The two-child limit must be suspended as a matter of urgency.

Investing in girls’ education should be at the heart of Britain’s foreign policy

08 Mar Foreign affairs

Investing in girls’ education should be at the heart of Britain’s foreign policy

The combined impact of school closures and economic crisis brought on by Covid-19 threaten to entrench educational inequality and roll back two decades of progress on learning.

The types of defence have changed, but men are still getting away with rape and murder under a misogynistic justice system

08 Mar Home affairs

The types of defence have changed, but men are still getting away with rape and murder under a misogynistic justice system

How the criminal justice system treats men who kill their wives needs a thorough review and must be modernised in line with our understanding that there can be no excuses for domestic violence.

The Government Glass Ceiling

08 Mar Political parties

The Government Glass Ceiling

Does Boris Johnson really have a woman problem? It appears no Prime Minister has ever covered themselves in glory when it comes to appointing women to the Cabinet. Kate Proctor crunches the numbers.

The emotional scar forced adoption has on women is unimaginable

08 Mar Social affairs

The emotional scar forced adoption has on women is unimaginable

As someone who has had to fight harder than most to become a parent, I can only imagine the emotional scarring that this archaic practice has left over the years.

Boris Johnson: feminist or misogynist?

08 Mar Political parties

Boris Johnson: feminist or misogynist?

For a self-proclaimed feminist, he’s made a lot of offensive remarks. At a time when women are still financially, politically and socially disadvantaged, the Prime Minister must create equal opportunities, not crack jokes, if he wants to prove his feminist credentials.

Inspiring the next generation: Women in Westminster 100 is back!

08 Mar Education

Inspiring the next generation: Women in Westminster 100 is back!

After last year’s hugely successful inaugural list, The House magazine’s Women in Westminster: The 100 is back; once again celebrating the outstanding achievements of women in public life, by recognising one hundred women who have inspired in their sector in the world of Westminster.

LISTEN: Women in Westminster: The 100 Podcast

08 Mar Education

LISTEN: Women in Westminster: The 100 Podcast

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