Women's Equality Party
@WEP_UK
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A collaborative force in UK politics. Leader: Mandu Reid Promoted by Catherine Smith on behalf of the Women's Equality Party at 124 City Road, London, EC1V 2NX
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The victim was hit in the face, shoved into a hamster cage, pushed over repeatedly & threatened with a wooden pallet. It was caught on camera & there’s evidence of previous offences.
The judge: “I could have sent you to prison for this.”
WHY DIDN’T YOU?
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Make no mistake. Women will die because of this ruling, and tens of thousands more will be criminalised or forced to continue with pregnancies they did not choose. It is barbaric, inhumane and utterly heartbreaking. Solidarity with our sisters.
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Jeremy Clarkson directing his apology for his obsessive misogyny solely to Harry and not towards Meghan is - yup, you guessed it - misogynistic.
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It is outrageous that the
@metpoliceuk
are trying to distance themselves from the
#SarahEverard
case by saying the arrested officer wasn’t on duty at the time. Being in a position of authority gives you power all the time, and violence against women is rarely spontaneous
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First woman of colour to make Vice President and the Telegraph gives the story to its beauty editor. Go figure.
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So the question is now whether she broke the rules and not whether he did? But of course.
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Like all violence against women, this was not inevitable. The Met and the London Mayor could have worked with women on the ground to support a Covid safe vigil. Instead they are bringing more violence
#ReclaimTheseStreets
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Today is the last day in 2018 women get paid to work because of the gender pay gap.
So we're downing tools and switching on our
#OutOfOffice
for
#EqualPayDay
.
Join us and make your Twitter account look like it's not working.
Go #OutOfOffice now
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Grace Millane's blood-alcohol level did not kill her.
Going on a date did not kill her.
Travelling alone did not kill her.
What killed her was the man who strangled her & then took photos of her body.
The media must stop blaming her actions for his choice
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We won’t stay silent anymore. We are demanding the right to live free from the fear of violence. Are you listening Westminster?
#EnoughIsEnough
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This sentence is cruel and utterly heartbreaking. No woman should go to prison for seeking healthcare. It is not in the public interest to rip her away from her children and imprison her.
We must decriminalise abortion. Until then, women are at risk.
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Today a woman in England was sentenced to over two years in prison for having an abortion.
WE are taking action.
On Saturday 17th June at 1.00pm WE will march with
@BPAS1968
and
@fawcettsociety
to demand the decriminalisation of abortion.
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A suspended sentence or a pardon is not true justice for a woman who should never have been on trial in the first place. WE are calling for a new investigation and a trial of the 12 men & boys involved.
#ayia_napa
#WeBelieveHer
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Grace Millane was killed. Now her family must listen to her killer use the 'sex game gone wrong' defence. Use of that defence has increased 90% in a decade. In the UK a woman is strangled to death by a partner every 2 weeks. This defence MUST be banned.
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These incredibly serious allegations of sex trafficking and rape of a child in London must be investigated by the Met. Prince Andrew must cooperate with their investigation and the FBI. The law must be applied equally to men in positions of power.
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“It is perpetuating the stereotype that women are crazy and hormonal. Most women will experience their hormones being used against them to pathologise them as crazy or unreasonable. There is an undertone of misogyny there."
@ManduReid
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There could have been no other possible finding about this vile, misogynistic article.
@fawcettsociety
👏👏👏
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They knew. The Met knew about the allegations for TWENTY years. They did nothing as a serial rapist abused his power. They are complicit.
Misogyny will never be stripped from the police without a nationwide, statutory inquiry.
#EnoughlsEnough
#inquirynow
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No need for investigative journalism in the case of Andrew Tate because his misogyny has always been in PLAIN SIGHT. The question is why his hatred of women gave him access, money, fame and power
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Corrected: International Chess Federation shows the world it believes in 'girl-brains' and 'boy-brains'.
Sexist, transphobic bullsh**.
Their priority right now should be responding to the allegations of rife sexual abuse and sexism in chess
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WE are delighted to announce that we just won our first local seat.
@KayWesley
has been elected to Congleton Town Council with an astonishing 1250 votes. Next stop European Parliament! 🎉🎉🎉
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Handing out personal alarms. Knocking on our doors and telling us not to walk alone at night. Subtly shifting the responsibility for our safety solely onto women
Police and government need to stop managing violence against women and start preventing it
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Disabled people account for 60% of Covid deaths in England but many are
#LeftOffTheList
for priority vaccines.
@josierones
& WE demand
@MattHancock
&
@NadhimZahawi
prioritise all those with underlying health conditions before lower risk groups.
Share now:
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WE support
@TracyBrabin
opposing Downing St's decision ordering senior journalists to leave before the briefing for
@BorisJohnson
's Brexit plans. Government decisions must be accessible in a democratic society.
Her shoulder is irrelevant.
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The man running the country has literally broken the law, and the news of the day is… a female politician sitting crossed legged.
These headlines are 5 years apart. This is how misogyny has improved under a Conservative government.
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“It is astonishing and hypocritical that Theresa May introduced the Domestic Abuse Bill as her last-ditch attempt at a domestic legacy while also approving a knighthood for a man convicted of domestic abuse . . .” -
@ManduReid
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No BBC, this is not a gender pay gap row. It is pay discrimination, which is completely different and illegal.
BBC editor Carrie Gracie quits in gender pay gap row, accusing the corporation of “breaking equality law”
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One life sentence is not justice for the fear every woman feels because of the failures in our police and justice system.
Tomorrow, WE are protesting. See the image below to take part.
WE will be amplifying your voices offline to those who need to hear it most.
#EnoughIsEnough
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To mark
#EqualPayDay
, women across the UK are setting their
#OutOfOffice
- because if we're not being paid, why should we work?
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On
#InternationalMensDay
WE demand 12 weeks ‘use it or lose it’ shared parental leave, paid at 90 percent of pay. Because making it normal for fathers to share care of their children breaks down stereotyped expectations and increases men's levels of satisfaction and happiness.
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Progress on the
#PolicingBill
but the fight isn’t over.
Overnight, hundreds of WEP activists replaced statue plaques with a message from
@sanditoksvig
: violence against women matters more than violence against statues.
So govt, do
#OnlyStatuesMatter
? Our work is not done. 1/2
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The furore surrounding Prince Harry's interview/book shouldn't distract from his point on how platforming men who promote violence against women only serves to normalise it - and them. Spot on.
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Flying Ukraine’s flag while denying its people safe asylum is like clapping the NHS and social care workers while slashing their funds
#DeedsNotFlags
🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦
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Today we're flying Ukraine's flag in support of the Ukrainian people, including those here in the UK.
#StandWithUkraine
🇬🇧🇺🇦
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Huge respect & gratitude to all the women who came forward, campaigned & spoke out to ensure
#HarveyWeinstein
was brought to justice.
This case has chipped away at the security of men who use their power to
#abuse
. Now we have to build on that work.
#MeToo
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Tonight WE refused to be silent. We demanded that our politicians and our police take responsibility for ending violence against women. Thanks to everyone who helped us to say
#EnoughIsEnough
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In the early hours of this morning, we sent Westminster a message.
#StillMarching
#DeedsNotWords
Join us:
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Extraordinary to see women sharing stories of all the things they do to try and stay safe.
#EnoughIsEnough
It’s time for politicians and police to take some responsibility
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Having failed at an impossible task no-one else wanted, the men in grey suits are lining up to push the their female leader off the glass cliff.
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“We can’t invest in women’s sport because it doesn’t attract big enough audiences” 🤔
🏆 Congratulations to
@EmmaRaducanu
! 👏🏼
A peak audience of 9.2m watched her historic
#USOpenFinal
victory on
@Channel4
- a 39.9% share of total audience & 48% of 16-34 year olds
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Have you already forgotten the disproportionate and devastating impact of COVID on BAME communities? Could you not find any black or brown “national treasures” to help support vaccination? Do better.
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Dear
@BorisJohnson
,
WHERE ARE WOMEN IN YOUR RECOVERY PLAN?
Sincerely,
The Women’s Equality Party
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Police are quick to categorise tragedies like these 'isolated incidents' but they aren't. A woman is killed by a man every three days in the UK. Male violence against women and girls is an epidemic.
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A serving police officer has kidnapped, raped & murdered Sarah Everard AFTER being reported for indecent exposure. It’s the dismissal & disbelief of women. It’s the culture of impunity for men in power. It’s the performative words with no action. 1/2
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Fantastic news that schools in England will now be providing free menstrual products, helping to tackle
#periodpoverty
& ensure girls don't have to miss lessons.
Massive respect to
@AmikaGeorge
for her tireless campaigning.
#FreePeriods
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Boris Johnson's Government.
How it started. How it's going.
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Because of 600 allegations of sexual misconduct into the Met.
Because of 15 women killed by male officers.
Because of indecent exposure not taken seriously.
Because of abuses of police power.
WE are protesting.
Tweet your experience with the police at 8pm with
#EnoughIsEnough
.
One life sentence is not justice for the fear every woman feels because of the failures in our police and justice system.
Tomorrow, WE are protesting. See the image below to take part.
WE will be amplifying your voices offline to those who need to hear it most.
#EnoughIsEnough
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And we’re tired of white men calling ‘witch hunt’ and refusing to examine the societal privileges that afford them so much scope to behave poorly without consequence 🤷♀️
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This is outrageous and EVERYONE should be worried about it. The government has accepted all the dysfunction and discrimination in policing and given them even more powers in order to silence dissent
Republican protesters being arrested and their placards confiscated ahead of the coronation.
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“The logic that [teaching children about
#LGBTQ
relationships] might encourage children to be gay makes no sense – I never opted a single one of my children out of mathematics, and yet they are all thoroughly useless at it.” Our co-founder
@sanditoksvig
🏳️🌈
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'Taking back control', autocracy style.
Boris Johnson was not elected PM by the British public. He has a working majority of just one in the Commons. This is not democracy and he does not represent us.
#StopTheCoup
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'But women HAVE equality'
'Feminism is just MAN HATING'
'When's International MEN'S Day?'
Especially today, we know there is an increased likelihood of facing the above statements. Here is your response kit. ⬇️ 1/14
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Toby Young's resignation is welcome - but ministers must be held to account for why they thought it was ever appropriate to appoint somebody with a history of misogyny and attacks on disabled people.
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We can now call Donald Trump what he is: a sexual predator.
Huge, huge solidarity with and respect for E Jean Carroll who has been through hell before and during this trial.
Never again ask a woman why she didn’t report. You know damn well why.
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Where is
@SadiqKhan
on this? He is London’s Police and Crime Commissioner but he has remained COMPLETELY SILENT.
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A woman wrote a letter to female students asking them to stop wearing leggings because the sight of leggings ‘made it difficult for young guys to ignore women’s bodies’ so we decided to wear ours today as a reminder that women are not responsible for men’s actions
#leggingsdayND
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No one:
Absolutely no one:
Literally no one at all:
The Telegraph: Let’s make sure we include how nice some people thought a rapist, murderer and MET POLICE OFFICER was on the day he’s sentenced.
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Bravo
#Gillette
- the stories told in adverts matter, they sell more than just products 👏
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Conviction rates for rape in London are so low that it has effectively been decriminalised. Ending violence against women & girls MUST be made a political priority.
#EnoughIsEnough
Pledge to share your votes with
@WEP_UK
on the orange ballot on 6th May:
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We are thrilled to announce that Amanda Carter-Philpott from our
@WEPMiltonKeynes
branch has been elected as a town councillor in Bletchley and Fenny Stratford! 🎉🎉Huge congratulations
@Amandajane_CP
!
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WE did it! Boots apologises & backs down on morning after pill price thanks to campaign by our members &
@bpas1968
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Against all the odds, women are beating the alpha males who dominate our current politics and their xenophobia, racism and misogyny
#SupremeCourt
#byebyeboris
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As a woman, Dame Shirley couldn't study maths at university and she had to sign her name 'Steve' to be taken seriously... Despite that, she founded a multi-million pound
#tech
company employing mostly working
#mothers
. Monday
#inspiration
for you all! 💪💃
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This is so horrific Shola. We stand with you, always. Violence like this is used as a tool to silence those - especially women of colour - who speak out against racism. Nobody should have to endure this.
I have received “a serious threat from National Action London” notifying me of their “intention to kill” me & my family. They name my husband & home address.They don’t consider killing me ‘murder’ they call it an ‘execution’. This letter was through my front door
This is Britain
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This morning WE activists renamed Westminster. We replaced the "W" in Westminster with a "P" to mark the anniversary of the
#Pestminster
scandal and highlight the fact that NONE of the 14 accused MPs will be held to account. Their colleagues voted to let them off the hook
#MeToo
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Brexit has driven our NHS & social care to breaking point. Thousands of nurses from EU27 countries are leaving and 1 in 10 posts are now vacant. Sign our petition to declare a care emergency and force the government to tackle this crisis
#Breakingbarriers
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Women's health is jeopardised by male-centred research, diagnosis & treatment that ignore our different biology - often with severe consequences. This is exactly why WE have policies that put sex and gender at the core of healthcare.
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'You can't consent to your own murder.'
We are relieved that Grace Millane's killer has been convicted & that the jury rejected the appalling 'sex game gone wrong' lie. It's time this defence - which blames women for men's violence - was scrapped entirely.
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Today's Conservative/DUP deal threatens women's rights. WE will fight for equality, and for all those put at risk by the
#DUPCoalition
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This £10m grant for ending violence against women launched today but the deadline for applications is in SEVEN DAYS. That makes it IMPOSSIBLE for small, specialist organisations who most need it to access the funding. RT now to ask
@mhclg
to extend
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"Women will have achieved true equality when men share with them the responsibility of bringing up the next generation." Thank you
#RuthBaderGinsburg
- we owe you a great debt
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This really is an alarming story. Maternal mortality rates are typically used as an indication of a country's overall health, so what we're seeing here is a clear sign of our healthcare, *and wider social support* system being on the brink of collapse. 1/4
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There has to be accountability for
#ChildQ
The
@metpoliceuk
are not fit for service and
@pritipatel
is turning a blind eye. We need a statutory inquiry and to overhaul the police NOW
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Our co-founder
@sanditoksvig
giving a fantastic speech at the
#PutItToThePeople
march today. WE demand a
#PeoplesVote
!
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How about hiring an expert in trade who isn’t homophobic and misogynistic
@Matthancock
…? 🤔
Fantastic interview from
@KayBurley
👏👏
“Tony Abbott is a homophobe and a misogynist”
Health Sec
@MattHancock
: “He’s also an expert on trade”
#KayBurley
JM
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If parties won’t hold their MPs to account for violence against women then public should be able to. WE are campaigning for Mark Field to be recalled by his constituents for this appalling behaviour
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From the judge: “Your mother rejected you; that may go some way towards explaining your attitude towards women,”
Stop. Blaming. Women. For. Men’s. Behaviour.
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Congratulations to
@Joanne4Mayor
for her historic win in Liverpool today. Ending violence against women and girls will be a political priority under her Mayoralty. This is a huge victory.
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A kerfuffle is a completely inappropriate description for what happened. Claire Parry was killed and the perpetrator has admitted manslaughter.
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Mayoral candidate
@SophieRunning
polled an enormous 1/4 of a million votes. That means 1 in 20 voted WE. Thank you London
#WeAreWE
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This is devastating news and we are thinking of Emma Pattison and her daughter Lettie, and all their loved ones today.
Violence is not inevitable. This never should have happened. We must end violence against women and girls.
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£2.6 million wasted on a room that won’t be used, whilst women fleeing violence are being turned away from refuges. Shame on you.
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“As dark as my story is, I do speak from my heart, for my life, and for the life of others, whom have suffered the same.” A brave and painful account from
#Duffy
that reminds us of the epidemic of violence against women
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Yes! This statue, of Black Lives Matter protester Jen Reid, is the kind of history our country can be proud to celebrate ✊🏻✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿
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LIVE NOW- Share messages you’ve sent & received / actions you’ve taken to try and protect yourself from harassment & violence. Use
#EnoughIsEnough
and
@WEP_UK
and we will project your messages onto Parliament. It’s time politicians took some responsibility
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Scenes from earlier tonight when we tried to stop Mark Field MP from being reselected as Conservative candidate after he grabbed a woman by the neck. He has since resigned. Next up? His brother in law, Charlie Elphicke MP who has been charged with three counts of sexual assault
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'We get it'
Translation: We couldn't care less about the impacts of the worsening cost of living crisis, but now we've seen the polls we are panicking
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This verdict is appalling. Judge concluded that guilt was proven because her claims were “inconsistent” but it is very common after a trauma to have inconsistencies in recollection. We need to overhaul handling of sexual violence cases
#MeToo
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Women's reproductive rights aren't up for debate, Danny.
Tory MP Danny Kruger says he doesn’t agree that “women have an absolute right to bodily autonomy".
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📷 SPOTTED: Charing Cross Met officers described domestic abuse & sexual assault as ‘banter’.
So, WE covered Charing Cross with our demands for an independent inquiry into misogyny & a radical overhaul of the Met Police.
#EnoughIsEnough
Get involved:
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It's time to take action. At 9pm on Friday 12th March, demand politicians take responsibility by sending them examples of the texts you've sent or measures you've taken to try and keep yourself safe by tweeting using
#EnoughIsEnough
and
@WEP_UK
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Can't believe this needs to be said but:
1) DON'T tax women for exercising their bodily autonomy.
2) Know what would help women who want children? Universal free childcare. There's a radical, long-term idea that doesn't trample over women's rights.
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1.6% conviction rate for rape.
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