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Incredible day for UK women. Our #ICBill to timetable the gov. to ratify the #IstanbulConvention has passed into law @ICChangeUK
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If youâre a âfeministâ celebrating the fact that schools will be banned from delivering direct sex education to under 13s just because you disagree with views around gender, itâs time to admit this was never about âfeminismâ.
You cannot ignore the rest of the guidance just for the bit you agree with.
Girls start their periods anywhere from 8-17 years old. They need to know everything. They have a human right under UNCRC to be informed about issues that impact their body and their personhood.
1 in 4 girls will be sexually abused before the age of 12 in the UK (according to NSPCC stats)
Girls are bombarded with sexualised imagery from birth, meaning that research demonstrates that they self-sexualise from the age of 7, and see themselves as sex objects/via the male gaze according to APA Taskforce on Sexualisation of Girls.
50% of 10 year olds watch porn regularly according to NSPCC data, and Pornhub openly admit that at any one time, 1 in 10 of their DAILY 115 million visitors are young children.
The proposed ban on teaching under 13 and 14 years old about porn, abortion, sex, STIs and other âexplicitâ issues is wrong. Itâs a huge mistake.
Children are being sexually abused in childhood. They are watching their mums being subjected to domestic abuse. They are being groomed online. They are being blackmailed and bullied with sexual images and sexting.
We have the highest rates of rape and assault of children occurring ON SCHOOL CAMPUS we have ever seen, according to stats from 2023. Thatâs predominantly boys raping and sexually assaulting girls AT SCHOOL.
Teachers are dealing with this every single day, with little training or support.
No feminist should be supporting or celebrating this new guidance.
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2mins of Hashi Mohamed absolutely smashing the Conservatives Rwanda policy to bits.đđźđđźđđź
âOur learned judges said the Home Office hadnât even assessed that policy before adopting it
Itâs unviable, itâs expensive & the only people itâs going to work for is the Rwandansâ #BBCQT
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I am shocked by new @brainkinduk findings that 55% of domestic abuse survivors may be living with a brain injury.
This topic needs to be further explored so that the link between brain injury and domestic abuse can be fully understood.
Read moreâŹď¸
brainkind.org/toomanytocountâŚ
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James Cleverly making a joke about spiking his wifeâs drink and controlling women not only shows the Home Sec doesnât take his role in tackling violence against women and girls seriously, it exposes that he holds misogynistic views.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-678âŚ
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Instead of looking for evidence of a crime, police and CPS trawl the phones and therapy notes of rape victims, trying to figure out their "character" and "credibility".
The first is police work, the latter is rape myths on steroids. It's one reason for the 1% conviction rate.
Itâs a national embarrassment that Police and CPS request therapy notes from rape victims. Govt response to address this in upcoming #victimsbill wonât resolve it. We must ensure we have judicial oversight #keepcounsellingconfidential @EVAWuk @RapeCrisisEandW @centreWJ
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What if we quite like negronis, swerve GB News, but also think it's disappointing to see people we admire in liberal media trotting out clichĂŠd excuses for a pal they want to protect?
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Sexual harassment is an open secret in Westminster.
I worked in Parliament for nearly two years, during which I was touched inappropriately, plied with alcohol, propositioned for sex, and offered money in exchange for sexual favours.
I didnât speak out.
Because it was ânormalâ.
Standing with you, @DrProudman. Those perpetrating this abuse need to have a long hard look in the mirror and really think about why this advocacy affects them so deeply.
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At times a mental health diagnosis is useful but at others it is self limiting. We are all on a spectrum of understanding ourselves, our world and other people, and putting ourselves, or others, in a box tends to close down enquiry to the detriment of learning to cope or recover.
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A photo of the "no evidence" that the Romanian authorities have been gathering against Andrew Tate. Credit @Biro_A / Context.ro
The most heartbreaking account from a mother whose daughter took her own life during lockdown - and she was unable to get to her because of travel restrictions.
Brings to life just how despicable Boris Johnson, Rishi Sunak and others behaviour truly was during Covid.
Womenâs mental health charity Wish has described the revelation as âdeeply troublingâ, adding that it âunderscores the urgent need for decriminalisation of abortion and highlights the policing of women's bodiesâ.
A pregnant woman jumped in front of a train â police recorded an illegal abortion nationalworld.com/news/crimeâŚ
Someone should tell them it is fiscally responsible to opt for a policy that pays for itself within a few years and boosts the economy by allowing mothers to get back to work.
Labour rules out universal childcare for young children in fiscal credibility drive theguardian.com/politics/202âŚ
This is a dark day.
A mother of three, life ruined, sentenced to jail for taking abortion pills. In the UK.
The 'tragedy', the judge said, was that she didn't plead guilty sooner. Not the fact we've jailed a non-violent woman for seeking healthcare.
theguardian.com/world/2023/jâŚ
Something I wrote last year, when Roe Vs Wade was overturned in the US, about our complacency in the UK to creeping anti-abortion rhetoric in our media and our parliament: glamourmagazine.co.uk/articlâŚ
We tried to warn you - never think it can't happen here in Britain.
This was the UK's alarming response to the overturning of Roe V Wade in the US last year - and a sign of things to come.
Now, a woman is in jail for abortion.
glamourmagazine.co.uk/articlâŚ
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Tomorrow, a woman in England will be sentenced for ending her own pregnancy.
The maximum sentence she could receive is up to life imprisonment - the harshest penalty in the world.
We need abortion law reform now.
Report from @HannahAlOthman in todayâs @thetimes
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âMost people donât know that still today you can be prescribed a medication that has not been tested on someone like you,â says Kathryn Schubert, President of @SWHR.
Read more about gender diversity in clinical trials: gsk.com/en-gb/behind-the-sciâŚ
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Researchers are pursuing new vaccines to fight bacteria and viruses that have eluded them for decades.
Read more about the Multiple Antigen Presenting System (MAPS) vaccine technology and how it could change vaccines manufacturing: gsk.com/en-gb/behind-the-sciâŚ
