Building Sisterhood and Solidarity, Amplifying the Voices of Women, Defending Women’s Human Rights
Oct 28, 2023 • 20 tweets • 8 min read
🧵 This FANTASTIC article in the @M_Star_Online perfectly captures what we try to create at every #FiLiA and what we hope we created for you all at #FiLiA2023 #Glasgow #Sisterhood #Solidarity @joannaccherry @UNSRVAW 1/20
#FairPlayForWomen#SaveWomensSports#booktwt#BookTwitter 📚♀️ @fairplaywomen@DerryBanShee
'Unfair Play - The Battle For Womens Sport' makes the case that this callous indifference to women in sport is the latest stage in a long history of sexism on the part of sport’s higher-ups & provides the facts, science & arguments that will help us ♀️ get the justice we deserve.
This week, we are sharing an exclusive interview with 𝗔𝗿𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝗥𝗲𝘆𝗲𝘀 𝗖𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗹, interviewed by our FiLiA volunteer from #Mexico (M.E.) and presented to you here in Spanish and in English.
filia.org.uk/latest-news/20…
“The persecution against me, my detention, and the media lynching have been exhausting, and have resulted in anxiety, paranoia, and post-traumatic stress for me.”
𝗔𝗿𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝗥𝗲𝘆𝗲𝘀 𝗖𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗹
Ali shares some stats from England and Wales: 2021 – 63,136 allegations of rape – 1.3% charged
2022 – 70,330 allegations of rape – 3,2% charged
20% of reports end in arrest
3% end in charge
1/ After #PrideCymru2022 where @GetTheLOutUK Lesbian marchers were told to leave by @SWPCardiff, we share our question asked of First Minister for Wales @PrifWeinidog about why Women in Wales in 2022 are frightened to speak about their sex-based rights. We attended with @WRNWales2/ Mark Drakeford, First Minister @PrifWeinidog spoke earlier about the difficult discussions necessary for the Cooperative Agreement to succeed, challenging those who ‘pass on the hot potato’ ...hear how he passes the ‘hot potato’ of Women’s rights on to @JulieJamesMS to answer.
Jul 16, 2022 • 10 tweets • 10 min read
1/ FiLiA is driven by the passion + dedication of its team.
Our annual event is unfunded and organised by volunteers. In 2019 we measured the Woman-hours that made FiLiA happen ... 8,344! It's more now, as FiLiA has grown.
Some things along the way ...
filia.org.uk2/ We took FiLiA out of London to reach more Women and to grow the movement. Our CEO moves every year to hear from and engage local Women.
We gained charitable status.
We started the Friends of FiLiA scheme to support Women to participate in FiLiA.
'the story ... is how “trans activists” and their “allies” have actively prevented FiLiA from doing grassroots work to benefit the #women and #girls of #Portsmouth - with the complicity of local institutions and elected representatives.'
'A year-long series, which FiLiA was due to run alongside the Play Youth Community youth groups within @portsmouthtoday , working with #girls excluded or at risk of being excluded from school was #cancelled.'
BIG CHANGES COMING: FiLiA is rebranding to be more gender-inclusive. Check out our new mission statement here bit.ly/offspring-sprog, and follow this thread for a quick explanation 🧵👇
Last month, we were profoundly impacted by the very accurate quote from RGB shared by @ACLU and @TheLancet's new edition denouncing the neglect of bodies with vaginas.
Jan 23, 2021 • 12 tweets • 7 min read
1. Thread of FiLiA Guest Blogs and Podcasts so far in 2021.
A wide range of Women's voices on many topics. Take some time this weekend , if you can, to have a look.
Sisterhood and Solidarity!
FiLiA Team 2. LIFE AS A MIGRANT WORKER, MIGRANT WIFE AND MIGRANT ACTIVIST IN TAIWAN
By Nguyễn Thị Thanh Hà and Isabelle Cheng
‘To survive in this patriarchy, a Vietnamese wife has to become the decision-maker of her family. To do so, she has to work really hard.’ bit.ly/3qKdWPA
Jun 29, 2020 • 5 tweets • 3 min read
FiLiA had concerns when we met @ExtinctionR last year around lack of Female representation / focus
They informed us this would improve and that our politics were not an issue, as their focus was to bring groups together; even those of differing views
Lies
They clearly are practicing the politics of division, with (as usual) Females being the ones who are scapegoated and dismissed.
When the impact of the environmental destruction is most keenly felt by Women and Girls, this is a travesty.
A thread from @Blackbox666, one of our trustees looking at how according to its own words, @stonewalluk has changed its purpose, its priorities and its support for lesbians
I’ve been re-reading Stonewall 25 – The making of the Lesbian and Gay community in Britain, published in 1994 to celebrate 25 years of @stonewalluk At that time it was an organisation that I supported, and I felt supported me as a fairly newly out lesbian.
Jul 30, 2019 • 7 tweets • 4 min read
FiLiA will release a full response later ...
The @Commonswomequ just published a report on 'Enforcing the Equality Act: the law and the role of the Equality and Human Rights Commission'
Chapter 7 is dedicated to Balancing Rights in Single Sex Services