Such a great thread about ways to create public spaces that work for girls and young women. 👇🏻

Another small step towards eradicating online violence against women, as platforms announce plans to give women users better tools. #GenerationEquality cnet.com/news/facebook-…

🎙️Episode 1 of the #OntheEngender takeover by #PassTheMic participants is out now! Ketsuda Phoutinane, Helen Minnis & Viana Maya chat with guest host Talat Yaqoob about their work to change the face of Scottish media. Listen here ontheengender.libsyn.com or on your #podcast app!

I went out to Saheliya's Springburn premises to find out about the work the charity does with asylum seeker and refugee women - and to find out exactly what will be lost if a dispute with Tesco results in them losing their home. glasgowtimes.co.uk/news/19410759.…

Abortion healthcare is a women’s rights issue. This thread explains why access to abortion engages women’s religious freedom and equality. 👇🏻

Check out #GenerationEquality for commitments from states, private sector companies, and public sector institutions to fund and enable feminist movements and women’s organisations. Women make change happen for women.

The Scottish Government has been urged to take action to catch up on delayed cervical cancer screenings, with waits of up to six months. ow.ly/EA3B50FocxE

Another restaurant group failing to prevent or deal with egregious sexual harassment. These toxic workplaces hurt women and drive us out of professional kitchens. #MeToo thetimes.co.uk/article/shaken…

“I helped a corrupt family seize all this control.” We investigated the Britney Spears conservatorship for months. Here’s the story, by Jia Tolentino and me: newyorker.com/news/american-…

From the very start of this crisis, millions of unpaid carers plugged huge gaps when public services withdrew, they provided social, practical, medical care, put themselves at risk in traveling to support loved ones. No pay, no rights, no thank you.

For decades, gender inequalities have impacted on women’s healthcare, with men often treated as the default patients | Dani Garavelli scotsman.com/health/insight…

📣Calling all PAs📣 If you were providing adult care and support for four or more consecutive weeks between 17 March and 30 November 2020, you qualify for a (pro rata) £500 Covid payment. Register here to claim the payment👇 smartsurvey.co.uk/s/500PoundAppl…

Transphobic rhetoric “opens the doors to the mainstream” for the far right. Interesting interview on the dynamics of radicalisation.

Huge congrats to pal Neill Cameron Has Left The Building on another funny, winning book about school, friendship, robots, and (what I’m choosing to read as) the virtue of a good colour-coded planner. Available from an indie bookshop via Bookshop.org: uk.bookshop.org/books/freddy-a….

The Scottish Parliament Finance Committee is seeking your views on how Scotland’s next budget builds a fair and equal recovery. It’s important they hear about women's economic experiences during Covid-19. Take a few mins to let them know what matters to you: yourviews.parliament.scot/finance/scotla…

Quality standards, awards schemes, and accreditation programmes could stop endorsing places where sexual harassment is endemic. Current systems push most of the risk of complaining about sexual harassment on to women, though.

Do you want to work for a feminist Europe? You might be the right fit for one of our two vacancies! Policy & Campaigns Officer 📅 Deadline 6 Jul 2021 midnight CEST 🔗lnkd.in/ehMtQvi Programme Officer 📅 Deadline 15 Aug 2021 midnight CEST 🔗 lnkd.in/ey3Yxtn

Thinking of all the clinically vulnerable people now worried about where they can safely go. Freedom for the majority looks a lot like restriction for the minority.

Pay transparency alone won’t close the gender pay gap. Both companies and policy makers have to tackle its underlying causes. nytimes.com/2021/07/01/bus…

All previous W&P SoSs, hundreds of charities, previous PMs, think tanks, health orgs, community leaders and cross-party MPs are all saying cutting #UniversalCredit by £20/week would be a mistake. We need a strong social security system now & for the future #KeepTheLifeline