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# Women's Views on News

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- [Taking a break](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2020/07/taking-a-break/) - This page will be off-line for a couple more weeks to attend to a family issue. Our Facebook page and Twitter feed are now being tended. Feel free to like and share!
- [Women, work and COVID-19: call for evidence](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2020/06/women-work-and-covid-19-call-for-evidence/) - The Women and Work All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) has launched an open call for evidence on the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on women in the workplace. The deadline is 6 July 2020.
- [Help fix the Child Maintenance Service](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2020/07/help-fix-the-child-maintenance-service/) - Gingerbread, the charity for single parent families, Mumsnet and the Good Law Project (GLP) are supporting four women who have sent a Letter Before Claim to notify the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) of their intention to seek a Judicial Review. #FixTheCMS.
- [End worldwide rites harming women and girls](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2020/07/end-worldwide-rites-harming-women-and-girls/) - Urgent and accelerated action is needed to end female genital mutilation, child marriage, and other “harmful practices” and abuses carried out against women and girls, the UN sexual and reproductive health agency (UNFPA) has said, in its latest major report on the state of the world’s population.
- [Help women with no recourse to public funds](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2020/07/help-women-with-no-recourse-to-public-funds/) - The Domestic Abuse Bill will be discussed in Parliament again on 6 July 2020. Please can you write to your MP and ask them to vote for these three amendments at the Report Stage: New Clause 22: New Clause 26 and New Clause 27.
- [The law, COVID-19 and safety at work](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2020/05/the-law-covid-19-and-safety-at-work/) - Last night, the prime minister encouraged workers who can’t work from home and who don’t work in industries that are closed down to return to work. This announcement poses a serious threat to workers’ safety. So what are workers’ rights to refuse to work if they are worried? Plus: how to find which union to join.
- [Care, care, care to create jobs](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2020/06/care-care-care-to-create-jobs/) - If the Prime Minister is serious about post pandemic growth then, rather than ‘build, build, build’, he should invest in care to create jobs, the Women’s Budget Group said today - and presented new research to show how effective a net investment of around 2.5 per cent of GDP in child care and social care would be.
- [Treaty addressing violence at work ratified](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2020/06/treaty-addressing-violence-at-work-ratified/) - Call for more governments to prioritise ratification of the International Labour Organization (ILO) Violence and Harassment Convention, a ground-breaking treaty adopted in 2019 by members of the ILO, which sets international legal standards for preventing and responding to violence and harassment at work.
- [Seven principles for public office holders](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2020/03/seven-principles-for-public-office-holders/) - In September 2019 the Committee on Standards in Public Life published an open letter to all public office holders on the importance of maintaining high standards and of implementing the seven Nolan Principles: Selflessness, Integrity, Objectivity, Accountability, Openess, Honesty and Leadership.
- [Lockdown: abuse victims need somewhere to go to](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2020/04/lockdown-abuse-victims-need-somewhere-to-go-to/) - Hotels and over 30 charities have issued a joint call to the government to help women and children escape abuse, as statistics suggest the rates are rising during the COVID-19 lockdown. Domestic abuse killings in the UK are far higher than the average rate for the time of year.
- [Overhaul of family courts announced](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2020/06/overhaul-of-family-courts-announced/) - The government has announced an overhaul of the way the family courts in England and Wales will deal with domestic abuse, after an expert-led review into how the family courts handle domestic abuse and other serious offences raised concerns that victims and children were being put at unnecessary risk.
- [Call to improve support for asylum seekers](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2020/06/call-to-improve-support-for-asylum-seekers/) - Over 200 organisations working with and alongside people seeking asylum in the UK, have signed a letter to the Home Secretary to say they believe her decision announced to parliament yesterday to grant an increase of just £1.85 in the weekly rate of asylum support is wholly unacceptable. You can sign it too.
- [Domestic abuse: employment rights review announced](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2020/06/domestic-abuse-employment-rights-review-announced/) - Business Minister Paul Scully has launched a review of employment rights for survivors of domestic abuse and is calling for submissions from organisations and individuals. The review aims to give employers the confidence and knowledge to support workers affected by domestic abuse.
- [Proposal: a new settlement for the low paid](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2020/06/proposal-a-new-settlement-for-the-low-paid/) - A briefing published recently by the Resolution Foundation sets out a significant yet achievable programme of change across five areas that, taken together with a higher minimum wage, would amount to a new settlement for Britain’s low-paid workers.
- [After COVID: use the sustainable development goals](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2020/06/after-covid-use-the-sustainable-development-goals/) - In a letter coordinated by UKSSD and UN Global Compact Network UK, leaders of over 150 businesses, civil society organisations and from public life have called on Prime Minister Boris Johnson to use the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to create a socially just and green recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic.
- [Education: time for action against racism](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2020/06/education-time-for-action-against-racism/) - Commenting on the Black Lives Matter protests, Dr Mary Bousted, joint general secretary of the National Education Union, said: “This is not the time for patience but for action against racism."
- [The Istanbul Convention: signed now ratify](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2020/06/the-istanbul-convention-signed-now-ratify/) - It is eight years since the UK government signed the Istanbul Convention. IC Change and 30 other women’s organisations have now signed this letter to the Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, calling for the government to ratify the #IstanbulConvention within the year.
- [Inquiry into impact of COVID-19 policy on women](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2020/03/inquiry-into-impact-of-covid-policy-on-women/) - The Women and Equalities Committee wants to hear about the different and disproportionate impact that the Coronavirus – and measures to tackle it - is having on people with protected characteristics under the Equality Act. Please respond as soon as possible.
- [Focus: women in a future Scottish economy](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2020/06/focus-women-in-a-future-scottish-economy/) - Nine principles for economic recovery, produced by Engender and Close the Gap and endorsed by national women’s and parenting organisations, call for a shift in the way that Scotland’s pursues inclusive growth.
- [Wanted: rights for strawberry pickers in Spain](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2020/06/wanted-rights-for-strawberry-pickers-in-spain/) - Women’s Link Worldwide has asked the United Nations to investigate human rights violations against migrant women carrying out seasonal farm work in Spain’s strawberry industry.
- [Black lives matter](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2020/06/black-lives-matter/) - All the elements that have generated a wave of civil unrest in America are present in the UK; disproportionate use of force against black people by the state; institutional racism generally; a national leader who shows no understanding or empathy about issues of race, and tragically high death rates from COVID-19.
- [Letter to Prime Minister over childcare crisis](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2020/05/letter-to-prime-minister-over-childcare-crisis/) - A group of women's sector organisations, led by the Fawcett Society, has now sent a letter to the Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, calling for funding for childcare infrastructure to be prioritised as lockdown is eased, and for substantial long-term investment in the sector.
- [Young women, poverty and non-suicidal self-harm](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2020/05/young-women-poverty-and-non-suicidal-self-harm/) - The long-term rise in self-harm in young women is about more than social media; young women in England who face poverty and disadvantage are more likely to self-harm than young women in affluent households, reseach from Agenda and the National Centre of Social Research has revealed.
- [Witnesses ask for videolink not travel](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2020/05/witnesses-ask-for-videolink-not-travel/) - Domestic abuse and women’s rights organisations wrote to the Leader of the House of Commons, Jacob Rees-Mogg, asking the government to reconsider the requirement that survivors giving evidence next week to the Domestic Abuse Public Bill Committee must do so in person despite Covid-19 and current government guidelines.
- [TUC posts report on returning to work](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2020/05/tuc-posts-report-on-returning-to-work/) - The TUC has outlined what the government and employers need to do to keep workers safe at work after lockdown is eased, and to give staff the confidence they need and calls for employers to be required to carry out a specific COVID-19 risk assessment, which should be developed in consultation with unions and workers.
- [Don't call political campaigners domestic extremists](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2020/05/dont-call-political-campaigners-domestic-extremists/) - Over 600 people have signed an open letter to senior police officers calling for an end to political campaigning being categorised as “domestic extremism”. Over 40 environmental activists had been referred to Prevent, from April 2016-March 2019, according to a recent investigation by The Times.
- [On working with the environment to protect people](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2020/05/on-working-with-the-environment-to-protect-people/) - The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has announced that it is stepping up its work on mapping zoonotic threat and protecting the environment to reduce the risk of future pandemics, such as the COVID-19 crisis currently sweeping the globe, and has released a 5-page outline of its proposals.
- [Couples call for digital registration](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2020/05/couples-call-for-digital-registration/) - Legal recognition of a partnership is important, especially during a pandemic. The Equal Civil Partnerships Campaign is now petitioning the Home Secretary, Priti Patel MP, and Myrtle Lloyd, the Registrar General, to allow digital registrations for civil partnerships and marriages during lockdown.
- [Women and COVID-19: keyworkers and anxious](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2020/05/women-and-covid-19-keyworkers-and-anxious/) - New research published last week revealed the stark reality of the coronavirus pandemic for parents and keyworkers. The government needs far greater inclusion of women and gender experts in key advisory groups.
- [COVID-19: safety at work: join a union](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2020/05/covid-19-safety-at-work-join-a-union/) - Boris Johnson has encouraged workers who can’t work from home were encouraged to go back to work – but gave no guidance on how they should stay safe, stay two metres apart find protective equipment. But, we don’t have to sit on our sofas and take this. Join a union.
- [Support for a range of abuse victims announced](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2020/05/support-for-a-range-of-abuse-victims-announced/) - A £76 million package aiming to ensure the most vulnerable in society 'get the support they need' during the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic was announced on 2 May by Communities Secretary Robert Jenrick. It comes from the £750 million package of support for charities announced by Chancellor Rishi Sunak on 8 April.
- [Migrant women, COVID-19 and unfair laws](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2020/05/migrant-women-covid-19-and-unfair-laws/) - Many migrant women currently providing lifesaving care and vital services during the COVID-19 outbreak, risk being left without support by UK immigration rules, according to a new report published by the Women’s Budget Group and Coventry Women’s Partnership.
- [No pledge money and no accommodation](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2020/04/no-pledge-money-and-no-accommodation/) - The Public Interest Law Centre and Southall Black Sisters have launched a legal challenge to the government’s failure to provide funding for accommodation for domestic abuse survivors during the ongoing Covid-19 crisis.
- [Lockdown: girls feel unsafe outside](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2020/04/lockdown-girls-feel-unsafe-outside/) - One in 5 girls (19 per cent) have experienced street harassment during lockdown, a new survey by global children’s charity Plan International UK has revealed.
- [Money: for healthcare not warfare](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2020/04/money-for-healthcare-not-warfare/) - Nineteen charities and NGOs have called for the billions of pounds currently spent on the UK’s armed force to be used instead to tackle COVID-19 and related problems. And in an open letter, they said that 'defence' and 'security' must not be allowed to be euphemisms for war.
- [Body image: inquiry calls for views](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2020/04/body-image-inquiry-calls-for-views/) - The Women and Equalities Committee wants to hear from a range of people and organisations on what causes poor body image and how people’s body image is impacted by companies, advertisements, social media and government policy.
- [One-minute silence on Workers' Memorial Day](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2020/04/one-minute-silence-on-workers-memorial-day/) - A one-minute silence for the frontline health and social care workers lost to the Coronavirus is to be held on 28 April. The Royal College of Nursing, the Royal College of Midwives and UNISON are urging politicians, employers, people at work and those on lockdown at home to join the tribute at 11am.
- [Focus on vital workers must continue post COVID-19](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2020/04/focus-on-vital-workers-must-continue-post-covid-19/) - Working women are most likely to be bearing the health risks from coronavirus by being key workers, while young people and the low-paid are most likely to work in sectors of the economy that have been shut down, according to a new report, Risky business, published by the Resolution Foundation.
- [Employment Tribunal extension date needed](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2020/04/employment-tribunal-extension-date-needed/) - Heads of more than 20 organisations have written to the government to call for the temporary extension of time limits for harassment and discrimination claims to the Employment Tribunal from 3 to 6 months in light of the coronavirus pandemic.
- [Calling on the government to make women visible](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2020/04/calling-on-the-government-to-make-women-visible/) - Existing inequalities mean that women are set to be disproportionately impacted by the Coronavirus pandemic. Without urgent action, it will be devastating. Over 60 charities have come together to call for immediate action from the UK government to properly support women and girls during the COVID-19 outbreak.
- [Universal Credit: COVID-19 shows changes needed](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2020/04/universal-credit-covid-19-shows-changes-needed/) - In a letter in The Guardian newspaper published on 21 April, 50 campaigners - women's rights groups, anti-poverty groups, Trade Union leaders, and religious leaders - called for the government to end Universal Credit’s two-child limit and the benefit cap. The ongoing Covid-19 crisis, they said, has exposed the two policies as arbitrary and unfair.
- [UK carers: underpaid, undervalued and underprotected](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2020/04/uk-carers-underpaid-undervalued-and-underprotected/) - The army of key workers in social care make up one of the largest low-paid workforces in the UK; despite their essential role, over a million people work long shifts, performing emotionally and physically draining tasks, for poor wages - and find themselves underprotected during the COVID-19 pandemic.
- [United call for proper protective equipment](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2020/04/united-call-for-proper-protective-equipment/) - In a joint statement issued earlier this week, the heads of Britain’s health and social care unions have warned ministers that the lack of personal protective equipment (PPE) for health and social care workers is a “crisis within a crisis”.
- [Stalking victims: still supported during lockdown](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2020/04/stalking-victims-still-supported-during-lockdown/) - For National Stalking Awareness Week 2020 (20 - 24 April), the Suzy Lamplugh Trust is highlighting the urgent need to See Stalking Clearly and to ensure stalking victims are still visible and supported throughout the response to Covid-19.
- [When crises collide](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2020/04/when-crises-collide/) - The Women’s Budget Group (WBG) has produced a briefing that sets out the immediate impact that the Covid-19 crisis is having on women and looks at the issues that will arise when the current crisis lifts; there will be additional challenges for women and women’s services.
- [Urgent call for raise in Child Benefit](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2020/04/urgent-call-for-raise-in-child-benefit/) - With millions of families facing a catastrophic loss of income due to the coronavirus, 85 leading social policy academics from universities throughout the UK, have signed a letter calling on the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak MP, to raise Child Benefit to £50 per child per week.
- [Women's work: we should be paid properly](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2020/04/womens-work-we-should-be-paid-properly/) - Before the lockdown, the UK’s women were underpaid by £126 billion, says new report. In the post-pandemic world of work, might we return to something better than normal by closing the gender gaps that have prevailed over the last half century?
- [COVID-19: support for women vital](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2020/04/covid-19-support-for-women-vital/) - As the COVID-19 pandemic intensifies and its affects on women become clearer, members of the 2018 and 2019 G7 Gender Equality Advisory Councils have called on the G7 member states to take into account the gendered dimensions of the crisis and to prevent the deterioration of gender equality and women’s rights worldwide.
- [End racial disparities in women's healthcare](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2020/03/end-racial-disparities-in-womens-healthcare/) - The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) has called for the government to tackle the issues related to racial disparities in women’s healthcare - and calls for swift action, as current trends show an increased rate of adverse health experiences for black, Asian and minority ethnic women. 
- [Stop the police policing their own domestic abuses](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2020/03/stop-the-police-policing-their-own-domestic-abuses/) - The Centre for Women’s Justice (CWJ) has submitted a super-complaint to The Police Inspectorate highlighting systemic failures women are experiencing when reporting domestic abuse perpetrated by police officers and others employed by the police.
- [Getting contraception during COVID-19 lockdown](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2020/04/getting-contraception-during-covid-19-lockdown/) - The Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare has issued advice for women who need to get a new or repeat prescription for contraception during the COVID-19 pandemic: what methods women can expect to be able to access during the pandemic and how they can get their prescriptions filled.
- [Domestic abuse and risk of harm added to inquiry](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2020/04/domestic-abuse-and-risk-of-harm-added-to-inquiry/) - The Home Affairs Committee is now inviting submissions on domestic abuse and risks of harm within the home during the COVID-19 lockdown and particularly on any measures needed to reduce harm and support victims during the current crisis.
- [Joint letter warns employers on worker safety](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2020/04/joint-letter-warns-employers-on-worker-safety/) - The Health and Safety Executive (HSE), the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) and the Trades Union Congress (TUC) have issued an unprecedented joint call for employers to ensure safe working conditions for their staff during the ongoing coronavirus outbreak.
- [Getting an injunction in a COVID lockdown](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2020/04/getting-an-injunction-in-a-covid-lockdown/) - HM Courts & Tribunals Service recently posted a page on the government's website explaining how to apply for a domestic violence injunction as an unrepresented applicant during the ongoing coronavirus outbreak, explaining the arrangements in place during the coronavirus pandemic.
- [How to phone for police help if you dare not speak](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2020/04/how-to-phone-for-police-help-if-you-dare-not-speak/) - Did you know there is a system which helps a person in imminent danger but unable to speak call the police? The Silent Solution system means a 999 mobile caller too scared to make a noise, or speak after calling 999 can press 55 when prompted to do so. This informs the police they are calling in a genuine emergency.
- [NI: home use of abortion medication needed](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2020/04/ni-home-use-of-abortion-medication-needed/) - The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists the Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare are calling on Northern Ireland’s health minister, Robn Swann, to temporarily permit the home use of mifepristone - and for women in Northern Ireland have access to the full range of contraceptive methods.
- [Domestic abuse, immigration status and lock-down](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2020/04/domestic-abuse-immigration-status-and-lock-down/) - More than 20 BME specialist frontline services, migrant and human rights organisations have written to the Home Secretary, Priti Patel, calling for emergency support to help migrant victims of domestic abuse amidst the Covid-19 crisis.
- [Protest: women invisible in Coronavirus response](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2020/04/protest-women-invisible-in-coronavirus-response/) - A wide range of women's organisations have signed a joint call for women and girls to be made visible, to be heard and have their needs met during the Coronavirus crisis response. And the first #CoronaConversations online event series - 'Coronavirus crisis: why we need to make women visible' is on 7 April 2020.
- [Calls for better protections for care workers](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2020/03/calls-for-better-protections-for-care-workers/) - The GMB has warned that the UK's care system is in danger of “total collapse” because of the coronavirus health crisis, and has issued five demands to the government to support care workers.
- [Government rhetoric: change needed](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2020/03/government-rhetoric-change-needed/) - We will owe a debt of gratitude to all those workers who have carried us by being on the frontline during this time. I very much hope that future government policies, including those concerning pay and conditions, and the rhetoric that the government uses when talking about these workers recognises that debt.
- [Union starts fight against government failings](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2020/03/union-starts-fight-against-government-failings/) - The Independent Workers Union of Great Britain (IWGB) is taking legal action against the government over its failure to protect the wages and jobs of millions of workers during the Covid-19 pandemic, as well as its failure to ensure the health and safety of those still employed through proper sick pay.
- [Women's rights: declaration launched](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/11/womens-rights-declaration-launched/) - Three hundred Labour Party activists and supporters, among them three MSPs and 24 Labour councillors, have launched a declaration on women’s sex-based rights - and are calling for more people to sign it - amid fears that rights women have campaigned long and hard to achieve are being watered down.
- [Take a stand against rape culture](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/11/take-a-stand-against-rape-culture/) - Under the umbrella of UN Women’s Generation Equality campaign that marks the 25th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, the UNiTE Campaign is calling on people from all walks of life to learn more about and take a stand against the pervasive rape culture that surrounds us.
- [For International Women's Day: change the story](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2020/02/for-international-womens-day-change-the-story/) - For International Women's Day 2020 the UN Human Rights’ 2020 edition of its “I Stand with Her” campaign will focus on ‘narratives’ around gender equality or around issues affecting women. And you can join in by challenging harmful content you see on the web, highlighting it with the hashtag #changethestory.
- [More support for Beijing Declaration agreed](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2020/03/more-support-for-beijing-declaration-agreed/) - In a Political Declaration adopted by Member States commemorating the 25th anniversary of the Fourth World Conference on Women, held in Beijing in 1995, leaders pledged to ramp up efforts to fully implement the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, still considered the most visionary blueprint on women’s rights.
- [Letter to DWP Minister about deaths by suicide](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2020/03/letter-to-dwp-minister-about-deaths-by-suicide/) - The Chair of the Work and Pensions Committee, Stephen Timms MP, has written to Thérèse Coffey MP, Secretary of State at the Department for Work and Pensions, about the Department’s response to an NAO report outlining weaknesses on how it learns lessons from the death by suicide of benefit claimants.
- [Remove offensive and damaging definition](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2020/03/remove-offensive-and-damaging-definition/) - Campaigners are calling on Oxford University Press, which publishes the Oxford Dictionary of English, and the online Oxford Dictionaries to change their offensive and damaging definition entry for the word “woman”.
- [Help end discrimination against women and girls](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2020/03/help-end-discrimination-against-women-and-girls/) - This year on Zero Discrimination Day, which is commemorated every year on 1 March, UNAIDS has call for an end to discrimination against women and girls and for equal rights, opportunities and treatment. And a UNAIDS brochure outlines the issues and what you can do.
- [Conception and the state of child health](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2020/03/conception-and-the-state-of-child-health/) - The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health published its State of Child Health 2020 report this week: the largest ever compilation of data on the health of babies, children and young people throughout all four UK nations. The UK still falls behind comparable high income countries in Europe and beyond.
- [Domestic Abuse Bill gets first reading again](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2020/03/domestic-abuse-bill-gets-first-reading-again/) - This week saw the return of a Domestic Abuse Bill to Parliament for its First Reading, after it failed to complete its legislative passage when the General Election was called late last year. Campaigners are still concerned that several issues have not been addressed.
- [The real value of young women's unpaid work](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2020/03/the-real-value-of-young-womens-unpaid-work/) - New analysis of ONS data by the Young Women’s Trust has found the unpaid work of young women aged 18-30, such as cooking, cleaning and taking care of children, contributes at least £140 billion to the UK economy. By comparison, the financial services industry contributed £132 billion to the economy in 2018. 
- [The state of health visiting in England](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2020/03/the-state-of-health-visiting-in-england/) - Many health visitors across England have been robbed of their ability to protect vulnerable families by devastating cuts to public health budgets, a survey of health visitors in England, published by the Institute of Health Visiting, found and it now calls for ring-fencing of new funding for the profession.
- [Two million UK workers work two months for free](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2020/03/two-million-uk-workers-work-two-months-for-free/) - UK employers claimed £35 billion of free labour last year because of workers’ doing unpaid overtime, according to new analysis of official statistics published last week by the TUC, as more than 5 million people put in an average of 7.6 hours a week in unpaid overtime during 2019.
- [How post can enable domestic abuse](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2020/02/how-post-can-enable-domestic-abuse/) - Citizens Advice research has found that half of survivors of domestic abuse have their post intercepted by the perpetrator and they face significant harm because their post is not secure and their address is regularly disclosed, and call on the government to take action.
- [Inquiry into endometriosis care starting](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2020/02/inquiry-into-endometriosis-care-starting/) - Everyone with endometriosis is being urged to respond to a call for evidence after MPs have launched an inquiry into endometriosis so patients and healthcare practitioners experiences help advise the government on what steps need to be taken to ensure the right care at the right time.
- [Did you know this?](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2020/02/did-you-know-this/) - According to YouGov research carried out for Friends Families and Travellers, 55 per cent of the 2162 British adults surveyed were unaware that over 500,000 Roma and Sinti people were killed in the Holocaust by the Nazis.
- [Childcare provision: still an issue](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2020/02/childcare-provision-still-an-issue/) - Coram Family and Childcare’s 20th annual Childcare Survey, found that childcare costs have risen well ahead of inflation, with a part-time nursery place on average over £6,800 per year, and childcare for the under-twos 5 per cent more this year than one year ago. A far cry from free 24-hour nurseries.
- [Successful unduly lenient sentence intervention](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2020/02/successful-unduly-lenient-sentence-intervention/) - A man who used abusive and violent behaviour to control his partner has had his sentence increased following intervention by the Solicitor General, the Rt Hon Michael Ellis QC MP, who personally presented the case at the Court of Appeal. The case is first of its kind under the unduly lenient sentence scheme.
- [Michelle Bachelet on Beijing and women's rights](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2020/02/michelle-bachelet-on-beijing-and-womens-rights/) - Michelle Bachelet said: If the Beijing conference is known as a moment of collective and strong commitment to human rights, twenty-five years later the scenario is quite different. We are seeing these rights, especially women’s rights, under attack on many fronts.
- [Asylum-seeking women: destitute and at risk](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2020/02/asylum-seeking-women-destitute-and-at-risk/) - Women for Refugee Women, Women Asylum Seekers Together Manchester, Coventry Asylum and Refugee Action Group and Women with Hope Birmingham, have launched new research on the experiences of women who have been made homeless and hungry after seeking safety in the UK, and a new campaign #SistersNotStrangers.
- [Women suffer poor sexual and reproductive health](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2020/02/women-suffer-poor-sexual-and-reproductive-health/) - Almost half of British women experience poor sexual and reproductive health, a much higher number than men, and many also experience a larger range of issues, according to interview data from more than 7,000 women and 5,000 men from Britain’s third National Survey of Sexual Attitudes and Lifestyles (Natsal).
- [New attack on sexual harassment at work](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2020/02/new-attack-on-sexual-harassment-at-work/) - Four women’s organisations, one each from England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales, have come together to collaborate on a project which aims to tackle sexual harassment in the workplace. If we are to end sexual harassment, we need widespread cultural change.
- [Judgement forces backward step on women](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2020/02/judgement-forces-backward-step-on-women/) - The Court of Appeal has ruled that women who are unable to register their marriage in accordance with the law are not entitled to financial remedies on the break-up of their marriage. This decision leaves minority women exposed to deception by abusive husbands.
- [Domestic abuse, Brexit, women and safety issues](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2020/02/domestic-abuse-brexit-women-and-safety-issues/) - Brexit could mean that some survivors of domestic abuse in the UK may be left unable to access refuge services. Woemn's Aid is calling for the government to protect women escaping domestic abuse, and ensure those with pre-settled status are guaranteed their right to access public funds, and specialist legal advice.
- [Old-fashioned views mean nurses underpaid](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2020/02/old-fashioned-views-mean-nurses-underpaid/) - A study commissioned by the Royal College of Nursing has shown that nursing is undervalued in status and pay. And until both are enhanced, the UK will continue to experience severe nursing shortages: the “old-fashioned view that caring for others is a feminine characteristic still persists in British society”.
- [Make sure you get consent](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2020/02/make-sure-you-get-consent/) - A Consent Coalition made up of organisations including specialist sexual violence sector organisations, statutory services and universities, is now standing together to say that Nottingham does not tolerate any form of sexual violence - and they hope you will support them.
- [Petition: to end zero hours contracts](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2020/02/petition-to-end-zero-hours-contracts/) - At the last count around 900,000 people were on zero hours contracts - and are trapped in jobs so insecure they are unable to plan childcare or budget for groceries. Please sign this petition now and support a ban on zero-hours contracts for UK workers.
- [Women's groups send letter to party leaders](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/11/womens-groups-send-letter-to-party-leaders/) - A coalition of women’s groups has written to party leaders asking for details about what they will do if elected to end all forms of violence against women and girls. Replies will be published on the EVAW Coalition website, alongside analyses of the party manifesto commitments.
- [Help end child marriage](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2020/02/help-end-child-marriage/) - For Valentine’s Day, UNFPA is calling on the world to prioritise ending child marriage. Here are seven little-known facts about child marriage. Better awareness of the problem, its pervasiveness across the world, and its consequences, may help leaders – and young people – end the practice once and for all.
- [Open letter to Lisa Nandy from Woman's Place UK](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2020/02/open-letter-to-lisa-nandy-from-womans-place-uk/) - An open letter from Ruth Serwotka to Lisa Nandy and other Labour leadership cadidates regarding comments made about Woman's Place UK, and women's rights advocates and trans rights.
- [Update on judicial diversity](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2020/02/update-on-judicial-diversity/) - JUSTICE recently launched its latest working party report, ‘Increasing Judicial Diversity: An Update’. But nearly three years on from its 2017 report "there has been only modest progress towards a more diverse senior judiciary."
- [Landmark case for religious divorce](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2020/02/landmark-case-for-religious-divorce/) - In a landmark case involving a private prosecution, a man was set to appear for trial before a judge and jury in London for ‘Controlling and Coercive Behaviour’ for refusing to give a religious divorce (‘Get’) to his ex-wife. But a criminal trial was averted when he finally consented to the religious divorce.
- [Surgical removal of mesh slings: consultation](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2020/02/surgical-removal-of-mesh-slings-consultation/) - BSUG and BAUS are developing information for patients and the public on the surgical removal of retropubic mesh slings and of transobturator mesh slings or single incision mini-slings and are keen to consult with those for whom the information is being produced, patients and the public, You can help.
- [End sexual harassment at work](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2020/02/end-sexual-harassment-at-work/) - Despite higher levels of awareness, cases of sexual harassment remain alarmingly high. The TUC is now calling on the government to make it a legal duty for employers to actively prevent sexual harassment at work. The theme for the TUC’s annual HeartUnions week is ‘ending sexual harassment at work’.
- [Coercive control and contraception](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2020/02/coercive-control-and-contraception/) - As many as one in four women attending sexual and reproductive healthcare services have said they are not allowed to take control of their own reproductive lives, a review of the available evidence, published recently in BMJ Sexual & Reproductive Health, has revealed.
- [New partnership to fight cervical cancer and HIV](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2020/02/new-partnership-to-fight-cervical-cancer-and-hiv/) - In a memorandum of understanding signed following an event at the headquarters of the IAEA in Vienna, Austria, marking World Cancer Day, UNAIDS and the IAEA pledged to scale up and expand services for adolescent girls and women affected by cervical cancer and HIV.
- [The sad state of girls' rights in the UK](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2020/02/the-sad-state-of-girls-rights-in-the-uk/) - A new decade may not mean anything new for girls’ rights in the UK, as girls feel ‘fed up and frustrated’ with empty messages of female empowerment, according to a comprehensive study of girls’ lives by charity Plan International UK.
- [Get child sexual abuse content off the internet](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2020/02/get-child-sexual-abuse-content-off-the-internet/) - A record number of reports of online child sexual abuse have been processed by the UK’s Internet Watch Foundation amid “shock” that the availability of illegal content online could still be increasing on the open internet.
- [Men, lies and single mothers](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/12/men-lies-and-single-mothers/) - Why we should care about our PM’s rant against single mothers. He has a fundamental misunderstanding of single parenthood. Less than 1 per cent of single mothers are teenagers.
- [Domestic abuse and long-term illnesses linked](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/12/domestic-abuse-and-long-term-illnesses-linked/) - Female survivors of domestic abuse are at double the risk of developing long-term illnesses that cause widespread bodily pain and extreme tiredness, according to a study by the Universities of Birmingham and Warwick and published in the Journal of Interpersonal Violence recently.
- [Instagram, men, fantasies and underage girls](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/12/instagram-men-fantasies-and-underage-girls/) - Collective Shout, a grassroots campaigns movement against the objectification of women and the sexualisation of girls, has written a letter to Instagram platform heads asking @instagram to take action and stop men using Instagram to share sex-abuse fantasies with kids.
- [Wanted: corporate accountability legislation](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/12/wanted-corporate-accountability-legislation/) - Over 100 organisations and networks have joined civil society calls for the European Commission to develop corporate accountability legislation requiring companies to respect human rights and the environment in their global value chains and operations.
- [UK women with HIV report: action needed](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/12/uk-women-with-hiv-report-action-needed/) - In the UK 1 in 3 people living with HIV are women, women make up one quarter of all new HIV diagnoses, a third of the women living with diagnosed infection are aged 50 years and over, some with complex health needs, and the HIV services that exist are rarely designed with women in mind, a new report on HIV says.
- [We want answers about the HRT shortage](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/12/we-want-answers-about-the-hrt-shortage/) - Mumsnet and Gransnet have launched a campaign to get a better deal for women going through the menopause, and call on the government to end the HRT shortage, provide more menopause training for GPs, and ensure that anti-depressants aren’t prescribed where HRT is more clinically appropriate.
- [Better for Women: report](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/12/better-for-women-report/) - A survey of over 3,000 women has found that women are struggling to access healthcare services locally. This, the ensuing report concludes, is due to under-funding and to the fragmentation of sexual and reproductive healthcare services. RCOG calls for better joined up services, and for one-stop women’s health clinics.
- [Help end the 'rough sex' defence](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/12/help-end-the-rough-sex-defence/) - Grazia, alongside We Can’t Consent To This and Harriet Harman, is campaigning to end the ‘rough sex’ defence - and is asking for your support in backing their petition to make this a reality, and for your help to bring back the Domestic Abuse Bill and back the additional clauses.
- [What working mothers still need](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/12/what-working-mothers-still-need/) - The Young Women’s Trust has called on political parties to put major childcare investment at the heart of their manifestos after new research showed young mothers not only locked out of work and equal pay but going hungry to afford scant and expensive support.
- [Ratify ILO Convention 190](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/12/ratify-ilo-convention-190/) - #RatifyILO190 is a central demand of this year’s Global 16 Days Campaign: women’s movements need to collectively take action in advancing the ratification and implementation of the newly adopted ILO instruments: Violence and Harassment Convention, 2019 (C190) and Violence and Harassment Recommendation, 2019 (R206).
- [Manifesto for health of women and girls out](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/12/manifesto-for-health-of-women-and-girls-out/) - The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) and the Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare (FSRH) have published a joint manifesto which outlines a vision for improving the health of girls and women in the UK, with five specific calls to action for the next government.
- [Late HIV testing endangering women in Europe](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/11/late-hiv-testing-endangering-women-in-europe/) - Half of all women with HIV are diagnosed late in Europe. Many women in the WHO European Region, particularly those in their 40s, are diagnosed at a late stage of HIV infection when their immune system is already starting to fail. Report suggests strategies to get women diagnosed earlier.
- [Grim reading: report on mental health hospitals](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/11/grim-reading-report-on-mental-health-hospitals/) - Parliament’s Joint Committee on Human Rights (JCHR) has condemned the ‘horrific reality’ of conditions and treatment under which many young people with learning disabilities and autism are detained in mental health hospitals.
- [Review of buffer zones decision needed](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/10/review-of-buffer-zones-decision-needed/) - Medical authorities, unions, and women's rights and campaign groups have co-signed a letter asking Home Secretary Priti Patel to revisit last year's flawed conclusion that national buffer zones were not a 'proportionate response' to the harassment women face outside clinics providing abortions.
- [Call to abolish sick-pay threshold](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/10/call-to-abolish-sick-pay-threshold/) - One in 10 women workers do not earn enough to qualify for statutory sick pay, according to a new TUC analysis published recently; it shows that 1.4 million women employees earn less than £118 a week – the qualifying threshold for statutory sick pay.
- [Women's rights: Women's Equality Party petitioned](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/11/womens-rights-womens-equality-party-petitioned/) - Members of the Women’s Equality Party (WEP) have set up a declaration, in the form of a petition, calling on the Women's Equality Party to protect women’s sex-based rights.
- [Women's safety: standards in emergencies](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/11/womens-safety-standards-in-emergencies/) - A new resource - the result of inter-agency collaboration and extensive consultation with field-based GBV experts - has now been released by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) that presents 16 Minimum Standards for the prevention of and response to gender-based violence in emergencies.
- [Conservative supporters set up women's pledge](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/11/conservative-supporters-set-up-womens-pledge/) - Conservative and Unionist Party supporters, members, and activists, including both nationally and locally elected representatives and officers have also signed a women’s pledge calling on the party to support women's rights.
- [Manifesto support for decriminalising abortion](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/11/manifesto-support-for-decriminalising-abortion/) - The British Pregnancy Advisory Service, bpas, has commented on manifesto commitments on abortion rights published prior to the 2019 General Election. as bpas has been campaigning alongside a coalition of medical bodies and women’s charities for the decriminalisation of abortion.
- [Women's Rights pledge: LibDems join SNP and Labour](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/11/womens-rights-pledge-libdems-join-snp-and-labour/) - Women in the Liberal Democrats have launched their own #WomensPledge sex based rights declaration. So we now have SNP, Labour and Lib Dem pledges.
- [Green Feminists back women's sex based rights](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/11/green-feminists-back-womens-sex-based-rights/) - The Green Feminists Women and Girls’ Declaration Working Group aims to ensure that Green Party candidates are elected and to support women's and girl’s sex based rights and protections. They have signed this petition in a personal capacity and invite all who support the declaration set out in it to sign it too.
- [Stop deaths of people on release from prison](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/11/stop-deaths-of-people-on-release-from-prison/) - In 2018/19, ten people died each week following release from prison. Every two days, someone took their own life; one woman died every week, and half of these women’s deaths were self-inflicted. Deaths have been rising for a number of years, coinciding with the introduction of the Offender Rehabilitation Act in 2014.
- [Policy commitments needed to solve poverty](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/11/policy-commitments-needed-to-solve-poverty/) - In 'Righting the wrongs: A manifesto to tackle poverty', the Poverty Alliance urges the next UK Government to solve poverty by creating a more compassionate social security system, building a labour market that works for everyone, and protecting people on low incomes from the effects of Brexit.
- [Global climate hunger strike started](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/11/global-climate-hunger-strike-started/) - Earlier this week Extinction Rebellion activists from 22 countries started participating in a Global Climate Hunger Strike to highlight the vulnerability of our food supplies and force governments to enact Extinction Rebellion’s three demands.
- [Katherine Stamp inquest concludes](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/11/katherine-stamp-inquest-concludes/) - The inquest into the death of Katherine Stamp at the Dene Hospital has concluded with the coroner finding her death was caused by a lack of oxygen in the body (hypoxia) related to the anti-psychotic drug Clozapine, causing sudden heart failure. The inquests for two other women who died there start later this year.
- [Disabled groups launch Manifesto and Asks](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/11/disabled-groups-launch-manifesto-and-asks/) - Campaign umbrella group Reclaiming Our Futures Alliance (ROFA) has released its Disabled People’s Manifesto, and its demands for the first 100 days of the new government.
- [Important judgement on Muslim marriage challenged](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/11/important-judgement-on-muslim-marriage-challenged/) - Campaigners are awaiting the result of of the government's appeal against a Muslim nikah marriage being declared void. "This is not about recognising religious marriages; it is about the state guaranteeing equality to all before the law."
- [It looks like rape is no longer a crime](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/08/it-looks-like-rape-is-no-longer-a-crime/) - The End Violence Against Women Coalition, a coalition of over 80 specialist women’s organisations, has written to Prime Minister Boris Johnson asking for immediate action following new Home Office statistics that show only 1.5 per cent of the rapes that are reported to the police are charged and go to trial.
- [Letter refutes 'NHS not for sale'](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/11/letter-refutes-nhs-not-for-sale/) - Campaigners and activists are urging candidates from all parties who aim to be MPs to sign a pledge protecting the National Health Service from further privatisation.
- [NHS maternity charges challenged](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/10/nhs-maternity-charges-challenged/) - The charity Maternity Action has launched a legal challenge to the government’s policy of charging destitute migrant pregnant women £7,000 or more to access NHS maternity care.
- [New help with challenging gender stereotyping](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/10/new-help-with-challenging-gender-stereotyping/) - The National Literacy Trust has teamed up with Let Toys Be Toys to create a poster for teachers with top tips to challenge gender stereotyping through literacy, language and play in the classroom.
- [Sexual harassment at work: still a sad story](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/10/sexual-harassment-at-work-still-a-sad-story/) - Two years on from the #MeToo movement, young women continues to have to face sexual haraament at work. The Young Womens Trust is calling for the government to reinsate section 40 of the Equality Act 2010, which made employers liable for harassment of their employees by a third party
- [Prison questions to continue unanswered](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/10/prison-questions-to-continue-unanswered/) - The inquest into the death of IPP prisoner Charlotte Nokes at HMP Peterborough, due to start on Monday, has been delayed, leaving questions about the safety and welfare of women at HMP Peterborough to continue unanswered.
- [Report on women's charter for Northern Ireland out](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/10/report-on-womens-charter-for-northern-ireland-out/) - The final report of the North Belfast Women's Voices Project - including a women's charter for change that tackles head on some of the most challenging issues facing Northern Ireland’s communities – was launched earlier this week.
- [Bias, biology and heart disease in women](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/10/bias-biology-and-heart-disease-in-women/) - The British Heart Foundation wants to end the perception that heart attack is a male disease, and is encouraging women to understand their heart attack risk and the symptoms; stark inequalities in awareness, diagnosis and treatment of heart attacks are needlessly killing women every day in the UK.
- [Sexual harassment at work: consultation](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/07/sexual-harassment-at-work-consultation/) - The government is looking at whether the current laws on sexual harassment provide the protections they are supposed to, considering if there are any gaps, and what more can be done at a practical level to ensure people are properly protected at work.
- [Policing protests: consultation needs input](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/08/policing-protests-consultation-needs-input/) - A long-awaiting consultation is underway on new guidance for policing protests: three years after a commitment to review the advice to officers, the College of Policing is seeking comments on two new documents, which it says reflect lessons from recent protests.
- [Surrogacy consultation unacceptable](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/10/surrogacy-consultation-unacceptable/) - An open letter to the Law Commisioners explains the failings in the recent surrogacy consultation. For example at no point were the medical affects on the surrogate mothers discussed. #NoToWombRental. Please sign and share.
- [Strange response to bullying raises questions](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/10/strange-response-to-bullying-raises-questions/) - Statement of Support for Raquel Rosario Sánchez, a PhD at the University of Bristol after disciplinary process against a trans-identified student, Nic Shall/Nic Aaron dropped.
- [Call to strip Boris Johnson of honorary fellowship](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/10/call-to-strip-boris-johnson-of-honorary-fellowship/) - Members of the Royal Institute of British Architects, including a past president, have signed a letter calling for Boris Johnson to be stripped of his honorary fellowship, after the Supreme Court found the suspension of parliament unlawful and that Johnson had lied to the Queen as well as other failings..
- [Another hidden face of domestic abuse](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/10/another-hidden-face-of-domestic-abuse/) - New Age UK report concludes the government should ensure the voices of older people are heard, their rights are protected and their needs included in domestic abuse legislation that it must bring forward at the earliest opportunity. And a way must be found to collect essential data from people aged 75 and over.
- [TUC report on impact of No Deal published](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/10/tuc-report-on-impact-of-no-deal-published/) - The TUC has accused the government of trying to keep the public “in the dark” about the true impact of a No-Deal Brexit: a new TUC report has set out what the TUC calls the devastating cost that crashing out of the EU would have on women, jobs, rights and livelihoods.
- [Worldwide maternal mortality: still far too high](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/10/worldwide-maternal-mortality-still-far-too-high/) - Data from 2017 have shown that approximately 810 women died each day of preventable causes related to pregnancy and childbirth. This is a roughly 38 per cent decline in the global maternal mortality ratio between 2000 and 2017, a new report by UNFPA and its partner UN agencies said.
- [Upskirting legislation in practise](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/10/upskirting-legislation-in-practise/) - Four men have so far been convicted under the new 'upskirting' legislation, the Crown Prosecution Service has revealed. The CPS takes this behaviour extremely seriously and anyone engaging in it can expect to face criminal charges.
- [Police forces slow to act on sexual corruption](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/10/police-forces-slow-to-act-on-sexual-corruption/) - More than 10 per cent of the police workforce did not have up-to-date vetting, Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services said in recent report; and police forces need to do more to ensure they are able to detect and root-out ‘abuse of position for a sexual purpose’ by officers and staff.
- [Watchdog to review rape charging decisions](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/09/watchdog-to-review-rape-charging-decisions/) - The most recent figures on prosecutions involving violence against women and girls (VAWG) were released by the Crown Prosecution Service earlier this month, and a review of rape charging decisions has been announced.
- [Conference on ending prostitution in Europe](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/09/conference-on-ending-prostitution-in-europe/) - From 14-18 October the European Women’s Lobby and its Brussels’ Call partners will be hosting a conference called WomenObject! – Week of Action supporting calls for the Equality Model, also known as the Nordic, Swedish, or abolitionist model approach to ending prostitution.
- [Women's Aid launches support for teenage girls](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/09/womens-aid-launches-support-for-teenage-girls/) - Women’s Aid launched its #LoveRespect website earlier this month, set up to support teenage girls at risk of relationship abuse and to challenge myths surrounding the nature of coercive control.
- [Call to question porn use and justice](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/09/call-to-question-porn-use-and-justice/) - In a letter sent to the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) recently, the campaign group Click Off Pornography and End Abuse asked that the CPS consider the role pornography has played when prosecuting cases of violence against women and girls.
- [Labour conference: care proposals announced](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/09/labour-conference-care-proposals-announced/) - Labour’s Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer John McDonnell has announced that the next Labour government would make personal social care free at the point of use one part of the expansion of Labour's proposed Universal Basic Services.
- [Open letter to Sussex Police on women's rights](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/09/open-letter-to-sussex-police-on-womens-rights/) - Fair Cop wrote to Sussex Police to report a hate incident against women and to ask what steps the police will be taking to investigate, especially given that officers were present and took no steps to protect a vulnerable group – who are protected under the Equality Act – from acts of intimidation and threats.
- [Curb hate speech call from UN experts](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/09/curb-hate-speech-call-from-un-experts/) - Thirty independent UN experts have published an open letter calling on States and social media firms to take action to curb the spread of hate speech, and warn that generalising and describing entire groups of people as dangerous or inferior has clearly led to catastrophic tragedies in the past.
- [We need to talk about sex](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/09/we-need-to-talk-about-sex/) - The EVAW Coalition of UK women’s groups published the results of a YouGov survey and a short report on British adults’ views on sexual practices, Let's Talk About Sex, recently, and is calling for for a big national conversation on what the findings indicate,
- [Ending sexual harassment: what will it take](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/09/ending-sexual-harassment-what-will-it-take/) - UN Women has launched a new publication, entitled 'What will it take? Promoting cultural change to end sexual harassment', which aims to support the fight against - end even - sexual harassment.
- [The Council of Europe defines sexism](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/09/the-council-of-europe-defines-sexism/) - In March 2019, the 47-state Council of Europe Committee of Ministers adopted a new Recommendation on Preventing and Combating Sexism. To encourage the full implementation of the Recommendation, the Council has launched a video and action page under the hashtag #stopsexism and the slogan “See it. Name it. Stop it.”
- [End refuge space shortage](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/09/end-refuge-space-shortage/) - The national domestic abuse charity Women’s Aid launched its No Woman Turned Away report 2019 earlier this week. Women’s Aid’s Annual Audit (2019) found a shortfall of refuge bed spaces of 1,715 in England.
- [Support the flexible working campaign](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/09/support-the-flexible-working-campaign/) - Flex for All campaigners want to change the law so that employers have to publish flexible working options in job advertisements, or justify why the job can not be done flexibly – and so that if you took the job you would have the right to work flexibly, as advertised, from Day 1. Sign the petition!
- [Mothers in prison: reforms proposed](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/09/mothers-in-prison-reforms-proposed/) - The Joint Committee on Human Rights has published its report the ‘Right to family life: Children whose mothers are in prison’. After hearing powerful evidence, MPs and Peers proposed urgent reforms be made in four areas: data collection, sentencing, pregnancy and maternity, and support for children.
- [School uniforms: transparency and pricing issues](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/09/school-uniforms-transparency-and-pricing-issues/) - Many household budgets have taken a big hit when buying new school uniforms, as Trutex continues to make mass profits from families with no choice but to purchase their goods. The government announced its plan to put the school uniform guidance on a statutory footing but only 'when a suitable opportunity arises'.
- [Disparities in policing female safety](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/09/disparities-in-policing-female-safety/) - The EVAW Coalition is concerned that the PCCs’ failure to recognise the scale and then prioritise action on violence against women and girls is likely to be seriously impacting on both the setting of policing priorities and the commissioning of services to support victims.
- [Exempt maternity care from NHS charging](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/09/exempt-maternity-care-from-nhs-charging/) - Research investigating the impact of NHS charging policy on midwives, has found that midwives were concerned that the policy of charging for NHS care was undermining trust and creating a climate of fear amongst vulnerable pregnant women. And women were also avoiding antenatal care for fear of Home Office sanctions.
- [Jeremy Corbyn: This is a historic moment](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/08/jeremy-corbyn-this-is-a-historic-moment/) - Jeremy Corbyn, Leader of the Labour Party, spoke in Corby earlier this week, and said: I’m sure I don’t need to convince anyone here that as we look towards the return of parliament in September the country is heading into a political and constitutional storm.
- [Flexible working: don't know or don't care](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/08/flexible-working-dont-know-or-dont-care/) - Close the Gaps latest research ‘Flexible working for all? The impact of the right to request regulations in Scotland’ looks at the use of formal #flexibleworking in Scotland, considers what type of employee works flexibly and finds how this has changed over time: not much.
- [Inquiry starts: trafficking for sexual exploitation](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/08/inquiry-starts-trafficking-for-sexual-exploitation/) - A cross-party panel, led by MPs Frank Field and Maria Miller and Baroness Butler-Sloss, has launched an inquiry into trafficking for sexual exploitation in England and Wales. If you would like to submit evidence to this inquiry, please send in answers to their two questions. The deadline is 30 August 2019.
- [London rape review: shocking findings](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/08/london-rape-review-shocking-findings/) - A comprehensive review of rape cases in London revealed that only three per cent of rape allegations result in a conviction and the accused is known to the victim in the vast majority of cases. The London Victims’ Commissioner, Claire Waxman, has called for drastic improvements for the way rape victims are treated.
- [UK textile workers exploited in Manchester too](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/08/uk-textile-workers-exploited-in-manchester-too/) - A new study by HomewworkersWorldwide which looked into conditions in Manchester factories includes reports from workers that £4 a hour (less than half the minimum wage) is a standard rate of pay, confirming suspicions that it is not just Leicester where this kind of labour exploitation is happening.
- [Report outlines help survivors of trafficking need](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/08/report-outlines-help-survivors-of-trafficking-need/) - New research from the British Red Cross, London-based Hestia and Sheffield-based Ashiana has revealed that the Home Office's policy of giving recognised survivors of trafficking only 45 days of accommodation and financial support leaves them facing poverty and struggling to cope with complex mental health needs.
- [Military report on inappropriate behaviour out](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/08/military-report-on-inappropriate-behaviour-out/) - A series of new measures have been announced to address inappropriate behaviour in the British military. This follows a report by Air Chief Marshal Wigston on ‘Inappropriate Behaviours’ released by the Ministry of Defence and which outlined 36 recommendations for tackling the issue.
- [Sexual harassment: Scotland gets new legal service](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/08/sexual-harassment-scotland-gets-new-legal-service/) - The Scottish Women’s Rights Centre (SWRC) has just launched a new specialist legal service to provide legal information, advice and representation to women who have experienced sexual harassment at work, in further education or online.
- [Northern Ireland: consultation on family courts](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/08/northern-ireland-consultation-on-family-courts/) - Northern Ireland's Department of Justice consultation on protecting victims of domestic abuse from being cross-examined by the perpetrator in family courts welcomes the views of victims who have been involved in family proceedings, especially victims who have been cross-examined by their abuser in person. 
- [Your right to ask aims to save lives](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/07/your-right-to-ask-aims-to-save-lives/) - Domestic Violence Disclosure Schemes - Clare's Law, your right to ask - aim to give the public a formal way to ask the police about an individual who they are in a relationship with or who is in a relationship with someone they know, if they are concerned that that individual may be being abusive towards the partner.
- [Does your council say gender instead of sex](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/06/protected-characteristics-check-your-council/) - Protected characteristics exist to ensure that everyone is treated equally and fairly and to guard against discrimination. It is important that these protected characteristics are correctly listed, yet lots of councils list gender instead of sex.
- [Call for evidence on family court issues](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/08/call-for-evidence-on-family-court-issues/) - A government call for evidence has been launched as part of a three-month project overseen by a panel of experts, aimed at throwing a spotlight on how the family courts manage the safety and well-being of children when there is a risk of domestic abuse. You can take part online.
- [Gender pension gap: take action to close it](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/08/gender-pension-gap-take-action-to-close-it/) - A petition has been started calling on the government to take action to tackle gender inequality in pensions; research by the trade union Prospect has shown that female pensioners receive nearly 40 per cent less pension income than male pensioners.
- [Equality law enforcement: change needed](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/07/equality-law-enforcement-change-needed/) - The Women and Equalities Committee has published its report ‘Enforcing the Equality Act: the law and the role of the Equality and Human Rights Commission' after its year-long inquiry, and has said the individual approach to enforcement of equality law is no longer fit for purpose.
- [Sexual harassment in further education: rife](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/07/sexual-harassment-in-further-education-rife/) - Research by NUS Women’s Campaign has found that sexual harassment is rife in the lives of further education students, at their colleges, on social media and public space. Unwanted sexual behaviour was reported as commonplace for women in further education, leading to the normalisation of sexual violence.
- [Take action against trafficking in persons](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/07/take-action-against-trafficking-in-persons/) - July 30 is the World Day against Trafficking in Persons. A UN resolution declared that such a day was necessary to “raise awareness of the situation of victims of human trafficking and for the promotion and protection of their rights.”
- [How we can end violence against women](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/07/how-we-can-end-violence-against-women/) - Zero Tolerance recently launched a 4-page summary outlining how we can end violence against women and girls in Scotland, outlining the extent of the problem in Scotland and explaining the cause of this violence, and it sets out what everyone can do to play their part in ending all violence against women and girls.
- [Scottish parties: get women into Holyrood](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/07/scottish-parties-get-women-into-holyrood/) - Women 50:50, who campaign for at least 50 per cent of the MSPs in the Scottish Parliament, councils and public boards to be women, have emailed all the main parties to ask them what action they are taking - if any - to ensure women are selected to stand in the 2021 election.
- [Housing report: women even priced out of renting](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/07/housing-report-women-even-priced-out-of-renting/) - Rising house prices and the gender pay gap means that there is no region in England where a single woman on median earnings can afford to rent or buy an averagely priced house, according to a new report from the Women’s Budget Group and Women’s Housing Forum.
- [Personal data, the police and crime victims](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/07/personal-data-the-police-and-crime-victims/) - Research by Big Brother Watch has revealed that police are seeking masses of personal data by default that is not relevant to any investigation at all, and may not be lawful, and that digital interrogations have so far been used almost exclusively for complainants of rape and serious sexual offences.
- [Concerns about PCC responses](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/07/concerns-about-pcc-responses/) - A briefing paper published by the End Violence Against Women Coalition has found the 42 Police and Crime Commissioners’ responses to domestic violence, sexual violence and other forms of violence against women and girls “haphazard” and unreliable.
- [Report outlines abuse of an unheard workforce](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/07/reports-outlines-abuse-of-an-unheard-workforce/) - The Latin American Women’s Rights Service (LAWRS) has launched its latest report: “The Unheard Workforce: Experiences of Latin American migrant women in cleaning, hospitality and domestic work” to raise awareness of the urgent need for greater regulation and the enforcement of labour legislation.
- [House of Commons: White report and progress](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/07/house-of-commons-white-report-and-progress/) - The report by Gemma White QC on bullying and harassment in the House of Commons of past and present staff of MPs has now been published. The House of Commons Commission has responded in a statement, and the House of Commons has now debated the report. Progress is, apparently, being made.
- [Join roadside protest for pension rights](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/01/join-roadside-protest-for-pension-rights/) - Join Shoulder2Shoulder's roadside protests this and every Saturday: set up so women can mobilise friends, family and neignbours to develop local solidarity with everyone else who has paid into the National Insurance Fund in good faith only to find out that governments have misled us about our expected entitlements.
- [Smear test: please go for yours](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/02/smear-test-please-go-for-yours/) - Cervical cancer, the most common cancer in women under 35, currently claims two lives every day in the UK. Cervical screening prevents up to 75 per cent of cervical cancers, yet the number of women going for smears is at a 19-year low in England, and a 10-year low in both Wales and Scotland.
- [Exhibition: Sink Without Trace](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/07/exhibition-sink-without-trace/) - Sink Without Trace, an exhibition at London's P21 Gallery, presented work on the subject of migrant deaths at sea. Through drawing, painting, photography, printmaking, sculpture and video works, it offered alternative perspectives on a subject often only presented through the eyes of the media and politicians. 
- [Inquiry into prostitution launched](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/07/inquiry-into-prostitution-launched/) - The Women and Equalities Committee has launched a new inquiry into prostitution, with a focus on inequalities and harm. The closing date for written submissions is Friday 20 September 2019.
- [House of Lords harassment inquiry: first response](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/07/house-of-lords-harassment-inquiry-first-response/) - In December 2018, Naomi Ellenbogen QC was appointed to conduct an inquiry into the nature and extent of bullying and harassment in the House of Lords. She published her findings on 10 July 2019, and the House of Lords Commission responded earlier this week.
- [The two-child limit: unjustified says report](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/07/the-two-child-limit-unjustified-says-report/) - The first detailed research on the impact of the two-child limit in tax credits and universal credit, ‘All Kids Count: the impact of the two-child limit after two years’, published recently, has revealed the scale of suffering in families affected by the policy.
- [Reproductive rights: still a long way to go](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/07/reproductive-rights-still-a-long-way-to-go/) - UNFPA report included, for the first time, data on women’s ability to make decisions regarding three key areas: sexual intercourse with their partner, contraception use and health care.
- [UN Women calls parliamentarians to action](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/07/un-women-calls-parliamentarians-to-action/) - UN Women’s Call to Action to parliamentarians aims to accelerate progress towards gender equality in parliaments, improving the lives of women and girls around the world.
- [The climate challenge: twelve years or thirty](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/07/the-climate-challenge-twelve-years-or-thirty/) - Rachel Reeves MP, Chair of the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee, has written to Philip Hammond with a series of questions concerning reports that government estimates have put the cost of meeting the net zero carbon emissions target by 2050 at £1 trillion.
- [Letter calls on Prime Minister to ban fracking](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/07/letter-calls-on-prime-minister-to-ban-fracking/) - In a letter delivered to the Prime Minister earlier this week, a group of 143 doctors, nurses and health specialists has called on Theresa May to ban fracking in her final fortnight in office, saying her government’s support for fracking puts the health of communities at risk.
- [Remembering Srebrenica](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/07/remembering-srebrenica-3/) - The UK’s Srebrenica Memorial Week in 2019 runs from 7 July to 14 July. Rape Crisis women throughout England and Wales will make origami roses and lilies - both flowers that have significance in Bosnian culture - and write messages of support and solidarity on them to the women in Bosnia. 
- [Women in local government: still not enough](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/07/women-in-local-government-still-not-enough/) - Fawcett Society research after the 2019 local government elections found women make up just 35 per cent of councillors in England. And of those who responded just 20 councils have a maternity policy in place for their senior cabinet-level councillors, only 7 per cent one for ordinary councillor roles
- [Women's groups write to Boris and Hunt](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/07/womens-groups-write-to-boris-and-hunt/) - Over 30 women’s groups have written letters to the two Conservative Party leader candidates Jeremy Hunt and Boris Johnson asking them to make specific pledges to tackle domestic and sexual violence if they become the next Prime Minister.
- [Rape victims, the accused and media circuses](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/07/rape-victims-the-accused-and-media-circuses/) - A group of well-known men have launched a petition calling for anonymity for sexual offence suspects, renewing a debate that women's rights groups have had to argue before - and the women's groups now call for media sensationalism and protecting the presumption of innocence to be discussed not (just) anonymity.
- [Image-based sexual abuse: action needed now](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/07/image-based-sexual-abuse-action-needed-now/) - The Ministry of Justice has launched a Law Commission review of the law around the non-consensual taking, making and sharing of sexual images. And a new report by Professor Clare McGlynn, Dr Kelly Johnson and Professor Erika Rackley, has revealed the extent of the devastation this type of sexual abuse causes.
- [Alston report: letter demands action](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/07/alston-report-letter-demands-action/) - Last week, the UN Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights, Philip Alston, presented his report on UK poverty in front of the UN Human Rights Council. And 50 leading poverty and inequality groups and activists have now written an open letter to the UK government demanding change:
- [BBC: six weeks not heartbeat](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/07/bbc-six-weeks-not-heartbeat/) - The BBC has said it will not stop labelling attempts to ban abortion after six weeks as “heartbeat bills” - and say six-week abortion - despite conceding that the heartbeat phrase is biased and medically inaccurate. Please complain.
- [Domestic abuse is not a private matter](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/07/domestic-abuse-is-not-a-private-matter/) - It has been alarming to see the mixed messages by politicians and other commentators, after Boris Johnson's row with his girlfriend, about whether neighbours should call the police if they have concerns about women’s safety, They should call the police. Women's safety matters. Helping saves lives.
- [Petitioning for plastic-free period products](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/06/petitioning-for-plastic-free-period-products/) - Ella Daish and currently over 192,000 supporters are calling on the companies and supermarkets manufacturing single-use period products to take responsibility for the environmental impacts they are having and to make this change happen - by going plastic-free. Please sign and share her petition.
- [Employers should prevent sexual harassment](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/06/employers-should-prevent-sexual-harassment/) - The TUC, women’s rights organisations and charities have launched a joint campaign calling on the government to introduce a new law to make employers responsible for protecting their staff from sexual harassment at work. You can help by signing and sharing the campaign's petition.
- [Scotland: new FGM Bill published](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/06/scotland-new-fgm-bill-published/) - The Scottish government has proposed a new law to enhance protection for women and girls who are at risk of Female Genital Mutilation. The Scottish Parliament’s Equalities and Human Rights Committee will taking evidence on this issue until 30 August 2019.
- [Don't just walk by if you are worried](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/06/dont-just-walk-by-if-you-are-worried/) - Domestic abuse charities have signed a joint statement encourgaing people to take action if they have concerns about someone's safety, to counter remarks that no one should have intervened 'in a domestic' after recent reports about Boris Johnson rowing with Carrie Symonds.
- [Inquest outlines probation and police failures](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/06/inquest-outlines-probation-and-police-failures/) - The inquest into the homicide of Lisa Skidmore concluded on 20 June, with the jury returning a narrative conclusion finding multiple failures by police and probation services more than minimally contributed to her death.
- [New Convention to combat violence at work](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/06/new-convention-to-combat-violence-at-work/) - A Violence and Harassment Convention, 2019, and a Violence and Harassment Recommendation 2019, to combat violence and harassment in the world of work have been adopted by the International Labour Conference (ILC), the UN’s agency dealing with world of work issues.
- [Letter on child poverty for First Minister](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/06/letter-on-child-poverty-for-first-minister/) - More than 70 leaders, organisations and academics from Scottish society have joined together to call on the First Minister to speed up the introduction of a new income supplement to tackle child poverty on the grounds that kids can't wait.
- [Reset the parameters around the use of NDAs](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/06/reset-the-parameters-around-the-use-of-ndas/) - The Women and Equalities Committee’s Report on non-disclosure agreements shows unequivocally that in many cases signing a non-disclosure agreement is not benign, and has challenged the government to act to change this now.
- [A workplace should be a harassment-free zone](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/06/a-workplace-should-be-a-harassment-free-zone/) - Nurses, care assistants, cleaners and other NHS staff have suffered sexual insults, groping and even rape while at work, according to research published by UNISON. lewd UNISON joins other workers' and women's rights campaigners are calling for the reinstatement of Section 40 of the 2010 Act.
- [Peaceful protest is not domestic extremism](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/06/peaceful-protest-is-not-domestic-extremism/) - In a letter published in The Guardian earlier this week, 152 campaigners, lawyers, academics, journalists and politicians pointed out that ‘domestic extremism’ is no way to describe peaceful protest and called for police to stop categorising protest activities in this way.
- [Social security systems let down women](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/06/social-security-systems-let-down-women/) - Social security systems throughout the UK are failing survivors of violence and abuse when they need help the most, according to a new report. Campaigners are now calling on the government to take urgent action to ensure that women’s rights are - equally - protected in all four nations of the UK.
- [Fashion: shouldn't cost the earth](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/06/fashion-shouldnt-cost-the-earth/) - The Environmental Audit Committee has published the Government Response to its report 'Fixing Fashion Report: Clothing Consumption and Sustainability'. All its wide-ranging recommendations covering environmental and labour market practices have been rejected.
- [Taking on the CPS over voyeurism](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/06/taking-on-the-cps-over-voyeurism/) - The Centre for Women’s Justice launched a judicial review this week against the DPP on behalf of Emily Hunt to challenge the bizarre refusal to prosecute a man who admitted filming Emily naked without her consent for the purpose of his own sexual gratification. 
- [Victory as same roof rule abolished](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/06/victory-as-same-roof-rule-abolished/) - The so-called 'same roof rule', which has unfairly denied many victims and survivors access to the Criminal Injuries Compensation they deserve following child sexual abuse and other sexual and violent offences, was finally abolished on 13 June 2019.
- [Celebrities, safeguarding and lesbian girls](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/06/accept-girls-as-they-are/) - The Safe Schools Alliance UK recently sent an open letter to Peter Wanless, CEO of the NSPCC, outlining their concerns about the decision to appoint Munroe Bergdorf as Childline’s first LGBT+ Ambassador.
- [Open letter calls for abortion support](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/06/open-letter-calls-for-abortion-support/) - In an open letter to all Conservative leadership candidates, campaigners and supporters call on Westminster to Repeal the Sections 58 and 59 of the Offences Against the Persons Act. This will decriminalise abortion across the UK, including Northern Ireland.
- [Sickening lack of funding for female safety](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/06/sickening-lack-of-funding-for-female-safety/) - It is estimated that on average less than USD2 is allocated to each woman or girl at risk of gender-based violence - or male on female violence - in crisis and conflict settings by gender-based violence (GBV) services, according to new research by the International Rescue Committee (IRC) and Voice.
- [Proposed Domestic Abuse Bill: changes needed](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/06/proposed-domestic-abuse-bill-changes-needed/) - The Joint Committee on the Draft Domestic Abuse Bill has published its report on the governments proposed Domestic Abuse Bill - and has called for it to be amended to give greater protection to victims of domestic abuse.
- [Appeal opened to fund legal action](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/06/appeal-opened-to-fund-legal-action/) - The End Violence Against Women Coalition (EVAW) has begun legal action against the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) claiming that the CPS has covertly changed its policy and practice in relation to decision-making on rape cases - which has lead to the dramatic fall in the number of rape cases being charged.
- [Human rights belong to everyone](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/06/do-human-rights-belong-to-everyone/) - NordicModelNow! campaigners supporting the decriminalisation of those who are prostituted went to Geneva to attend the 66th session of the United Nations (UN) Committee Against Torture as it reviewed the UK’s progress in implementing the UN Convention Against Torture.
- [Candidates: debate the climate emergency](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/06/candidates-debate-the-climate-emergency/) - Noga Levy-Rapoport, 17, has started a petition to the ‘Conservative Party Leadership Candidates and 11 others’ calling on the Conservative leadership candidates to hold a debate on the current ecological and climate crisis.
- [Forced Marriage Unit figures released](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/06/forced-marriage-unit-figures-released/) - Latest figures released by the Forced Marriage Unit (FMU) show that in 2018 advice or support related to a possible forced marriage was given in 1,764 cases.
- [Landmark exhibition at Somerset House](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/06/landmark-exhibition-at-somerset-house/) - This summer, Somerset House celebrates the impact of 50 years of Black creativity in Britain and beyond, with a landmark exhibition showcasing art, film, photography, music, literature, design and fashion: ‘Get Up, Stand Up Now: Generations of Black Creative Pioneers’ opens on 12 June.
- [Austerity, welfare cuts and the right to food](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/06/austerity-welfare-cuts-and-the-right-to-food/) - Human Rights Watch’s report into food poverty in England is its first project explicitly focused on obstacles to ensuring the right to food, as part of the right to an adequate standard of living, in the context of a welfare system in a rich democracy with a relatively well functioning rule of law system.
- [Report on UK gender equality: improvement needed](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/06/report-on-uk-gender-equality-improvement-needed/) - A 2019 Global Report “Harnessing the power of data for gender equality: Introducing the 2019 EM2030 SDG Gender Index” has been launched at the ongoing Women Deliver conference in Vancouver, Canada.
- [New report on HIV worldwide](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/06/new-report-on-hiv-worldwide/) - A new report from António Guterres, the United Nations Secretary-General, shows that results once derided as impossible in low-income settings have now been achieved following a decade of progress in the response to HIV.
- [Best practice and female-only provision](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/05/best-practice-and-female-only-provision/) - Women and Girls in Scotland have recently published a report with the title ‘Gender Self Identification in Scotland: A Women and Girls in Scotland Discussion Paper’ looking the ways in which women and girls are impacted/will potentially be impacted by changes to female-only provision.
- [Letter asks Minister about CEDAW recommendations](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/05/letter-asks-minister-about-cedaw-recommendations/) - On 1 May 2019, the Women's Resource Centre (WRC) and a number of women’s organisations sent a letter to the Minister for Women, Victoria Atkins MP, regarding the UN’s recent review of the UK’s performance on improving the position of women in the UK and the progress made in achieving their rights.
- [Migrant women have the right to be believed too](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/05/migrant-women-have-the-right-to-be-believed-too/) - A research report, ‘The Right to be Believed: Migrant women facing violence against women and girls in the ‘hostile immigration’ environment in London’ produced by King’s College London, the Latin American Women’s Rights Service , and the Step Up Migrant Women coalition was launched earlier this month.
- [Inquiry to cover more religious organisations](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/05/inquiry-to-cover-more-religious-organisations/) - The Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse has announced a new investigation into institutional responses to child sexual abuse and exploitation in the context of religious organisations and settings. 
- [Open letter criticises Tampon Tax spending](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/05/open-letter-criticises-tampon-tax-spending/) - In an open letter to the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, more than 100 women, including academics and representatives of women’s charities, have urged the government to ringfence cash raised from the unpopular Tampon Tax to be donated only to organisations dedicated to women.
- [Report calls for more public toilets](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/05/report-calls-for-more-public-toilets/) - A report just published by the Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH) has shed light on the health burden of this declining public toilet provision, which falls disproportionately on people with ill health or disability, the elderly, women, outdoor workers, and the homeless.
- [Report on harassment of legal professionals](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/05/report-on-harassment-of-legal-professionals/) - Following the largest-ever global survey of legal professionals, a new International Bar Association (IBA) report has identified startling rates of bullying and sexual harassment in the legal profession and has made 10 recommendations for legal workplaces to address the crisis.
- [Help fight street harassment in Wales](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/05/help-fight-street-harassment-in-wales/) - Plan International UK has started a petition calling for the First Minister of Wales, Mark Drakeford, to include street harassment in Wales’s Violence Against Women and Girls strategy so street harassment in Wales can be tackled after figures reveal widespread sexual abuse of young women and girls in public.
- [Housing policy unfair and risky for young women](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/05/housing-policy-unfair-and-risky-for-young-women/) - The government’s housing benefit policy is forcing under-35s into unsafe and inadequate housing that puts many young women at risk, according to a new study. Being young does not make you less in need of safe and secure housing.
- [Periods in custody: changes announced](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/05/periods-in-custody-changes-announced/) - The Home Office is set to change the law to ensure all menstruating women, and others with ensure all menstruating women and others with personal health and hygiene needs, are 'treated with dignity' while in custody, and asked whether they are likely to require sanitary products, and if so, given them free of charge.
- [Joint protocol changes published](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/05/joint-protocol-changes-published/) - Scotland's Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service and Police Scotland published their revised 5th edition of their Joint Protocol on Domestic Abuse outlining the procedures and practices that will be followed in the investigation, reporting and prosecution of allegations involving an element of domestic abuse.
- [Abortion, Northern Ireland and women's rights](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/05/abortion-northern-ireland-and-womens-rights/) - The Women and Equalities Committee published a report on abortion law in Northern Ireland after the UN found ‘grave’ violations in relation to cases of severe foetal impairment, rape or incest, and ‘systematic’ violations in the criminalisation of abortion and highly restrictive access.
- [Shocking state of poverty-hit schoolchildren](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/05/shocking-state-of-poverty-hit-schoolchildren/) - The school leaders’ union NAHT and the Child Poverty Action Group have written to all English MPs to appeal to them to take more urgent action to bring the country's shocking levels of child poverty to an end.
- [On being let down by GPs](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/04/on-being-let-down-by-gps/) - Anyone resident in the UK is allowed to register with and to see a GP, but many migrants face discrimination, ignorance and a slammed door when they try to access this basic right, writes Migrant Voice.
- [UN campaigns for sustainable fashion](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/04/un-campaigns-for-sustainable-fashion/) - In a bid to halt the fashion industry’s environmentally and socially destructive practices, and harness the catwalk as a driver to improve the world’s ecosystems, 10 different United Nations organisations have established the UN Alliance for Sustainable Fashion.
- [Global support for reproductive health and rights](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/04/global-support-for-reproductive-health-and-rights/) - Ministers and representatives of governments have unanimously adopted a political declaration reaffirming support for the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development.
- [Women in politics: changes mapped](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/04/women-in-politics-changes-mapped/) - Women’s representation in political decision-making continues to rise slowly, with slight improvements since 2017, according to the data presented in the 2019 edition of the biennial IPU-UN Women's map of Women in Politics. But the overwhelming majority of government leaders remain male.
- [Make Yourself Heard campaign launched](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/04/make-yourself-heard-campaign-launched/) - A national campaign to raise awareness of the Silent Solution system which helps people in imminent danger but unable to speak call 999 and alert police has been launched by the Independent Office for Police Conduct. Please share this important information as widely as possible. It could save a life.
- [A date to celebrate: thanks everyone](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/04/a-date-to-celebrate-thanks-everyone/) - Two campaign victories to celebrate: mothers' names are now to be on marriage certificates, alongside fathers' names in England and Wales; and mixed-sex civil partnerships in England and Wales will be possible at the end of this year.
- [Government response to Brexit petitions](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/04/government-response-to-brexit-petitions/) - Over 5 million people signed a petition recently calling on the UK government to revoke Article 50 and remain in the European Union.The government’s response, via the Department for Exiting the European Union, was given on 26 March 2019, and a debate held on 1 April 2019.
- [Inquest finds serious failures at prison](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/04/inquest-finds-serious-failures-at-prison/) - The inquest into the death of Annabella Landsberg, who was 45 and had Type 2 diabetes, has concluded, finding a catalogue of serious failures in HMP Peterborough, a private prison run by Sodexo. In the past ten years, ten women have died in HMP Peterborough.
- [Gender pay gap guidance: revision needed](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/04/gender-pay-gap-guidance-revision-needed/) - Woman’s Place UK (WPUK) has written to the Minister for Women and Equalities, Penny Mordaunt MP, asking her to revise guidance for employers which states that they should report on their gender pay gap based on their employees’ ‘self-identified gender’.
- [Scotland: judicially led review announced](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/04/scotland-judicially-led-review-announced/) - A judicially led review, chaired by the Lord Justice Clerk, Lady Dorrian, has been announced. It aims to develop new proposals for how sexual offences are dealt with in the Scottish Criminal Justice System, reviewing the management of sexual offence cases as they proceed through court, not sexual offence sentencing.
- [English domestic abuse report audit out](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/04/english-domestic-abuse-report-audit-out/) - Nearly 60 per cent of survivors accessing domestic abuse support services have children and 1 in 15 are pregnant, says a report released by Women’s Aid. Services are struggling to cope with demand and provide the support survivors and their children need because of ongoing funding uncertainty and budget cuts.
- [Scottish domestic abuse law welcomed](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/04/scottish-domestic-abuse-law-welcomed/) - Scotland’s new Domestic Abuse law came into effect on 1 April 2019. It means that forms of psychological and emotional violence are now a crime in Scotland and warns abusers that all forms of domestic abuse are criminal and that perpetrators should expect to face the full consequences of their abusive behaviour.
- [Scotland takes action on gender pay gap](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/03/scotland-takes-action-on-gender-pay-gap/) - Steps to tackle gender discrimination and inequalities in the workplace were set out earlier this month with the release of the Scottish Government’s first Gender Pay Gap Action Plan, launched by First Minister Nicola Sturgeon.
- [Austerity is shrinking women's lives](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/03/austerity-is-shrinking-womens-lives/) - Cuts to funding for local government have created a crisis which has hit women hardest, according to a report launched by the Women’s Budget Group recently.
- [Use delays to vet and appoint a panel](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/03/use-delays-to-vet-and-appoint-a-panel/) - Women deceived into long-term intimate relationships by undercover police officers visited the Home Office calling on him to appoint a panel of advisors to support Sir John Mitting, who they consider wholly unsuitable to chair the public inquiry into undercover policing.
- [New: Stalking Protection Orders](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/03/new-stalking-protection-orders/) - A new civil order that will help protect victims of stalking has now received Royal Assent. The Stalking Protection Bill will see the introduction of new Stalking Protection Orders - a civil order that police can apply for that will enable them to tackle ‘stranger stalking’ sooner and more effectively.
- [BirthStrike in the face of climate change](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/03/birthstrike-in-the-face-of-climate-change/) - BirthStrike is group of women and men who publicly declared they will not have children because of the growing threat of climate and ecological collapse after the IPCC report warned that Earth faces disastrous global temperature rises of 3C by 2100 and 8-12C by 2250 unless humanity cuts its greenhouse gas emissions.
- [Migrant women need domestic abuse bill too](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/03/migrant-women-need-domestic-abuse-bill-too/) - Southall Black Sisters and the Latin American Women’s Rights Service (LAWRS) jointly hosted a public meeting in the House of Commons recently to urgently discuss the failure of the Domestic Abuse Bill to properly include migrant women in state protective measures for abused women.
- [Home Office slammed over failures](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/03/home-office-slammed-over-failures/) - The Home Office ‘has shown a shockingly cavalier attitude in its approach to immigration detention’ and overseen serious failings in almost every area of the immigration detention process, a new report by the Home Affairs Committee found, and that lengthy immigration detention is unnecessary, inhumane and causes harm
- [Police face super-complaint](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/03/police-face-super-complaint/) - The Centre for Women’s Justice, concerned that the various legal measures intended to provide protection to women are not being applied properly on the ground, has submitted a super-complaint accusing the police of a “systemic failure” to protect a “highly vulnerable section” of the population to a national watchdog.
- [Sexism, seats, and the House of Lords](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/03/sexism-seats-and-the-house-of-lords/) - In 2018 the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee report 'A Smaller House of Lords' recommended that the government reduce and cap the number of Lords to 600 as a matter of urgency. But it seems that reforms to the House of Lords are unlikely to be implemented in this Parliament.
- [Report: no fixed address no access to GPs](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/03/report-no-fixed-address-no-access-to-gps/) - National charity Friends Families and Travellers have released the findings of a mystery shopping exercise in which they contacted 50 GP practices posing as a patient wishing to register who didn’t have a fixed address or proof of identity and found that almost half of practices would not register them.
- [Scottish consultation on protective orders](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/03/scottish-consultation-on-protective-orders/) - Consultation set up to seek views on proposals to create new protective orders that could be used to keep people at risk of domestic abuse safe by banning the perpetrators of domestic abuse from entering their homes closes 29 March 2019.
- [Bras left outside conference as protest](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/03/bras-left-outside-conference-as-protest/) - Women’s work-cancer is almost totally ignored by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), campaigners say, and left bras outside an HSE conference as a protest against the 'denial, delay and dithering' that, they say, will kill more women from breast cancer.
- [Birth Strike: women fighting for their lives](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/03/birth-strike-women-fighting-for-their-lives/) - Hidden behind the conventional religious bloc explanation for the protracted fight over reproductive freedom in the USA is a dramatic fight over women’s reproductive labour. As a new book about the Birth Strike reveals.
- [GPs support medical abortion](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/03/gps-support-medical-abortion/) - The Royal College of General Practitioners' UK Council has passed a motion to support the decriminalisation of abortion, saying that the procedure should be governed by medical regulatory frameworks, not the criminal justice system.
- [Addressing period poverty](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/03/addressing-period-poverty/) - The minister for women and equalities, Penny Mordaunt, announced £250,000 for the creation of 'a taskforce comprised of government departments, businesses, charities and manufacturers' to come up with new ideas to tackle the period poverty in the UK. Campaigners have criticised the absence of any immediate action.
- [NI opens consultation on child safety](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/03/ni-opens-consultation-on-child-safety/) - Northern Ireland’s Department of Justice has published a consultation which includes proposed measures to strengthen the law to protect children from sexual exploitation and abuse - and measures to assist in dealing with ‘up-skirting’.
- [Toxic chemicals and recycled plastic products](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/03/toxic-chemicals-and-recycled-plastic-products/) - The European Parliament and Council decision on the reform of the Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) Regulation announced recently, and hailed as protective for health, 'will keep children exposed to hazardous flame-retardant chemicals associated with thyroid disruption and neurological deficits'.
- [Campaign for period dignity at work](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/01/campaign-for-period-dignity-at-work/) - Unite is currently running a campaign demanding that women and girls have period dignity: the union is calling for access to sanitary products in the workplace and schools and to make that as normal as having access to things such as toilet roll. You can help.
- [Legal aid for inquests: campaign launched](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/02/legal-aid-for-inquests-campaign-launched/) - Following the decision by the Ministry of Justice to reject widely-supported proposals and overwhelming evidence for fair legal funding for bereaved people, rights groups, bereaved families and INQUEST have launched a campaign - Now or Never! Legal Aid for Inquests - calling for action by parliament.
- [Cost of living gap, debt, stress and Brexit](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/02/cost-of-living-gap-debt-stress-and-brexit/) - The second annual report by The Centre for Labour and Social Studies on the state of the UK labour market included a major worker survey which found that the cost of living gap is leading to longer working hours, stress and debt.
- [Join the battle to end hunger in the UK](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/02/join-the-battle-to-end-hunger-in-the-uk/) - The Trussell Trust's new campaign is asking everyone who thinks five weeks is too long to be without money join together with food banks, charities, faith and community groups, and show how damaging the wait is and demand change from Amber Rudd and her colleagues in the government.
- [Call for action to end surrogacy](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/02/call-for-action-to-end-surrogacy/) - The international statement requesting a global ban on womb rental (‘surrogacy’) released on 24 September 2018 and signed by hundreds of women’s human rights organisations from 18 countries is still open for further signatures.
- [Equalities impact: should be included](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/02/equalities-impact-should-be-included/) - The Women’s Budget Group has welcomed the recommendation from the Treasury Select Committee that the next budget should include ‘quantitative analysis of the equalities impact of individual tax and welfare measures in all cases where data are available’.
- [Peer-researched report on sexual violence out](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/02/peer-researched-report-on-sexual-violence-out/) - Agenda and AVA have launched Hand in Hand, a report by women with lived experience for the National Commission on Domestic and Sexual Violence and Multiple Disadvantage based on interviews by peer-researchers and other women have been facing violence and multiple disadvantage.
- [Arms exports to Saudis 'unlawful'](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/02/arms-exports-to-saudis-unlawful/) - House of Lords Committee does not agree with the government’s assertion that it is narrowly on the right side of international humanitarian law in licensing arms exports to the Saudi-led coalition; calls on the government to address root cause of the "unconscionable" humanitarian crisis in Yemen: the conflict itself.
- [Equally safe at work: pilot launched](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/02/equally-safe-at-work-pilot-launched/) - An innovative employer accreditation programme, 'Equally Safe at Work', that aims to enable local government employers in Scotland to advance gender equality and prevent violence against women was launched last month.
- [School strike: Friday for the future](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/02/school-strike-friday-for-the-future/) - On 15 February students across the UK will be striking to protest the lack of government action being taken to combat the climate crisis as they join Greta Thunberg and the international #FridaysforFuture campaign.
- [Fixing fashion: a sustainability issue](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/02/fixing-fashion-a-sustainability-issue/) - The Environmental Audit Committee has called on the government to make fashion retailers take responsibility for the waste they create, for a new Extended Producer Responsibility scheme, and for Company Law to be updated to require modern slavery disclosures - by 2022.
- [Screening programmes inconsistent](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/02/screening-programmes-inconsistent/) - The National Audit Office (NAO) has found that the proportion of eligible adults receiving health screening is inconsistent across different areas in England and that services are not operating to the ‘agreed standards’.
- [Prisons and probation report: shocking](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/02/prisons-and-probation-report-shocking/) - Significant improvements are needed to ensure sexual offenders are managed effectively in prison and in the community, according to a new report by Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Probation and Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Prisons that sets out a series of 15 recommendations.
- [The BBC, abortion and reality](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/02/the-bbc-abortion-and-reality/) - A group of healthcare bodies have published a letter to BBC Action Line asking that they reverse their current stance on providing links to information about abortion following a recent episode of Call the Midwife in which one of the characters died as a result of complications from an illegal “backstreet” abortion.
- [Windrush: National Day of Action called](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/02/windrush-national-day-of-action-called/) - The BAME L4J coalition, responding to the unfolding Windrush scandal, calls for all deportations to be stopped and for a Windrush National Day of Action, demanding justice for Windrush victims and the urgent reform of a British immigration system that treats black British people as third class citizens.
- [End silencing women at work now](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/02/end-silencing-women-at-work-now/) - Campaigners call on Theresa May and the current government to fast-track law reform so that victims of sexual harassment are exempt from signing Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDAs). and ask that existing NDAs that prevent victims from speaking out are declared null and void.
- [Military personnel face second-rate justice](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/02/military-personnel-face-second-rate-justice/) - Liberty has published a comprehensive report on the military justice system, revealing that the UK's service men and women continue to be badly failed by the Armed Forces’ in-house policing and legal systems, especially where rape and other serious offences are concerned.
- [Fast fashion and sustainability questioned](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/02/fast-fashion-and-sustainability-questioned/) - Interim Report concludes that the current business model for UK fashion industry is unsustainable; exploitative practices must end; retailers must lead change through labour market and environmental sustainability practices - and ;should show leadership through engagement with industry initiatives.
- [Feminists rate progress of UN boss](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/02/feminists-rate-progress-of-un-boss/) - The Feminist UN Campaign has released its second-year report card on UN Secretary-General António Guterres; they recognised his efforts with a grade of B-, up from C+ at the end of his first year.
- [Help get women into STEM](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/01/help-get-women-into-stem/) - Equate Scotland is asking women and gender equality champions to take part in #ThisIsWhatASTEMinistLooksLike and post photos of themselves in their STEM environments to promote the idea that diversity in science, technology, engineering and mathematics is not an anomaly, but a shared goal.
- [Adolescence and daily misogyny](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/01/adolescence-and-daily-misogyny/) - A study commissioned by ActionAid of 2,560 young people aged 14-21 in the UK, India, Brazil and Kenya to uncover when and where exposure to misogyny begins, and how widespread experiences of sexual harassment are during adolescence has highlighted the prevalence of misogyny in young people’s everyday lives.
- [New mums: redundancy protection consultation opens](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/01/new-mums-redundancy-protection-consultation-opens/) - The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy has launched a consultation seeking views on extending redundancy protection for women and new parents.
- [Dangers of live-streaming revealed](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/01/dangers-of-live-streaming-revealed/) - Greater awareness of online child sexual abuse using live-streaming apps is needed. A new study by the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) has revealed shocking statistics on children being groomed, coerced and blackmailed into live-streaming their own sexual abuse over webcams, tablets and mobile phones.
- [Scottish women's council equality report out](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/01/scottish-womens-council-equality-report-out/) - The National Advisory Council on Women and Girls report makes eleven key recommendations covering everything from education, to the legal system and childcare - and along with the recommendations is also calling on everyone to act differently.
- [Help end period poverty](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/01/help-end-period-poverty/) - In the UK, 1 in 10 young women aged 14-21 have been unable to afford period products. ‘Period poverty’ activist and campaigner Amika George, founder of Free Periods has launched a new legal campaign for free menstrual products in schools.
- [Pension changes: a poor return](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/01/pension-changes-a-poor-return/) - Increasing women's pension age from 60 to 66 has hit men and women alike. And from May this year older men will have to wait until their wives reach 66 before they can claim.
- [Northern Ireland abortion law: change needed](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/01/northern-ireland-abortion-law-change-needed/) - Northern Irish women must be able to access the abortion care they need at home; the strain of travel, the fact that women must often come alone without the support of their partner or parent, and the shame of undergoing a procedure that is illegal in their own country can be extremely distressing for some women.
- [Help amend the Children Act and end FGM](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/01/help-amend-the-children-act-and-end-fgm/) - On 1 February MPs are voting on whether or not to amend the Children Act to include FGM. We need this bill to go through. Sign the petition, 'Get FGM into the Children's Act'. Write to your MP to demand that FGM be included in the Children’s Act. And stop Chope.
- [Take action against unsolicited dick pics](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/01/take-action-against-unsolicited-dick-pics/) - A petition has been set up calling on the UK Parliament, Twitter and Facebook to make it an offence for men to send unsolicited penis photos, and the Empower Project’s latest campaign, ‘Don't be a Dick’, calls on policy makers and practitioners to take cyberflashing seriously.
- [Missing lesbians: help needed](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/01/missing-lesbians-help-needed/) - Accessing news about crimes against lesbians is not easy. Multiple barriers prevent media projects like Listening to Lesbians from being able to present a comprehensive picture of global lesbian experiences. So if you see news articles about violence and harassment against lesbians please send them to them
- [Women, a double whammy, and work](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/01/women-a-double-whammy-and-work/) - According to fresh figures from the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (the RSA) women have both borne the brunt of jobs ‘lost’ to automation and austerity in the last decade while missing out on the best-paid new jobs.
- [Online abuse of women figures shocking](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/01/online-abuse-of-women-figures-shocking/) - 1.1 million abusive or problematic tweets were sent to women last year - an average of one every 30 seconds - Amnesty International revealed in a ground-breaking study into abuse against women politicians and journalists from the UK and US on Twitter.
- [Women's pensions: hearing date set](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/01/womens-pensions-hearing-date-set/) - The date for the historic hearing into whether 3.9 million 1950s-born women have been cheated out of their state pension by the government has been set by the High Court for May 24 and 27.
- [Nuclear bomb ban: time to sign the treaty](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2017/08/nuclear-bomb-ban-one-more-month/) - New treaty banning nuclear weapons will be open for signature on 20 September 2017 at the UN General Assembly. Keep the pressure on your country to sign it.
- [Test case victory for working lone mothers](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2019/01/test-case-victory-for-working-lone-mothers/) - In a test case victory for a group of working lone mothers, on 11 January 2019 the High Court found that the way the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has been assessing income from employment through its Universal Credit (UC) work assessment periods is unlawful.
- [Take a stand against street harassment of girls](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/10/take-a-stand-against-street-harassment-of-girls/) - Plan International is asking you to stand with UK girls and say #ISayItsNotOK, as it calls on the government to recognise harassment in public as a form of gender-based violence in its strategy to end violence against women and girls.
- [Voter ID: crowdfunding to ensure debate](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/12/voter-id-crowdfunding-to-ensure-debate/) - Legal advice seen by the Electoral Reform Society showed that voter ID trials could be unlawful as they were imposed by ministerial diktat not parliament. So Neil Coughlan is crowdfunding for a legal challenge of the trials, as he does not have access to photo ID.
- [Taskforce reports on women and mental health](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/12/taskforce-reports-on-women-and-mental-health/) - The Women’s Mental Health Taskforce has set out its key principles for gender and trauma-informed care in the final report it released earlier this week, and has six recommendations for the Department of Health and Social Care and its Arm’s Length Bodies.
- [Shocking attitudes to sexual consent revealed](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/12/shocking-attitudes-to-sexual-consent-revealed/) - The results of YouGov survey for the End Violence Against Women Coalition asking around 4,000 British people about their attitudes to rape and sexual violence, has shown that far too many people are still unsure what is actually rape.
- [Hazardous chemicals: testing limited](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/12/hazardous-chemicals-testing-limited/) - The extent of action on hazardous chemicals by trading standards officers varied widely between councils. A survey of councils found that UK shoppers are not properly protected from illegal levels of hazardous chemicals in the products they buy.
- [End the global femicide epidemic](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/12/end-the-global-femicide-epidemic/) - Available data indicates that among the victims of all intentional killings involving intimate partners, in which there is an established intimate relationship between perpetrator and victim, almost 80 per cent of victims are women. Most of these deaths are preventable.
- [Third femicide census report published](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/12/third-femicide-census-report-published/) - The third Femicide Census Report, released by nia’s Chief Executive Karen Ingala Smith in partnership with Women’s Aid, has revealed that at least 139 women were killed by 126 men in the UK between 1 January and 31 December 2017.
- [Stansted and British human rights](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/12/stansted-and-british-human-rights/) - One of the biggest travesties of British justice in recent years, the judgement in the Stansted 15 case, shame us all. We should cherish dissenters trying to stop human rights abuses – not imprison them under anti-terrorism laws designed to prevent further Lockerbie bombings.
- [Protect human rights defenders say major brands](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/12/protect-human-rights-defenders-say-major-brands/) - A group of major brands has called for the protection of human rights defenders and civic freedoms, both of which are under attack around the world.
- [Consultation on forced marriage opened](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/12/consultation-on-forced-marriage-opened/) - The consultation seeks views about whether it is necessary to introduce a new legal mandatory reporting duty relating to cases of forced marriage and, if it is, what such a reporting requirement would look like and how the current guidance on forced marriage could be improved and strengthened.
- [Get women onto the Brexit agenda](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/12/get-women-onto-the-brexit-agenda/) - It is more important than ever that we all keep campaigning to defend the rights of women and girls from being weakened post-Brexit and set a positive agenda for progress. There are two ways you can help.
- [The embedding of state hostility](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/12/the-embedding-of-state-hostility/) - The Institute of Race Relations has published a background paper by Frances Webber showing how the injustices meted out to the Windrush generation are not anomalies but the logical result of an immigration system that, over many years, has weaponised the idea of ‘the illegal immigrant’.
- [Scottish police on domestic abuse](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/12/scottish-police-on-domestic-abuse/) - Police Scotland officers and staff have begun training so they can recognise and effectively respond to the signs of coercive and controlling behaviours ahead of the new Domestic Abuse (Scotland) Act 2018 which will come into force next year.
- [Campaign to end sex for rent launched](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/12/campaign-to-end-sex-for-rent-launched/) - A campaign launched by Housing Women Cymru aims to raise awareness and end the offering of accommodation or reduced rent in return for sex or sexual acts; perpetrators need to understand that offering a place to stay in exchange for sex is breaking the law - and completely unacceptable.
- [Gibraltar: abortion law consultation closes](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/12/gibraltar-abortion-law-consultation-closes/) - A consultation has been held by the government of Gibraltar, which is a British Overseas Territory but not covered by the abortion law of Great Britain, as the judgment by the UK's Supreme Court regarding the abortion law in Northern Ireland will also affect Gibraltar.
- [Modern Slavery Act failing](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/12/modern-slavery-act-failing/) - The Business and Human Rights Resource Centre has tracked companies’ reporting every year since, and its reort's findings show that the Modern Slavery Act has failed to deliver the transformational change many hoped for.
- [Help keep garment workers in Bangladesh safe](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/12/help-keep-garment-workers-in-bangladesh-safe/) - Bangladesh relies on making and selling clothes to international consumers like us - it’s time to make it clear that consumers want clothing made in safe conditions and won’t stand for the expulsion of the Accord. With this letter campaign help the International Labor Rights Forum help workers in Bangladesh.
- [Gillen review: consultation opens](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/12/gillen-review-consultation-opens/) - Sir John Gillen has published a preliminary report, after a major review into how serious sexual crimes are handled by the judicial system in Northern Ireland, and has called for a series of measures to overhaul the way rape is dealt with by the criminal justice system. A public consultation is now open.
- [Taking on homelessness: someone is](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/11/taking-on-homelessness-someone-is/) - The Homes for Cathy campaign is calling upon all housing associations to do more to end homelessness by signing up to a set of nine commitments - commitments that should also be seen as aspirational and as a tool to develop policies and practices.
- [Yarl's Wood: hunger strike](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/11/yarls-wood-hunger-strike/) - Over 40 women in Yarl’s Wood Immigration Removal Centre near Bedford have been on hunger strike this week protesting against a charter flight due to take traumatised women back to Nigeria. This is the second hunger strike this year.
- [Improve reporting on domestic violence deaths](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/11/improve-reporting-on-domestic-violence-deaths/) - Responsible reporting can improve public understanding of domestic violence, help victims and their families seek justice and help women at risk access support. Campaigners are now calling on IPSO to introduce guidelines on reporting domestic violence deaths.
- [Apprenticeships are letting down young women](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/11/apprenticeships-are-letting-down-young-women/) - The Young Women's Trust releases new report and calls for a significant increase in the apprentice minimum wage – or for it to be scrapped altogether and apprentices to be put on the same rates as everyone else.
- [Single mums challenge Universal Credit disaster](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/11/single-mums-challenge-universal-credit-disaster/) - Four single mums are in court this week to challenge the government over the Universal Credit (UC) payment system which is inflexible and does not reflect reality. Their cases are due to be heard together in the High Court at the Royal Courts of Justice building in London on 27 and 28 November 2018.
- [Hear MeToo](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/11/__trashed-9/) - The 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence Campaign is a time to galvanise action to end violence against women and girls around the world. The UNiTE Campaign’s global theme this year is Orange the World: #HearMeToo.
- [Oxford Handbook of Women, Peace, and Security due](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/11/oxford-handbook-of-women-peace-and-security-due/) - The Oxford Handbook of Women, Peace, and Security is due to be published in the new year. A thirty per cent discount is on offer.
- [Book on Asian women finding a voice re-published](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/11/book-on-asian-women-finding-a-voice-re-published/) - Amrit Wilson's book, 'Finding a Voice, struggles of South Asian women', which has just been re-published, was the first text to document Asian women’s resistance to gendered racism.
- [Abortion Law NI: inquiry still open](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/11/abortion-law-ni-inquiry-still-open/) - The Women and Equalities Committee has launched an inquiry looking into abortion law in Northern Ireland. And to ensure that those who want to remain anonymous can submit what they want to say, Alliance for Choice has created a form for individuals to fill in.
- [Toilets for safety, nature and twinning](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/11/toilets-for-safety-nature-and-twinning/) - World Toilet Day, celebrated on 19 November, is about taking action to ensure that everyone has a safe toilet by 2030. This is part of Sustainable Development Goal 6: sanitation and water.
- [The intersection of misogyny and white supremacy](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/11/the-intersection-of-misogyny-and-white-supremacy/) - The Anti-Defamation League, a Jewish NGO based in the US which fights antisemitism and all forms of bigotry, considers misogyny a dangerous and underestimated component of extremism. See its report: ‘When Women are the Enemy: The Intersection of Misogyny and White Supremacy’.
- [Women and contraception: survey results](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/11/women-and-contraception-survey-results/) - Some of the results were unsurprising, but there were some stand-out issues that clearly need addressing, particularly pertaining to information given prior to choosing contraception, and to the attitudes and actions of healthcare professionals when it comes to supporting women through their reproductive lives.
- [Insuring women](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/11/insuring-women/) - Women risk financial insecurity in later life due to a culmination of societal, health and financial factors stacked against them, according to a report from Insuring Women’s Futures. And the findings in this report show there is much to be done to improve women’s pensions and financial resilience generally.
- [Obstacle course to get into Parliament](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/11/obstacle-course-to-get-into-parliament/) - A study published by the Fawcett Society found that women still face obstacles at every stage on the way to Parliament, particularly from ‘gatekeepers’ within the political parties.
- [Prostitution project in Leeds failing all round](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/11/prostitution-project-in-leeds-failing-all-round/) - Save Our Eyes campaigners call on all Leeds City Councillors to oppose the Managed Approach to Prostitution at upcoming debate or be willing to move to Holbeck and live amid the filth, fear and chaos.
- [Thousands call for end to hunger in the UK](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/11/thousands-call-for-end-to-hunger-in-the-uk/) - A national petition, signed in food banks around the country by Universal Credit claimants, people experiencing hunger, food bank volunteers and supporters, calling on the UK government to fix Universal Credit was presented at 10 Downing Street earlier this week.
- [UK government policy, poverty and prostitution](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/11/uk-government-policy-poverty-and-prostitution/) - UN Special Rapporteur is in the UK investigating the interlinkages between poverty and the realisation of human rights. Nordic Model Now! writes how extreme poverty and widening inequality between the sexes is driving many women into prostitution, in violation of their human rights.
- [New book prize has strange idea](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/11/new-book-prize-has-strange-idea/) - The shortlist for the inaugral Staunch Book Prize for the author of a novel in the thriller genre - crime, psychological, comedy and mystery - in which no woman is beaten, stalked, sexually exploited, raped or murdered. has been announced. The winner will be revealed on 26 November
- [Making places work for women](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/11/making-places-work-for-women/) - Agenda has published a new report, Making Places Work for Women, which looks at how place-based approaches to change could improve the lives of women experiencing multiple disadvantages including poverty, violence and abuse, mental health problems, addiction and homelessness.
- [Draft RSE guidance letting girls down](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/11/draft-rse-guidance-letting-girls-down/) - A coalition of women’s organisations has written to Education Secretary Damian Hinds MP saying that the government’s ‘Relationships and Sex Education’ (RSE) proposals are poor and will fail girls unless they are significantly amended and joined up to other school policies.
- [Rights of disabled women undermined](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/11/rights-of-disabled-women-undermined/) - Report highlights the undermining of disabled women’s rights which is caused by poor or non-existent sex education, lack of training for practitioners, failures in reproductive, sexual and maternal health services, and pervasive abuse and violence faced by disabled women.
- [Why women need tax justice](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/11/why-women-need-tax-justice/) - The first week of November 2018 marks the one year anniversary of the release of the #ParadisePapers – yet another high profile tax scandal that highlighted the human impact of global tax dodging, exposing the wealthy individuals and multinational companies who dodge taxes.
- [Pesticide regulation: new people's manifesto](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/11/pesticide-regulation-new-peoples-manifesto/) - Citizens for Science in Pesticide Regulation's new manifesto calls upon European regulators to urgently reform the current pesticide risk assessment and risk management system, and suggests practical solutions to the major failings.
- [Support showings of Invisible Women](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/11/support-showings-of-invisible-women/) - Invisible Women is a short documentary film telling the story of Angela and Luchia and the North West’s LGBTQ past over the last 50 years through the lens of the two women’s incredible activism and rebellion. Money is still needed to get this film into the community, to schools, festivals, so please help.
- [Environmental group announces rebellion](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/10/environmental-group-announces-rebellion/) - Environmental group Extinction Rebellion (XR) has officially announced its nonviolent uprising against criminal inaction by the British government on the climate emergency and ecological crisis: at 10am on 31 October, a Declaration of Rebellion was made in Parliament Square in London.
- [Abortion rights victory on the Isle of Man](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/10/abortion-rights-victory-on-the-isle-of-man/) - The Isle of Man’s Campaign for Abortion Law Modernisation (CALM) is delighted to announce that the Isle of Man’s parliament, the House of Keys, has voted to pass Dr Alex Allinson MHK’s Abortion Reform Bill 2018.
- [Call for comments on new mesh-use guideline](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/10/call-for-comments-on-new-mesh-use-guideline/) - After all the horror stories about surgical mesh/tape and months of awareness-raising campaigning, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has now come up with a draft guideline regarding the future management of urinary incontinence and pelvic organ prolapse in women.
- [London's blue plaques: women needed](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/10/londons-blue-plaques-women-needed/) - English Heritage is calling on the public to nominate more females to address the imbalance of men and women represented in its London blue plaques scheme.
- [Action to clean our air needed now](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/10/action-to-clean-our-air-needed-now/) - The UK Health Alliance on Climate Change (UKHACC) – the body of UK health professionals advocating for action on climate change to protect public health – is calling on government to implement the biggest shake up in air quality legislation since the middle of the last century.
- [Universal Credit: increasing hunger by design](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/10/universal-credit-increasing-hunger-by-design/) - The Joint Public Issues Team’s briefing on Universal Credit sets out the problems with the design, which turn it from a poverty reducing measure to a poverty increasing measure. Please sign the petition and write to your MP.
- [Diana Johnson interview](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/10/diana-johnson-interview/) - Labour MP Diana Johnson introduced a ten-minute rule bill in the House of Commons that would see abortion decriminalised. Ahead of tabling her backbench bill, Johnson spoke to LabourList.
- [We will remember them](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2013/11/we-will-remember-them/) - The white poppy was - and is - a challenge to the continuing drive to war.
- [TUC calls for budget to fund mental health care](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/10/__trashed-5/) - In the last five years the number of patients accessing mental health services in England has risen by a third (540,000), however, over the same period the number of mental health nurses, doctors and beds in the country has fallen, says TUC research
- [Street harassment: committee report out](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/10/street-harassment-committee-report-out/) - The Women and Equalities Committee published its report on the sexual harassment of women and girls in public places earlier this week, Maria Miller remarking that 'It is not acceptable that women have to change their behaviour to avoid sexual harassment.'
- [Call to investigate disclosure process](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/10/call-to-investigate-disclosure-process/) - Claire Waxman, Victims' Commissioner for London, has written to the Information Commissioner, Elizabeth Denham, regarding the disclosure process in rape cases, concerned that the disclosure process in rape cases are currently grounded in an unlawful basis of ‘consent’.
- [Women's rights and safety at risk](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/09/womens-rights-and-safety-at-risk/) - With less than seven weeks to go until the deadline for responses to the consultation on changing the Gender Recognition Act, Fair Play For Women's volunteers hit the streets up and down the country last weekend to spread the word about how the proposed changes to the Act threaten female rights.
- [Domestic Abuse Bill: much more action needed](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/10/domestic-abuse-bill-much-more-action-needed/) - Select Committee report urges the government to widen planned bill to be a Violence against Women and Girls and Domestic Abuse Bill and that national refuge funding, a new stalkers register, and an end to single Universal Credit payments should be included.
- [Remarks on environmenstrual action](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/10/remarks-on-environmenstrual-action/) - An ‘Environmenstrual week of action‘ was part of the campaign by the Women’s Environmental Network (WEN) to make healthy and eco-friendly menstrual products affordable and available to all in the UK. But it is up to the companies that make these products to improve their environmental impact, not their customers
- [The importance of the power of choice](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/10/the-importance-of-the-power-of-choice/) - “The way forward is the full realisation of reproductive rights, for every individual and couple, no matter where or how they live, or how much they earn,” Dr Kanem said in New UNFPA report’s foreword And dismantling all the barriers - whether economic, social or institutional - that inhibit free and informed choice.”
- [Open letter: call for signatures](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/10/open-letter-call-for-signatures/) - Nordic Model Now! are collecting signature for an open letter to be sent to Brighton University next week in response to the presence of a stall run by the Sex Wokers’ Outreach Project (SWOP) at the university's Freshers' Week. Was this grooming young women and suggesting buying sex an acceptable option for young men?
- [Letter protests silencing of women](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/10/letter-protests-silencing-of-women/) - Nearly 200 prominent figures signed an open letter raising concerns that public and private bodies are helping close down discussion about government plans to reform the law regarding gender recognition. Harassment of those organising, speaking at or even attending meetings about this is now routine.
- [Get the plastic out of your period](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/10/get-the-plastic-out-of-your-period/) - The Women's Environmental Network, a UK charity working on issues that link women, health and the environment, is in the throes of its first ever Environmenstrual Week of Action - and taking #PeriodAction to make healthy eco-friendly menstrual products available for all.
- [Letting agents discriminating against women](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/10/letting-agents-discriminating-against-women/) - Five of England’s leading letting agents actively discriminate against tenants on housing benefit; under the Equality Act 2010, letting agents who reject housing benefit tenants outright could be at risk of breaking the law because of indirect discrimination against women and disabled people.
- [Time for radical rethink on domestic abuse](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/10/time-for-radical-rethink-on-domestic-abuse/) - National domestic abuse charity SafeLives has called for a radical rethink in the response to domestic abuse, stopping it before it starts rather than waiting for harm to happen, and has launched The Whole Picture, its new strategy.
- [Environment groups oppose government proposals](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/10/environment-groups-oppose-government-proposals/) - Open letter in open letter: 20 charities label fracking proposals a ‘perversion of local democracy’ and say ‘the risks posed by injecting chemicals into the earth in order to remove carbon-emitting fossil fuels are well known, and could have a disastrous effect on our countryside, landscapes and environment’.
- [Time to make clear the killer is at fault](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/10/time-to-make-clear-the-killer-is-at-fault/) - Level Up has started a petition asking IPSO to set up a code so journalists report responsibly on domestic violence deaths and for dignity for murdered women. Please sign and share it. Thank you.
- [Civil partnership: a victory and a consultation](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/10/civil-partnership-a-victory-and-a-consultation/) - After the government at Westmninster announced that civil partnerships will be available to all couples, not just same-sex couples, the Scottish government has launched a public consultation on whether heterosexual couples ought to be able to enter into civil partnerships.
- [Support international feminists manifesto](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/10/support-international-feminists-manifesto/) - Spanish feminists have created a campaign and Manifesto Against the Trade in Women’s Bodies. They are seeking support, and collecting signatures, with their petition - which is available in several languages- in the run-up to 25 November. We are called upon to sign and share widely, Sisters.
- [#MeToo: the next steps](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/10/metoo-the-next-steps/) - New research from The Fawcett Society has found that one year on from the outpouring of #MeToo stories, there has been a significant shift in attitudes to sexual harassment.
- [How poverty in Scotland is gendered](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/10/how-poverty-in-scotland-is-gendered/) - One of the key messages of this year’s Challenge Poverty Week is that poverty affects us all. At Close the Gap, we know that it affects women. We know this because the evidence shows that poverty in Scotland is gendered.
- [How their world looks to girls in the UK](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/10/how-their-world-looks-to-girls-in-the-uk/) - The tenth annual Girls Attitudes Survey asked the opinions of over 1,900 girls and young women aged 7 to 21, including girls inside and outside Girlguiding and throughout the UK and gives an important view of how girls and young women in the UK see their world.
- [Survey results on consent shocking](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/10/survey-results-on-consent-shocking/) - A survey by sexual health charity FPA has revealed that deeply concerning attitudes about sexual consent seem to be prevalent in all age groups in the UK.
- [UK breaches own anti-slavery law](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/10/uk-breaches-own-anti-slavery-law/) - Foreign national women in the criminal justice system - including trafficking victims - are facing inappropriate imprisonment and the threat of deportation with insufficient rehabilitation or support, new Prison Reform Trust and Hibiscus Initiative report says.
- [Gender responsive budgeting casebook launched](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/09/gender-responsive-budgeting-casebook-launched/) - Policy makers often do not take women’s needs into account, leading to policies that don’t work for women. The Women’s Budget Group has now produced ‘Women Count’, a resource for anyone who wants to work on Gender Responsive Budgeting.
- [Fracking protest off to Conservative conference](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/09/fracking-protest-off-to-conservative-conference/) - “If the government’s proposals to fast-track fracking go through then the Conservative party will be remembered for opening the door to industrialisation of our precious countryside, undermining local democracy and silencing people on decisions which affect them.”
- [Fair living wage hopes dashed](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/09/fair-living-wage-hopes-dashed/) - In November 2013, H&M announced that all “H&M’s strategic suppliers should have pay structures in place to pay a fair living wage by 2018 - reaching around 850000 textile workers.” But now the original fair living wages promise no longer features in corporate communication.
- [Inquiry into Equality Act launched](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/08/inquiry-into-equality-act-launched/) - The Women and Equalities Committee launches inquiry into the enforcement of the Equality Act 2010 – legislation designed to “provide a legal framework to protect the rights of individuals and advance equality of opportunity for all”. Does it work?
- [Number of rape cases charged drops](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/09/number-of-rape-cases-charged-drops/) - The End Violence Against Women Coalition (EVAW) has called for an independent review of why the number of rapes charged by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) last year dropped by nearly a quarter despite reporting rates going through the roof.
- [Equality and Trade Unions](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/09/equality-and-trade-unions/) - In their Equality Audit 2018, the TUC has looked at the practical steps trade unions are taking to ensure they reflect the diversity of the workforce. Among other findings, women, BME workers and young workers are all under-represented in union positions.
- [Why campaigners say no to sex self-ID](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/09/campaigners-say-no-to-sex-self-id/) - The UK government is currently asking the public whether it should expand the terms of the Gender Recognition Act in ways that would allow any male who says he feels he is a woman to gain a female birth certificate on demand. This has considerable knock-on consequences for female-only services.
- [International call to end surrogacy now](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/09/international-call-to-end-surrogacy-now/) - British women’s groups have started adding their signatures to those of women’s human rights organisations from 18 countries who have released an international statement to request a global ban on womb rental (‘surrogacy’).
- [Women's rights and public health](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/09/womens-rights-and-public-health/) - 'Health Profile for England: 2018', published earlier this month, summarises the health of people in England in 2018 and provides an update to the first Health Profile for England which was published in 2017. UK women’s health ranked 18th lowest out of 28 EU member states for premature death.
- [Campaign for climate action now](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/09/campaign-for-climate-action-now/) - Amid record-breaking temperatures in parts of the world, and with the past two decades the warmest on record, on 10 September the Secretary-General of the United Nations, António Guterres, delivered a major challenge at UN Headquarters in New York: campaign for climate action now.
- [Social care in England inquiry launched](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/09/social-care-in-england-inquiry-launched/) - The Economic Affairs Committee, chaired by Lord Forsyth of Drumlean, has launched an inquiry into the social care system in England and is inviting written contributions to its investigation.
- [Basic Income attracting increasing support](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/09/basic-income-attracting-increasing-support/) - New poll published alongside a Royal Society of Arts (RSA) report on how localities can develop alternatives to sanctions and mean-testing found that the public now backs Basic Income experiments in local areas by more than two to one,
- [It is still a man's world: UK 2018](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/09/it-is-still-a-mans-world-uk-2018/) - The Young Women’s Trust’s 2018 annual survey, It's (still) a Rich Man's World, once again shows that young women remain more likely than young men to be affected by job insecurity, money worries and debt. But with the current rate of progress women’s equality remains beyond reach.
- [Personal information wrongly collected](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/09/personal-information-wrongly-collected/) - The Investigatory Powers Tribunal (IPT) has ruled that for a sustained period, successive Foreign Secretaries wrongly gave GCHQ unfettered discretion to collect vast quantities of personal customer information from telecommunications companies.
- [Sexual harassment of police staff revealed](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/09/sexual-harassment-of-police-staff-revealed/) - Police chiefs have pledged to act over high levels of sexual harassment among police staff working for police forces in England and Wales set out in a combined report published by UNISON, the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and the University of Surrey.
- [Support abortion rights for Northern Ireland](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/09/support-abortion-rights-for-northern-ireland/) - Alliance for Choice launched a social media campaign last week asking people in Northern Ireland to write to the Minister for Women and Equalities, Penny Mordaunt, urging her to support abortion rights for the women of Northern Ireland.
- [Help say no to killer robots](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/08/help-say-no-to-killer-robots/) - Next week, the UK joins over 70 countries at the 6th international meeting of the group of governmental experts in Geneva on the issue of Lethal Autonomous Weapons (LAWS), better known as ‘killer robots’. Support negotiations for a new framework to prohibit the development of killer robots.
- [Warning about manipulation of personal data](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/08/warning-about-manipulation-of-personal-data/) - The first interim report by the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee on its Disinformation and ‘fake news’ inquiry warned that we face a democratic crisis founded on the manipulation of personal data, and the targeting of pernicious views to users, particularly during elections and referenda.
- [UN to look at poverty and human rights in the UK](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/08/un-to-look-at-poverty-and-human-rights-in-the-uk/) - The United Nations Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, Professor Philip Alston, will undertake an official visit to the Great Britain and Northern Ireland from 6 to 16 November 2018. He is calling for submissions.
- [London mayor says support victims of abuse](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/08/london-mayor-says-support-victims-of-abuse/) - The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, and London’s Victims’ Commissioner, Claire Waxman, have called on the Home Secretary, Sajid Javid, to urgently act to protect victims of domestic abuse who have insecure immigration status.
- [Liberty: police should investigate military crimes](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/08/liberty-police-should-investigate-military-crimes/) - Liberty has called for civilian police to investigate all military crimes after the Coroner in Private Sean Benton’s inquest delivered a highly critical verdict. Emma Norton: "When soldiers are assaulted or face sexual violence at work, the Army must guarantee civilian police will investigate those crimes.
- [UK-wide legacy consultation about The Troubles](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/08/uk-wide-legacy-consultation-about-the-troubles/) - The Northern Ireland Office (NIO) has launched a UK-wide consultation on ‘Addressing the Legacy of Northern Ireland’s Past’. The government thinks that legacy institutions are the best way to try to meet the needs of victims and survivors and want to now your opinion
- [Refuge financing partially saved](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/08/refuge-financing-partially-saved/) - Women escaping domestic abuse can continue to have their places in women’s refuges paid via the welfare system; the government dropped plans to overhaul funding but has not resolvde the problem of women who can’t get housing benefit because they work or because they have ‘no recourse to public funds’.
- [Shout out for reality](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/08/shout-out-for-reality/) - Scottish feminist organisation Engender is asking you to highlight the people and groups making women’s equality happen, to celebrate their work and inspire others to take action using the hashtag #ScotWomenShoutOut.
- [Open letter from campaign against sex robots](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/08/open-letter-from-campaign-against-sex-robots/) - Campaigners are challenging the view that the development of adult and child sex robots will be a positive benefit to society and says the development of sex robots further sexually objectifies women and children.
- [Report reveals inequality and ridiculous pay](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/08/report-reveals-inequality-and-ridiculous-pay/) - New research from the High Pay Centre and CIPD has found that a FTSE 100 CEO is now paid an average (median) annual pay of £3.93 million per year. 137 times more than a worker on the UK's average wage of £28,758.
- [Fracking, guinea pigs and hidden reports](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/08/fracking-guinea-pigs-and-hidden-reports/) - Talk Fracking has issued a Pre-Action Legal Letter to the Secretary of State for Local Government for ‘clear failure to conduct a strategic environmental assessment’ as two consultants accuse the governemnt of ignoring pollution warnings and treating people as guinea pigs.
- [Reading suggestion: Beauty and Misogyny](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/08/reading-suggestion-beauty-and-misogyny/) - Should western beauty practices, ranging from lipstick to labiaplasty, be included in the United Nations understandings of harmful traditional/cultural practices?
- [The dangers of Universal Credit made clear](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/08/the-dangers-of-universal-credit-made-clear/) - The House of Commons' Work and Pensions Select Committee report has added its voice to those of wmen's groups and other campaigners saying that single household payments of Universal Credit could put claimants living with domestic abuse at risk of harm.
- [Helping pets escape domestic violence too](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/08/helping-pets-evade-domestic-violence-too/) - In homes where there is violence and abuse, pets are often threatened, injured or killed by violent men to maintain control over their partners and children. Various groups now look after pets while their owners are in refuges or escaping domestic abuse.
- [Northern Ireland could break a world record](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/08/northern-ireland-could-break-a-world-record/) - If nothing changes before, on 28 August Northern Ireland will break the world record for the longest time a state has not had a government and grassroots groups are organising ways of marking the occasion.
- [Charities covered up government lie on blue badges](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/08/charities-covered-government-lie-on-blue-badges/) - Charities help government with cover-up over blue badge changes; it was a court challange that forced the change not government generosity. Linda Burnip, co-founder of Disabled People Against Cuts, said the way the changes had been presented had been “a complete lie”.
- [Sexual harassment at work: widespread, ignored](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/07/sexual-harassment-at-work-widespread-ignored/) - The government, regulators and employers are failing in their responsibilities to tackle sexual harassment in the workplace, the Women and Equalities Committee's new report said, after a wide-ranging six-month inquiry - and outlines a five-point plan of action the government should now take.
- [Gender pay gap reporting: changes needed](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/08/gender-pay-gap-reporting-changes-needed/) - The UK has one of the highest gender pay gaps in Europe and pay reporting can only be the first step in closing it, the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee said in their recent report on 'gender pay gap reporting'.
- [Project links suffragettes and historical sites](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/08/project-links-suffragettes-and-historical-sites/) - Through its HerStories project, Historic England has been working with researchers from the University of Lincoln and has officially recognised suffragette stories that are told in bricks and mortar - and post boxes.
- [How feminists are fighting for climate justice](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/08/how-feminists-are-fighting-for-climate-justice/) - Doc Society has launched a new, feminist, climate justice podcast series called ‘Mothers of Invention’ and hosted by the former ­President of Ireland, Mary Robinson and comedian Maeve Higgins talking to women from around the world who fight climate change.
- [Poverty and wealth in food production](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/08/poverty-and-wealth-in-food-production/) - Millions of women and men who produce our food are trapped in poverty and face brutal working conditions, despite billion-dollar profits in the food industry, a new report published by Oxfam has revealed.
- [MeToo in the UN: starting to deal with it](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/08/metoo-in-the-un-being-dealt-with/) - In April Purna Sen, UN Women’s Director of the Policy Division, was appointed the UN Women Executive Coordinator and Spokesperson on Addressing Sexual Harassment and Other Forms of Discrimination.
- [Istanbul Convention: action still needed](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/08/action-needed-to-end-violence-against-women-and-girls/) - On 13 June 2017, the European Union signed the Istanbul Convention, sending a very strong political message on its commitment to end violence against women and girls. Yet one year on, the EU has unfortunately made little progress with the ratification process. Progress in the UK is not much better,
- [Help fund fight against two-child policy](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/08/help-fund-fight-against-two-child-policy/) - Rape Crisis England & Wales and Women's Aid have requested permission to intervene in the Child Poverty Action Group’s legal challenge to the government’s two-child tax credit limit policy to highlight why this cruel policy must be scrapped. Please help.
- [The female face of poverty in the UK](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/07/the-female-face-of-poverty-in-the-uk/) - The Women’s Budget Group (WBG) has published a report about the causes of poverty among women and the consequences that poverty has on women’s lives.
- [Report: stop gender-neutral policy-making](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/07/report-stop-gender-neutral-policy-making/) - The Women's Resource Centre (WRC) has now published the report which is a follow-up to their ‘why women?’ campaign launched in November 2006. This research, Hearing women’s voices: Why women 2018, was carried out to highlight the importance of and the need for women's organisations now.
- [Two-child limit shames us all](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/07/two-child-limit-shames-us-all/) - Statistics published by the Department for Work and Pensions showed that 71,000 families lost entitlement to child allowances in tax credits or universal credit in the first year of the ‘two-child policy’. Around 160,000 families with new-born babies are now up to £2,780 a year worse off.
- [Major victory over same roof rule](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/07/major-victory-over-same-roof-rule/) - Court of Appeal judges ruled the 'same roof rule', which denies some sexual abuse survivors Criminal Injuries Compensation, incompatible with human rights law, after one survivor was allowed no damages because she shared a home with her abuser – although another victim of her stepfather received compensation.
- [Support sex education and family planning for all](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/07/support-sex-education-and-family-planning-for-all/) - UNFPA is asking us to raise our voices in support of women and girls and to join UNFPA on social media and spread the word that reproductive rights are human rights, no woman should die while giving life, and gender-based violence must end once and for all.
- [Hate crime inquiry deadline extended](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/07/hate-crime-inquiry-deadline-extended/) - The All-Party Parliamentary Group on Hate Crime launched an inquiry entitled ‘How do we build community cohesion when hate crime is on the rise?’ in March this year. The deadline for submissions has been extended to 15 August 2018.
- [Police spies: awareness campaign launched](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/06/police-spies-awareness-campaign-launched/) - From 31 May to 18 June 2018, Police Spies Out of Lives and Lush will be hosting a national campaign to raise awareness of the undercover policing scandal, where officers infiltrated the lives, homes and beds of activists.
- [New domestic abuse toolkit for employers](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/07/new-domestic-abuse-toolkit-for-employers/) - Public Health England and Business in the Community have devised a Domestic Abuse Toolkit to help employers and companies understand domestic abuse, recognise the signs and know how and when to act.
- [Restraint-related death numbers far too high](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/07/restraint-related-death-numbers-far-too-high/) - Thirty-two women have died over a 5-year period after experiencing restraint, according to new figures obtained by Agenda, and released as the Mental Health Units (Use of Force) Bill, aimed at reducing restraint, had its Third Reading in the House of Commons on 6 July 2018.
- [Women's rights: women still being let down](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/07/womens-rights-women-still-being-let-down/) - In a report, Pressing for progress: women’s rights and gender equality in 2018, presented to the United Nations on 23 July 2018, the Equality and Human Rights Commission said the UK government needs to take more action to better protect women and girls from violence.
- [Report: anti-Muslim incidents not just chance](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/07/report-anti-muslim-incidents-not-just-chance/) - Tell MAMA released its Annual Report for 2017 earlier this week and it shows the highest number of anti-Muslim incidents to date – and the majority of victims at street level were female and the majority of assaults have been carried out by white males.
- [Consultation on relationships education open](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/07/consultation-on-relationships-education-open/) - The UK government has released its draft regulations and guidance on sex and relationship education in schools. The consultation on this is open until 7 November 2018. Please consider responding.
- [Protest against Trump on his UK visit](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/06/protest-against-trump-on-his-uk-visit/) - Women’s March London invite you to protest Donald Trump's UK visit on 13 July: #BringTheNoise and broadcast to the world that we stand together for justice, equality and peace.
- [Voting centenary: Irish women celebrated](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/07/voting-centenary-irish-women-celebrated/) - The Irish parliament's Speaker has presented a portrait of Sinn Féin MP Constance Markievicz, the first female MP elected to Westminster to the Speaker of the House of Commons as part of Vótáil 100's 1918 centenary events celebrating Irish women.
- [Family carers are doing more care](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/07/family-carers-are-doing-more-care/) - The state, a new report says, ‘cannot continue its increasing reliance on the family. There is an ever-growing number of individuals ageing without children or for whom relying on their family for care is not an optio.
- [Remembering Srebrenica](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/07/remembering-srebrenica-2/) - Rape Crisis England & Wales has joined with Remembering Srebrenica in honouring the courage of ordinary people who resisted hatred and division as well as sending specially designed cards to Bosnian women survivors as an act of woman-to-woman solidarity.
- [Support for abortion pill changes](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/07/support-for-abortion-pill-changes/) - Women in England should be allowed to take misoprostol - the second pill used to effect an early medical abortion - just like our peers in Scotland and Wales, say healthcare leaders, in an editorial published in BMJ Sexual & Reproductive Health.
- [Rights for migrant dead and their families](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/07/rights-for-migrant-dead-and-their-families/) - More than 50 experts and activists from around the world have agreed the final text of the groundbreaking new Mytilini Declaration for the Dignified Treatment of All Missing and Deceased Persons and Their Families as a Consequence of Migrant Journeys.
- [Stop skewing violence statistics](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/07/stop-skewing-violence-statistics/) - Establishing the sexed nature of crime is utterly essential to preserving the validity of crime statistics which show that most violent crime is committed by males upon other males and that most violent crime committed upon females is committed by male.
- [Report slams Home Office](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/07/report-slams-home-office/) - The appalling treatment of the Windrush generation and their descendants shows the need for root and branch reform to the Home Office's culture, policy and approach to immigration, says Home Affairs Committee report into what has become the Windrush scandal.
- [Forced adoption apology: debate date set](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/07/forced-adoption-apology-debate-date-set/) - The Backbench Business Committee has provisionally allocated a three-hour debate on ‘The practice of forced adoption in the UK’ in the Chamber on 12 July 2018; a first debate. Please email your MP and ask them to attend.
- [Open letter to the BBC](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/07/open-letter-to-the-bbc/) - OPen letter asks Tony Hall, Director-General of the BBC, for reassurance that the BBC will uphold its responsibilities to provide balanced, fair coverage with regard to political and public debate about women’s rights in relation to transgender issues.
- [Help end indefinite detention](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/07/help-end-indefinite-detention/) - Liberty’s campaign to bring in a 28-day limit on detention has been gaining momentum: please now send a message to your MP, to ask them to sign Liberty’s pledge that they will support a 28-day time limit.
- [Dr Gail Dines to talk in London](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/06/dr-gail-dines-to-talk-in-london/) - Dr Gail Dines will be speaking in London on 18 July on Raising Healthy Children in a Porn Culture: Challenges and Solutions. Tickets available.
- [Feminist book fortnight: two weeks in June](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/04/feminist-book-fortnight-two-weeks-in-june/) - From 16 June to 30 June a group of radical and independent bookshops is holding a Feminist Book Fortnight, a celebration of feminist books.
- [Reproductive health: change in approach needed](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/06/reproductive-health-change-in-approach-needed/) - Report highlights that women would like reproductive health issues to be normalised so that they can be discussed openly and self-managed where possible and underlines the need for more openness and support in the workplace around these issues.
- [Hashtag TimesUpNews](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/06/hashtag-timesupnews/) - Female members of the international journalism community are no longer prepared to sit through another ‘manel’, support organisations that disingenuously claim credit for gender equality initiatives, or stay silent when female colleagues are sexually harassed before our eyes.
- [STEM skills, gender imbalance and Brexit](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/06/stem-skills-gender-imbalance-and-brexit/) - A Public Accounts Committee report published last week, Delivering STEM skills for the economy, has warned of potential impact of Brexit - and calls for action on gender imbalances.
- [Save our parks and green spaces](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/06/save-our-parks-and-green-spaces/) - Parks are first in line for budget cuts, and austerity has seen disastrous reductions in staffing and maintenance; a ‘Charter for Parks’ has now been launched.
- [Courage in Journalism awards announced](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/06/courage-in-journalism-awards-announced/) - The International Women’s Media Foundation (IWMF) is honouring four female journalists with the 2018 Courage in Journalism Awards and a long-time trailblazer in the industry with the Lifetime Achievement Award, and the launch of its new website.
- [MIMA exhibition: This Is Water](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/06/mima-exhibition-this-is-water/) - This Is Water, at Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art looks at the long histories of migration that have forged the current shape of the UK.
- [Universal Credit and domestic abuse risk](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/06/universal-credit-and-domestic-abuse-risk/) - New report raises concerns that Universal Credit payments which are paid into one bank account for everyone in the household, rather than to individual accounts, risk giving more power to abusers in homes where women are experiencing domestic violence.
- [Back campaigning fast food workers](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/06/back-campaigning-fast-food-workers/) - War on Want and the Bakers Food and Allied Workers Union (BFAWU) are encouraging every fast food worker in the country to join their campaign for £10 an hour, guaranteed hours and the right to join a union. Please do everything you can to support them.
- [Chaos of women and equalities ministers made clear](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/06/chaos-of-women-and-equalities-ministers-made-clear/) - A Women and Equalities Committee report voices concerns about the high turnover in the role of Minister for Women and Equalities, the government’s commitment to achieving equality and the Government Equalities Office’s place in government.
- [NHS funding: serious questioning needed](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/06/nhs-funding-serious-questioning-needed/) - Theresa May has announced an increase in NHS funding by 3.4 per cent a year for the next 5 years - but the overall increase promised is in fact only 3 per cent a year, and serious questions need to be asked.
- [Sexual harassment at work: still endemic](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/06/sexual-harassment-at-work-still-endemic/) - A third of women have experienced workplace sexual harassment, a new survey conducted by Prospect aimed at finding out how often people had seen, or personally been affected by, behaviours in the workplace which amount to bullying and harassment. has found.
- [Rape trial disclosure review report out](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/06/rape-trial-dislcosure-review-report-out/) - The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) published the outcome of its review of rape and serious sexual offences (RASSO) cases earlier this month.
- [Labour Party pensions consultation closes soon](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/06/labour-party-pensions-consultation-closes-soon/) - As part of the Labour Party’s commitment to ensuring dignity and security in older age, Labour’s policy forum launched a national conversation across the country to discuss how to best protect and improve the State Pension. Join in!
- [Stop automated facial recognition technology](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/06/stop-automated-facial-recognition-technology/) - A Cardiff resident launched the first legal challenge to a UK police force’s use of automated facial recognition (AFR) technology earlier this week.
- [Improving women's rights in Scotland](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/06/improving-womens-rights-in-scotland/) - Engender has now launched a paper discussing whether incorporating CEDAW, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, into Scots Law would result in better realisation of rights for women in Scotland.
- [Issues too many women still face when job hunting](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/06/issues-too-many-women-still-face-when-job-hunting/) - The APPG on Sex Equality, supported by the Fawcett Society and Young Women’s Trust, organised four evidence sessions in Parliament from 2016-17, which form the basis of a report with the title 'Invisible Women'.
- [Exploitation in tea and cocoa supply chains](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/06/exploitation-in-tea-and-cocoa-supply-chains/) - Labour exploitation including forced labour is endemic at the base of global tea and cocoa supply chains, according to a pioneering international study published by researchers at the University of Sheffield earlier this week.
- [Celebrating a suffragette](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/06/celebrating-a-suffragette/) - Welsh National Opera has chosen to celebrate the life of Newport's suffragette, activist and entrepreneur, Lady Rhondda, via community events, talks and schools workshops to exhibitions, interactive digital experiences as well as a new stage production ‘Rhondda Rips It Up!’.
- [Abortion rights: now for Northern Ireland](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/06/abortion-rights-now-for-northern-ireland/) - Pro-choice campaigners are calling on Westminster to repeal sections 58 and 59 of the Offences Against the Persons Act 1861. This will decriminalise abortion across the UK, including Northern Ireland.
- [Domestic Abuse Bill: consultation open](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/03/domestic-abuse-bill-consultation-open/) - The Home Secretary has unveiled proposals for a landmark Domestic Abuse Bill – and invited the public to contribute views on how such a Bill should look.
- [House of Commons numbers: changes alarming](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/04/house-of-commons-numbers-changes-alarming/) - Slashing the number of MPs could result in an ’unprecedented power-grab’ by the government, campaigners have warned - and would lead to ‘most overbearing executive in living history’.
- [Menstrual Manifesto needed](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/05/menstrual-manifesto-needed/) - Plan UK’s latest research shows that, around the world, girls’ experiences at school are contributing to a culture of embarrassment that they have to face, every month, when they get their period - and in the UK too.
- [Housing body takes on domestic abuse](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/05/housing-body-takes-on-domestic-abuse/) - The Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH) has launched a new campaign to tackle domestic abuse, and its president, Alison Inman, has said all housing organisations must play their part.
- [Report on Family Courts: stereotyping and risk](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/05/report-on-family-courts-stereotyping-and-risk/) - Women’s Aid and Queen Mary University of London have released a new report on domestic abuse, human rights and child contact cases in the family courts, uncovering a prevalence of damaging gendered stereotypes and harmful attitudes towards domestic abuse survivors and mothers in the family courts,
- [Mother and baby homes: still no inquiry](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/05/mother-and-baby-homes-still-no-inquiry/) - Calls for an independent investigation into potential criminal activity at Mother and baby homes in Northern Ireland after BBC investigation uncovered evidence of apparent illegal adoption and international trafficking of babies.
- [Ending domestic abuse: what I can do](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/05/ending-domestic-abuse-what-i-can-do/) - For UK SAYS NO MORE Week, Hestia has created the hashtag #WhatIcando to create a national dialogue to discuss the role of friends and family in tackling domestic abuse and sexual violence.
- [Honour-based violence: roadshow launch](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/05/honour-based-violence-roadshow-launch/) - The 2018 Honour-Based Violence Roadshow, a new partnership between Manchester Metropolitan University, Jeena Charity and The Elm Foundation, is being launched on 30 May.
- [Gender inequality and screenwriters](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/05/gender-inequality-and-screenwriters/) - After shocking report figures, new campaign Equality Writes is calling for programme-level equality monitoring data to be released, and for public funders to pledge a 50/50 split between male and female-written films by 2020.
- [Exhibition: women in Holocaust and genocide](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/05/exhibition-women-in-holocaust-and-genocide/) - Ronald Feldman Gallery in New York exhibited work by over thirty international artists presenting artistic representations of and reactions to sexual violence against women during the Holocaust and later genocides.
- [Consultation: advertising and stereotypes](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/05/consultation-advertising-and-stereotypes/) - Committee of Advertising Practice launches a public consultation on a new rule to tackle harmful gender stereotypes in advertisements, and on guidance to advertisers on how the new rule is likely to be interpreted in practice.
- [London: new scheme takes on lack of women leaders](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/05/london-new-scheme-takes-on-lack-of-women-leaders/) - The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has launched a new scheme, called ‘Our Time: Supporting Future Leaders’, to tackle the lack of women leaders.
- [Family planning: a human right under threat](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/05/family-planning-a-human-right-under-threat/) - Embedded in the UNFPA's legislative language was a game-changing realisation: women and girls have the right to avoid the exhaustion, depletion and danger of too many pregnancies, too close together. Yet 50 years on, this right is under attack.
- [Vote YES for Irish abortion rights](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/05/vote-yes-for-irish-abortion-rights/) - From the London-Irish Abortion Rights Campaign: FaceTime your mam and have that awkward chat; .#BeMyYes; book your journey #hometovote. Let’s do this for our sisters, daughters, mothers, wives, cousins, aunts, friends…
- [Migrant women, domestic abuse and government failure](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/05/migrant-women-domestic-abuse-and-government-failure/) - EVAW Coalition calls on the government to use DVA Bill to put the safety and protection of migrant women experiencing domestic and sexual violence before immigration enforcement, and for measures to address the violence and injustice they experience.
- [A good housing response against domestic abuse](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/05/a-good-housing-response-against-domestic-abuse/) - SafeLives and Gentoo have launched a report that demonstrates the vital role housing providers could play in tackling domestic abuse.
- [Support for women resolving conflict](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/05/support-for-women-resolving-conflict/) - Boris Johnson commits £1.6 million for a Network of Women Mediators to train Commonwealth women to help resolve conflict worldwide.
- [Shocking lack of action about women in prison](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/05/shocking-lack-of-action-about-women-in-prison/) - Still Dying on the Inside, a new report released this week by the charity INQUEST, calls for urgent action to save the lives of women in prison in the face of government inaction.
- [ESA and PIP inquiry: government response minimal](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/05/esa-and-pip-inquiry-government-response-minimal/) - The Work and Pensions Committee has published the government’s response to its two reports on PIP and ESA Assessments.
- [Northern Ireland has a problem with rape culture](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/03/northern-ireland-has-a-problem-with-rape-culture/) - Northern Ireland has a shockingly high rate of domestic violence. Maybe part of the problem is that we don’t take violence against women seriously enough.
- [Rebel Women are at the National Portrait Gallery](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/03/rebel-women-are-at-the-national-portrait-gallery/) - The National Portrait Gallery is celebrating women's suffrage with exhibitions and displays throughout the year, including Anne Hunt's cleaver damage story.
- [Tackling sexual violence: toolkit launched](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/05/tackling-sexual-violence-toolkit-launched/) - New practical guidance has been published as a toolkit to help Scottish universities and colleges tackle on campus gender-based harassment and violence.
- [Women and equality report: progress slow](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/05/women-and-equality-report-progress-slow/) - For 2018, the centenary year of (some) women first getting the vote in parliamentary elections the Fawcett Society has released a new edition of the Sex and Power dataset...
- [Domestic abuse victims face Legal Aid issues](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/05/domestic-violence-victims-face-legal-aid-issues/) - More than 6,000 domestic abuse victims in England have been unable to get emergency court orders stopping their abusers from harming them because of the cost, says the National Centre for Domestic Violence.
- [Sexual harassment in music sector too](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/04/sexual-harassment-in-music-sector-too/) - The Incorporated Society of Musicians (ISM) has released its report into the level of sexual harassment, discrimination, bullying and inappropriate behaviour in the music sector.
- [Fatal foetal abnormality: law change recommended](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/04/fatal-foetal-abnormality-law-change-recommended/) - The report from Northern Ireland’s inter-departmental working group on the termination of pregnancies in fatal foetal abnormality cases was published earlier this week.
- [Test Post](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/04/test-post/)
- [The unfairness of cumulative impacts](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/04/the-unfairness-of-cumulative-impacts/) - The final report from the Equality and Human Rights Commission’s research project looking at the effect of tax, welfare, social security and public spending has been released.
- [Don't just be a bystander](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/04/dont-just-be-a-bystander/) - A new campaign to show how important a positive intervention can be for someone experiencing or who has experienced violence against women, domestic abuse or sexual violence has bee launched in Wales.
- [Help end precarious contracts](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/04/help-end-precarious-contracts/) - Ask your MP to help ensure all workers have the same rights at work: e.g. maternity and parental, sick pay and trade union rights, guaranteed hours, reasonable notice of shifts and compensation for being on call.
- [Open letter from NI victim support groups](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/04/open-letter-from-ni-victim-support-groups/) - Calls for an independent review of how the criminal justice system handles sexual violence cases in Northern Ireland.
- [Indian rights campaigners slam Indian PM](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/04/indian-rights-campaigners-slam-indian-pm/) - Protests by the UK’s Indian diaspora greeted Indian PM Narendra Modi in London for the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting as he maintains his silence on the recent horrifying rapes in India.
- [Victim strategy: changes needed](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/04/victim-strategy-changes-needed/) - MPs and campaigners have written to Justice Secretary David Gauke demanding an urgent overhaul of the scheme governing compensation for victims of crime as part of his forthcoming National Victim Strategy.
- [Elections: discuss domestic and sexual violence](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/04/elections-discuss-domestic-and-sexual-violence/) - The End Violence Against Women Coalition (EVAW) calls for candidates in the 3 May elections to pledge to take action on sexual harassment in public places, ensure there is help for domestic and sexual violence and speak out whenever these issues arise.
- [Safe spaces for stage and screen staff](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/04/safe-spaces-for-stage-and-screen-staff/) - 'The actors’ union' Equity, which represents 43,000 people in the entertainment industry, has launched its new initiative to tackle the entertainment industry’s sexual harassment crisis.
- [Northern Ireland: calls for major changes](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/04/northern-ireland-calls-for-major-changes/) - At their Belfast rally against rape trials failing victims the Belfast Feminist Network announced that now was the start of a movement to change how Northern Ireland’s criminal justice system deals with sexual assault crimes.
- [Ann Oakley to speak at Bristol festival](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/04/ann-oakley-to-speak-at-bristol-festival/) - Ann Oakley will be speaking about ‘Women, Peace and Welfare’ on 17 April at the Bristol Festival of Ideas.
- [Campaign for better postnatal care](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/04/campaign-for-better-postnatal-care/) - Figures released as part of Mumsnet’s Campaign for Better Postnatal Care have revealed how many mothers struggle with painful sex and problems with continence months or years after their babies were born.
- [Complex medical cases: pregnancy support lacking](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/04/complex-medical-cases-pregnancy-support-lacking/) - British Pregnancy Advisory Service (bpas) staff believe that 'at least once a week a woman with a medical condition is unable to access the abortion and care she needs'.
- [Support for kinship carers needed](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/04/support-for-kinship-carers-needed/) - New survey of over 500 kinship carers has revealed that as many as 94 per cent find caring has caused financial hardship, despite many stepping in to keep children out of the local authority care system.
- [Open letter to the Bishop of London](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/04/open-letter-to-the-bishop-of-london/) - Rev Paul Nicholson, of Taxpayers Against Poverty, said the two-child limit was not the only problem religious leaders should be addressing; 3 million children were also being hit by sanctions, cuts, caps and council tax, debt, hunger and ill health.
- [HIV and the invisible women in the UK](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/04/hiv-and-the-invisible-women-in-the-uk/) - The Terrence Higgins Trust has launched a new report with the Sophia Forum that shines a spotlight on the needs of women affected by HIV in the UK.
- [The fight against the gender pay gap starts](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/04/the-fight-against-the-gender-pay-gap-starts/) - A cross-party group of female MPs has launched #PayMeToo, a campaign to support women in lobbying their bosses to end gender pay discrepancies by their eomployers.
- [Let us take misoprostol at home too](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/03/let-us-take-misoprostol-at-home-too/) - A woman who began to miscarry on her way home after taking an abortion pill in a hospital has written an open letter to Jeremy Hunt and Vaughan Gething, calling for women to be allowed to take abortion medication at home
- [How Brexit will hit women](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/03/how-brexit-will-hit-women/) - The first independent report to look at the economic impact of Brexit on women was published by the Women’s Budget Group and the Fawcett Society earlier this week.
- [How to end sexual harassment at work](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/03/how-to-end-sexual-harassment-at-work/) - The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has published a set of recommendations aiming to better protect people at work from sexual harassment after evidence of shocking behaviour found.
- [A UK first: a feminist development policy plan](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/03/a-uk-first-a-feminist-development-policy-plan/) - The Labour Party has announced its plan for action on international development in a new policy paper, ‘A World For The Many, Not The Few’; effectively a feminist international development policy.
- [Fund to help returning to work launched](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/03/fund-to-help-returning-to-work-launched/) - The Minister for Women and Equalities, Amber Rudd, has announced a £1.5 million fund to support people back into work after time out caring.
- [Law Society equality figures released](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/03/law-society-equality-figures-released/) - The Law Society has released its findings on the current state of gender equality in the legal profession after the largest international survey of women in the law.
- [One hundred women debate gender issues](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2013/11/100-women-debate-gender-issues-2/) - Former tennis champion Martina Navratilova told delegates at BBC 100 Women conference to “break boundaries, be yourself and believe in yourself”.
- [TUC analysis: the gender pay gap](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/03/tuc-analysis-the-gender-pay-gap/) - TUC analysis shows gender pay gap widest when a woman hits 50; the average woman working full-time earns £8,421 a year less than average full-time working man.
- [Child migrants: abuse inquiry report out](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/03/child-migrants-abuse-inquiry-report-out/) - The Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse published its report into the Child Migration Programmes case study, and said the policy itself was indefensible
- [Industry leaders asked to see the elephant](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/03/industry-leaders-asked-to-see-the-elephant/) - New campaign to tackle discriminatory behaviour, objectification and exploitation in the built environment asks industry leaders to commit to positive change.
- [Open letter: deeds not words for aid sector](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/03/open-letter-deeds-not-words-for-aid-sector/) - In open letter over 1000 women working in the aid sector worldwide demand the aid sector is reformed and the patriarchal norms which dominate it are rooted out.
- [Maya Angelou on feminism](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2014/06/maya-angelou-on-feminism/) - Since her death last week, the tributes pouring in show how much of a cultural idol Angelou had become, but she stood for empathy, not idolisation
- [The invisible men in London and Telford](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/03/the-invisible-men-in-london-and-telford/) - Nordic Model Now! on the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan's new violence against women and girls (VAWG) strategy and the men who do nothing wrong.
- [Support the fight against sexual harassment](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/02/support-the-fight-against-sexual-harassment/) - Female British and Irish stars of stage and screen have signed an open letter asking for financial support for the campaign to end sexual harassment at work.
- [Sexual harassment at work inquiry opens](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/02/sexual-harassment-at-work-inquiry-opens/) - The Women and Equalities Committee has launched a full inquiry into sexual harassment in the workplace - and is now inviting submissions of written evidence.
- [Sexism in the Church revealed](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/03/sexism-in-the-church-revealed/) - Churches are being urged to take steps to make their congregations safe spaces in which women can flourish, after sexism revealed by new research.
- [Time to re-think period issues](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/03/time-to-re-think-period-issues/) - Plan International UK survey shows that the reality of not being able to afford sanitary products has serious consequences for many girls in the UK.
- [Scathing report on UK air pollution](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/03/scathing-report-on-uk-air-pollution/) - Four-way select committee inquiry calls for new Clean Air Act; it is 'unacceptable successive governments have failed to protect the public from poisonous air'.
- [New sentencing guideline for domestic abuse](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/03/new-sentencing-guideline-for-domestic-abuse/) - New domestic abuse sentencing guidelines have been published, giving courts up-to-date guidance that emphasises the seriousness of this kind of offending.
- [Letter: in defence of professional women's sports](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/03/letter-in-defence-of-professional-womens-sports/) - The English version of an open letter sent to the International Olympic Committee and others in defence of professional women's sports by Ana Paula Henkel.
- [Anonymous voter registration made simpler](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/03/anonymous-voter-registration-made-simpler/) - The Houses of Parliament have passed government proposals for changes to anonymous voter registration which helps women fleeing domestic abuse register to vote.
- [Apprentice pay: a disgrace](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/03/apprentice-pay-a-disgrace/) - Just one in five MPs think the apprentice minimum wage is enough to live on, a Young Women’s Trust survey has shown
- [New nursing website posts wartime diaries](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/03/new-nursing-website-posts-wartime-diaries/) - New Royal College of Nursing history website uses personal scrapbooks, diaries and photograph albums to bring to life the experiences of nurses in World War I.
- [Emily's inquest ends: time for change](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/03/emilys-inquest-ends-time-for-change/) - Please ask your MP to ask Ministers to ensure the Women’s Justice Strategy includes Women's Centres, fewer imprisoned women and not just five new prisons.
- [Scottish parliament's harassment report out](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/03/scottish-parliaments-harassment-report-out/) - The results of the Scottish Parliament survey assessing the sexual harassment and sexist behaviour in Holyrood and in MSPs' local offices have been published.
- [Women's Strike: 8 March](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/03/womens-strike-8-march/) - On 8 March women around the world are going on strike; this is a call to action for women in the UK to join them and strike.
- [Equity: report on sexual harassment out](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/03/equity-report-on-sexual-harassment-out/) - Equity has published its report into sexual harassment in the entertainment industry and launched a ‘Safe Space’ campaign.
- [Garment factory safety accord needs support](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/03/garment-factory-safety-accord-needs-support/) - Labour signatories are urging garment brands to sign up to the 2018 Accord to avoid fire disasters in clothing factories eg Marks and Spencer, Next, Sainsbury’s.
- [Are TV drama comissioners sexist](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/02/are-tv-drama-comissioners-sexist/) - In an open letter to TV drama commissioners, 76 female writers accuse UK drama bosses of failing to give them opportunities to write flagship primetime shows.
- [UK, NI and abortion: systematic rights violations](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/02/uk-ni-and-abortion-systematic-rights-violations/) - CEDAW has made 13 recommendations, and wants authorities’ compliance with international standards re. access to sexual and reproductive health monitored.
- [Vote out anti-pension councillors](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/02/vote-out-anti-pension-councillors/) - Local elections in May are an ideal opportunity for you to vote out local councillors who don't support the 1950's women's pension rights campaigns.
- [Yarls Wood hunger strike: fifteen demands](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/02/yarls-wood-hunger-strike-fifteen-demands/) - Inside Yarls Wood, people are on hunger strike. They have 15 demands.
- [Domestic Violence and Abuse Act: plan posted](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/02/domestic-violence-and-abuse-act-plan-posted/) - The Prime Minister has announced plans for a major new programme of work leading towards bringing forward a Domestic Violence and Abuse Act.
- [Buffer zones at abortion clinics: consultation](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/01/buffer-zones-at-abortion-clinics-consultation/) - The Home Office is seeking views from interested parties about alleged harassment and intimidating behaviour near abortion clinics in England and Wales.
- [Single parents: progress but still poverty](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/02/single-parents-progress-but-still-poverty/) - Gingerbread: many single parents are still locked out of a decent standard of living - a third of children with a working single parent today live in poverty.
- [The inking woman](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/02/the-inking-woman/) - Women have been drawing and publishing cartoons for 250 years. The Inking Woman, edited by Nicola Streeten and Cath Tate, is to be published in March.
- [Women win major rights victory](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/02/women-win-major-rights-victory/) - Supreme Court rules that the Metropolitan Police did breach the human rights of John Worboys’ victims by failing to properly investigate reports of his crimes.
- [Financial sector firms ignore women's charter](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/02/financial-sector-firms-ignore-womens-charter/) - Nicky Morgan MP, Treasury Committee Chair, has written to over 30 financial services industry firms asking why they have not signed the Women in Finance Charter.
- [Brexit and disabled people: deep concerns](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/02/brexit-and-disabled-people-deep-concerns/) - Disabled people should be concerned that the process of leaving the European Union (EU) could see their rights “lost or watered down”, says disabled peer.
- [Stories of need and choice](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/02/stories-of-need-and-choice/) - ‘My Body My Life’ is a public engagement project that seeks to address the stigma around abortion by bringing real stories of abortion into the open.
- [Inquiry into sexual harassment in public spaces](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/02/inquiry-into-sexual-harassment-in-public-spaces/) - The Women and Equalities Committee has launched an inquiry into sexual harassment of women and girls in public places - deadline for submissions: 5 March 2018.
- [Nursing shortage left to chance](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/02/nursing-shortage-left-to-chance/) - Urgent action is needed to prevent the NHS's nursing staffing crisis from getting even worse, says RCN, as new report is published.
- [Worldwide contraception support vital](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/02/worldwide-contraception-support-vital/) - Failure to provide reproductive health services, including family planning, to the poorest women can weaken economies and sabotage progress.
- [Help shape sex education in England](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2017/12/help-shape-sex-education-in-england/) - The government has announced that it is asking parents, teachers and young people to help shape a new relationships and sex education curriculum for England,
- [The implications of new forms of work](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/02/the-implications-of-new-forms-of-work/) - Independent review considers the implications of new forms of work on worker rights and responsibilities, as well as on employer freedoms and obligations.
- [Take action on Valentine's Day](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/02/take-action-on-valentines-day/) - Does your favourite jeweller know where their gold and diamonds come from? Ask jewellery companies what is #BehindTheBling
- [End luxury item tax on safety products](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/02/end-luxury-item-tax-on-safety-products/) - Residential safety products and services - smoke alarms, annual gas safety checks, carbon monoxide detectors - are currently taxed at 20 per cent VAT...
- [Committee releases tales of PIP and ESA horrors](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/02/committee-releases-tales-of-pip-and-esa-horrors/) - The Work and Pensions Committee has released the 'honest and often distressing accounts' from thousands of people navigating the ESA and PIP claims process.
- [Women's equality: Labour looks at the next step](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/02/womens-equality-labour-looks-at-the-next-step/) - To mark the centenary of (some) women getting the vote, the Labour Party launches a year-long campaign to look at #TheNextStep needed to achieve equality for women.
- [Gender balance in Parliament: action now](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/02/gender-balance-in-parliament-action-now/) - The research is clear: improving women’s representation makes political sense. But people, even younger women, do not believe this will happen in their lifetimes.
- [Talk to Welsh Women's Aid](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/02/talk-to-welsh-womens-aid/) - Celebrate Welsh Women’s Aid’s 40th year and commemorate the work of the Women’s Aid movement in Wales with 'Forty Voices, Forty Years' and #Future40.
- [Cervical cancer: smear test so important](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/01/cervical-cancer-smear-test-so-important/) - Jo’s Cervical Cancer Trust is concerned body image issues, including perception of what is ‘normal’, is putting lives in danger as women do not get tested.
- [Fixing the rape trials disclosure fiasco](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/02/fixing-the-rape-trials-disclosure-fiasco/) - Review of rape cases where someone had been charged and were progressing towards a trial started and report published after disclosure failure.
- [Supported housing funding vital for refuges](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/02/supported-housing-funding-vital-for-refuges/) - If the government goes ahead with its proposals, it is estimated that four out of 10 refuges will have to close, others reduce the number of beds they offer.
- [Andreea project shows up the sex-buyers](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/01/andreea-project-shows-up-the-sex-buyers/) - A short video by the ‘Andreea’ campaign exposes the views and motivations of sex buyers in Ireland – in their own words.
- [Rape: end courts using women's sexual history](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/01/rape-end-courts-using-womens-sexual-history/) - A campaign coalition calls on the government to change the law and stop unfair questioning of rape complainants about their sex-life in rape trials.
- [Women, whistleblowers and Wikileaks](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/01/women-whistleblowers-and-wikileaks/) - New book by Angela Richter, Sarah Harrison and Renata Avila is a crucial intervention in the ongoing debate around digital activism.
- [Support justice for spycops victims in Scotland](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/01/support-justice-for-spycops-victims-in-scotland/) - As it stands now, people in Scotland have no recourse to truth or accountability regarding spycops. Please write to Scottish justice minister Michael Matheson.
- [Help start to end hunger in the UK](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/01/help-start-to-end-hunger-in-the-uk/) - MP Emma Lewell-Buck's Bill to Parliament, to make the government measure hidden hunger, has its second reading on 2 Febraury. Please support it.
- [Northern Ireland: what rural women want](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/01/northern-ireland-what-rural-women-want/) - A paper exploring women’s perspectives on what policies the government should prioritise to address the persistent disadvantage of women in NI published.
- [Great excitement: new home for museum](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/01/great-excitement-new-home-for-museum/) - A new museum of women’s history is set to open in a permanent home at the end of 2019. Check out its interim programme!
- [Call for equal legal cover for all women](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/01/call-for-equal-legal-cover-for-all-women/) - The forthcoming Domestic Violence Bill must prioritise safety, equality, dignity and liberty for migrant women.
- [Online violence against women and girls report](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/01/online-violence-against-women-and-girls-report/) - An executive summary of the report #HerNetHerRights gives a complete overview of the knowledge on online violence against women and girls in Europe.
- [Sexual harassment survey: please take part](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2017/12/sexual-harassment-survey-please-take-part/) - The Equality and Human Rights Commission is gathering evidence from people who have experienced, witnessed or supported those experiencing sexual harassment at work.
- [Campaigners win court case](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/01/campaigners-win-court-case/) - High Court judge Mr Justice Mostyn has allowed the claim in RF v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions - so ‘RF’ won on all three grounds of her challenge.
- [Report details patterns in murders of women](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/01/report-details-patterns-in-murders-of-women/) - Femicide Census report for 2016 revealed that 113 women were killed by men in England, Wales and Northern Ireland between 1 January 2016 and 31 December 2016.
- [Help with sex education consultation](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/01/help-with-sex-education-consultation/) - FPA has just published guidance to help parents give their views on the Department for Education's public consultation on relationships and sex education.
- [Sexual violence in schools: guidance published](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/01/sexual-violence-in-schools-guidance-published/) - The Department for Education has published guidance for schools on how to prevent and respond to rape and sexual violence by children.
- [Employers views of young women: outdated](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/01/employers-views-of-young-women-outdated/) - Survey finds UK employers think men are more ambitious than women – despite nearly half of young women saying they would one day like to be the boss at work.
- [Gender and mental health problems](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/01/gender-and-mental-health-problems/) - Services specifically targeting mental health of young women now almost invisible in government policy in spite of evidence of a growing crisis, report says.
- [Call to retain Charter of Fundamental Rights](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/01/call-to-retain-charter-of-fundamental-rights/) - Organisations and human rights legal experts signed an open letter on the importance of the Charter of Fundamental Rights prior to the EU (Withdrawal) Bill's return to Parliament this week.
- [Help make rented homes safer](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/01/help-make-rented-homes-safer/) - The Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation and Liability for Housing Standards) Bill has its Second Reading on Friday; please tweet your MP to be there and support it.
- [Time's Up: rally in London](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/01/times-up-rally-in-london/) - On the anniversary of Women's March London, join our rally to say Time's Up and to renew the struggle for equality and justice.
- [Mother and baby home abuses: research announced](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/01/mother-and-baby-home-abuses-research-announced/) - Northern Ireland’s Department of Health has commissioned research to be carried out into mother and baby homes and the Magdalene Laundries in Northern Ireland.
- [Low uptake on carers pension boost](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/01/low-uptake-on-carers-pension-boost/) - A scheme designed to help carers of disabled people build better state pension entitlement has failed to reach 97 per cent of its target group, an enquiry found.
- [Anorexia: report outlines NHS failures](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/01/anorexia-report-outlines-nhs-failures/) - PHSO report says that Averil Hart, who had anorexia nervosa and died in December 2012, was failed by ‘every NHS organisation that should have cared for her’.
- [Women's pay and the BBC](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/01/womens-pay-and-the-bbc/) - BBC's China edtior resigns over pay row, saying 'It is men earning more in the same jobs or jobs of equal value. It is pay discrimination and it is illegal.'
- [Bristol Women's Literature Festival](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/01/bristol-womens-literature-festival/) - Bristol Women’s Literature Festival 2018's programme has been launched! Save the date: 16-18 March!
- [Cool men don't buy sex](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2018/01/cool-men-dont-buy-sex/) - We do not believe that prostitution is inevitable. It is the money that ordinary men pay for prostitution that drives this exploitative industry.
- [Dalit women and the real cost of fast fashion](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2012/05/indias-dalit-women-and-the-real-cost-of-fast-fashion/) - The High Street frenzy that follows when the Duchess of Cambridge is snapped wearing a new dress can lead to 24 hour shifts for women in India's factories.
- [Women take case against spycops to the UN](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2017/12/women-take-case-against-spycops-to-the-un/) - Seven women psychologically and sexually abused by undercover policemen who infiltrated UK protest groups have lodged a complaint to UN's CEDAW.
- [TV survey: still a culture of abuse](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2017/12/tv-survey-still-a-culture-of-abuse/) - EITF and 5 News reveal results of an anonymous, industry-wide survey held to better understand how prevalent bullying and harassment is within television.
- [Report: Human Rights Act vital to women](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2017/11/report-human-rights-act-vital-to-women/) - Report shows how essential the Human Rights Act is for women who need to challenge the police who fail in domestic violence, rape and trafficking investigations.
- [Prostitution: support the judicial review hearing](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2017/12/prostitution-support-the-judicial-review-hearing/) - High Court to consider a ground-breaking legal challenge brought by several women challenging the criminalisation and continued punishment of prostituted women.
- [London to celebrate suffrage centenary](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2017/12/london-to-celebrate-suffrage-centenary/) - Sadiq Khan’s #BehindEveryGreatCity campaign champions the achievements and contributions of women, from all walks of life, that make cities like London great.
- [Stand by your Nan](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2017/12/stand-by-your-nan/) - German pensioners receive a State pension of £26,000 a year, French pensioners receive £15, 811 a year, while the basic State pension here in the UK is £7,488,
- [Young women facing worrying times](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2017/12/young-women-facing-worrying-times/) - New figures show that a third of young parents expect to get into debt this Christmas, as food costs rise and wages stagnate.
- [Campaigners dispute award evaluation theory](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2017/12/campaigners-dispute-award-evaluation-theory/) - Irish and UK pro-choice advocates dispute suitability of Northern Irish anti-abortion campaign group to be on award shortlist.
- [Music sector reports on discrimination](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2017/12/music-sector-reports-on-discrimination/) - Incorporated Society of Musicians interim report sets out its - shocking - findings regarding discrimination and inappropriate behaviour in the music sector.
- [Sexism in schools: it is just everywhere](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2017/12/sexism-in-schools-it-is-just-everywhere/) - New research commissioned by UK Feminista and the National Education Union has shown precisely how widespread sexism in schools is.
- [More legal help for domestic abuse victims](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2017/12/more-legal-help-for-domestic-abuse-victims/) - The current 5-year time limit on abuse evidence in family courts is to be scrapped, and the range of documents acceptable as evidence of abuse widened.
- [Help fight the rape clause](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2017/04/help-fight-the-rape-clause/) - Five things you can do to help get the UK government to scrap the 'family cap' and the 'rape clause'.
- [Join national discussion on citizenship](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2017/07/join-national-discussion-on-citizenship/) - The Select Committee on Citizenship and Civic Engagement has published a Call for Evidence around issues of citizenship and civic engagement. Join in.
- [Grenfell: questions for the Prime Minister](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2017/12/grenfell-questions-for-the-prime-minister/) - John Healey MP wrote to the Prime Minister setting out five areas where the government is still failing Grenfell survivors and tower block residents countrywide
- [Major celebration of human rights starts](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2017/12/major-celebration-of-human-rights-starts/) - The United Nations has kicked off a year-long campaign to honour the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which marks its 70th anniversary next year.
- [Taking on tech abuse in domestic violence](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2017/12/taking-on-tech-abuse-in-domestic-violence/) - Refuge's new programme tackles the technological abuse resulting from the growing misuse of modern technology against victims of domestic abuse.
- [Stand up for human rights](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2017/12/stand-up-for-human-rights/) - MEPs called on governments and the European Commission to finally focus on the problem of statelessness among Roma and to discuss concrete steps to solve it.
- [Letter queries FTSE harassment policies](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2017/12/letter-queries-ftse-harassment-policies/) - The Equality and Human Rights Commission asked FTSE 100 chairs what steps they are taking to end sexual harassment, and to ensure staff can report issues.
- [Report on mishandled medical correspondence](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2017/12/report-on-mishandled-medical-correspondence/) - The Public Accounts Committee has published its report on the failures in the handling of sensitive clinical data by NHS Shared Business Services Limited (SBS).
- [Prison, domestic abuse and women offenders](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2017/12/prison-domestic-abuse-and-women-offenders/) - Women in prisons have often been victims of much more serious offences than those of which they have been convicted, says new report by the Prison Reform Trust.
- [Back EDM 591 and fight poverty](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2017/12/back-edm-591-and-fight-poverty/) - Ask your MP to get behind the idea that economic and social rights ought now to be enforceable in law by signing a Parliamentary early day motion - EDM 591.
- [How the budget affects women](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2017/12/how-the-budget-affects-women/) - Dr Mary-Ann Stephenson, director of the Women’s Budget Group’s initial response to the November 2017 Budget.
- [Redesigning fashion's future](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2017/11/redesigning-fashions-future/) - Ellen MacArthur and Stella McCartney co-hosted launch of the Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s new report ‘A new textiles economy: Redesigning fashion's future’.
- [Cumulative impact assessment on Budgets needed](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2017/11/cumulative-impact-assessment-on-budgets-needed/) - The poorest in society are hit hardest by changes to tax, social security and public spending reforms, and are set to lose 10% of their income, says new report.
- [Cohabiting: check the law](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2017/11/cohabiting-check-the-law/) - Millions of unmarried couples living together unaware they are at severe financial risk under current legal system, family justice organisation warns.
- [UN Women: ending violence against women and girls](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2017/11/un-women-ending-violence-against-women-and-girls/) - There are many ways that we can resist and prevent violent norms, attitudes and behaviours that perpetuate violence against women, and everyone has a role.
- [Union support for women at work: report](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2017/11/union-support-for-women-at-work-report/) - A new report was released recently that has been produced as part of the ‘Safe at Home, Safe at Work’ Project by the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC).
- [Independent support needed in Westminster](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2017/11/letter-from-evaw/) - EVAW has written to those in Westminster's political parties involved in the cross-party working group on sexual harassment and abuse in politics and the Speaker.
- [Sexual misconduct in higher education: survey](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2017/11/sexual-misconduct-in-higher-education-survey/) - The NUS Women's Camapign and 1752 Group's national survey into staff sexual misconduct in UK Higher Education, is open until midnight on 15 December 2017.
- [Inside the ivory tower](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2017/11/inside-the-ivory-tower/) - A collection of autoethnographies documenting ways women of colour experience race and gender inequalities in British academia launched.
- [Ending exploitation in the gig economy](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2017/11/ending-exploitation-in-the-gig-economy/) - Two Parliamentary Committees have published a Bill aiming to bring an end exploitation in the gig economy.
- [Women's pay: still a scandal](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2017/11/womens-pay-still-a-scandal/) - Despite the Equal Pay Act, because of the gender pay gap 10 November 2017 is the day that full-time women workers effectively start working for free.
- [Human rights, Palestinian women and Israel](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2017/11/human-rights-palestinian-women-and-israel/) - “Palestinian Women Under Prolonged Israeli Occupation: The Gendered Impact of Occupation Violence” has been submitted to the UPR Working Group’s 29th session.
- [TUC report on young working parents](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2017/11/tuc-report-on-young-working-parents/) - The TUC has 16 recommendations for the government following extensive research into working and daily lives of young parents on low pay, unpredictable hours.
- [Action versus government inaction](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2017/11/action-versus-government-inaction/) - In the face of government inaction, Maternity Action held a meeting in Parliament and launched their report on unfair redundancies during pregnancy,
- [HIV AIDS: still serious](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2017/11/hiv-aids-still-serious/) - Calling on the UK government to recognise HIV as a youth issue. For HIV AIDS ain't over: AIDS is still one of the biggest killers of adolescents in the world.
- [Hillsborough report published](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2017/11/hillsborough-report-published/) - Report makes strong recommendations on the response of public bodies to state-related deaths, and on the involvement of bereaved families in these processes.
- [Police post campaign to help rape victims](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2017/11/police-post-campaign-to-help-rape-victims/) - Campaign aims to raise greater awareness of rape as a crime, to encourage victims to report early, to retain evidence, and to dispel myths and preconceptions..
- [Clean environment roadmap endorsed](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2017/11/clean-environment-roadmap-endorsed/) - The World Health Organisations has released a report about the importance of preventing noncommunicable diseases (NCDS) by reducing environmental risk factors.
- [Swedish women's lobby outlines media failures](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2017/11/swedish-womens-lobby-outlines-media-failures/) - The Swedish Women’s Lobby's statement about how women are affected by diverse forms of media - in readiness for CSW62 on 12-23 March 2018.
- [Sexual abuse in Parliament](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2017/10/sexual-abuse-in-parliament/) - Dawn Butler, Shadow Minister for Women and Equalities, has sent an open letter to the Prime Minister about sexual harassment and abuse in Parliament.
- [More help for victims of modern slavery](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2017/10/more-help-for-victims-of-modern-slavery/) - The Home Secretary has announced new measures to improve identification of and support for victims of modern slavery.
- [Deaths in custody report published](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2017/10/deaths-in-custody-report-published/) - The report on the independent review of deaths and serious incidents in police custody by Dame Elish Angiolini has been published by the Home Office.
- [EU gender equality report out](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2017/10/eu-gender-equality-report-out/) - The European Institute for Gender Equality launched the 2017 edition of its Gender Equality Index earlier this month, showing that progress is shockingly slow.
- [Government response unimpressive again](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2017/10/government-response-unimpressive-again/) - No dedicated strategy for implementing UK's commitment to the Sustainable Development Goals so far.
- [Some truths or some persuasion](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2017/10/some-truths-or-some-persuasion/) - The UK needs to open up the activities of lobbyists to public scrutiny as a matter of urgency.
- [Undercover police: truth please](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2017/10/undercover-police-truth-please/) - Over 100 people affected by political policing, frustrated by the Undercover Policing Inquiry’s lack of openness, are now demanding answers and action.
- [Sexual assault in schools: a scandal](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2017/10/sexual-assault-in-schools-a-scandal/) - Committee 'perplexed as to why the government is not acting with more urgency when we are talking about girls being abused in our schools, on our watch'.
- [Sounds Like Her at the New Art Exchange](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2017/10/sounds-like-her-at-the-new-art-exchange/) - Sounds Like Her at New Art Exchange Nottingha, brings together seven women artists from diverse cultures, each exploring sound as a medium or subject matter
- [Do not ignore children in poverty in NI](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2017/10/do-not-ignore-children-in-poverty-in-ni/) - There are 444,000 children in Northern Ireland, and 103,400 of these children live in poverty. Join those who are taking action.
- [Good men should not be quiet spectators](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2017/10/good-men-should-not-be-quiet-spectators/) - Is the shared outcry of #MeToo and current media exposure enough to bring an end to the cruel privilege of impunity when it comes to abusing women and girls?
- [The two-child limit: judicial review granted](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2017/10/the-two-child-limit-judicial-review-granted/) - Permission has been granted for the Child Poverty Action Group to apply for a judicial review of the two-child limit. The case will now go forward to a full hearing.
- [Change the pharmaceutical sales model](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2017/10/change-the-pharmaceutical-sales-model/) - The battle for AIDS treatment was won in South Africa; the wider war for access to medicines has been lost. Join Treatment Action Campaign speakers in Nottingham.
- [Scathing letter on universal credit](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2017/10/scathing-letter-on-universal-credit/) - SNP MP invites the prime minister and government ministers to Inverness summit to hear some of the horrifying consequences of botched Universal Credit roll out.
- [Next step in calls to see secret Brexit studies](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2017/10/next-step-in-calls-for-secret-brexit-studies/) - MEP Molly Scott Cato calls on the government to disclose the ‘50 secret studies’ on the impacts of Brexit on the economy or face legal action.
- [A woman's space in the UK](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2017/10/a-womans-space-in-the-uk/) - Woman's Place UK, a new campaign group, is calling for sex to be kept as a 'protected characteristic' in the Equality Act (2010).
- [Rachel Whiteread at Tate Britain](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2017/10/rachel-whiteread-at-tate-britain/) - Tate Britain is currently hosting the most substantial survey to date of work by Rachel Whiteread, one of the leading artists of her generation.
- [Syrian families want their loved ones back](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2017/10/syrian-families-want-their-loved-ones-back/) - Hundreds of thousands of Syrians are detained or disappeared, the majority of them at the hands of the Syrian regime. Syrian families demand their freedom.
- [International human rights film festival](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2017/10/international-human-rights-film-festival/) - This year Document’s International Human Rights Film Festival 2017 runs from 19-22 October 2017 at the Centre for Contemporary Arts (CCA) Glasgow.
- [Child on child assault in schools](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2017/10/child-on-child-assault-in-schools/) - The government's response to child on child rapes and sexual assault reports in schools too slow.
- [Indignation over health cuts consultation](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2017/10/indignation-over-health-cuts-consultation/) - Never has there been such as stark example of the unnecessary, political nature of spending cuts as this current crisis in the health service.
- [Breast cancer and Brexit: discuss](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2017/10/breast-cancer-and-brexit-discuss/) - What are the implications for breast cancer after Brexit? Explore the answers at a Breast Cancer Prevention Month event on 26 October.
- [Support for Sammy's Law grows](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2017/10/support-for-sammys-law-grows/) - A Rotherham abuse survivor is campaiging to get teenage girls who were being groomed absolved of the crimes they were forced to carry out by their abuser.
- [Campaign to abolish prostitution](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2017/10/campaign-to-abolish-prostitution/) - Nordic Model Now! wants to decriminalise all those who are prostituted and provide support to help them exit, and make buying people for sex a criminal offence.
- [Standards for peer support in HIV launched](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2017/06/standards-for-peer-support-in-hiv-launched/) - The first ever National Standards of Peer Support in HIV in the UK have just been launched. 'A benchmark for good practice in peer support'.
- [Different pictures of domestic abuse](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2017/10/different-pictures-of-domestic-abuse/) - Scottish Women’s Aid, Zero Tolerance, survivors and Laura Dodsworth have launched a new creative project to show the reality of domestic abuse.
- [Delivering the UN sustaining peace agenda](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2017/10/delivering-the-un-sustaining-peace-agenda/) - A briefing note pubished recently sets out proposals for UN Member States to consider to ensure that the UN system is fit for the purpose of sustaining peace.
- [TUC and CBI issue rare joint condemnation](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2017/09/tuc-and-cbi-issue-rare-joint-condemnation/) - Negotiators in the government and Europe should guarantee Britons abroad and EU citizens here have their status settled, say TUC and CBI leaders.
- [New focus on ending violence against women](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2017/09/new-focus-on-ending-violence-against-women/) - New, global, multi-year initiative focused on eliminating all forms of violence against women and girls launched by UN and EU.
- [Open letter protests rape clause](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2017/09/open-letter-protests-rape-clause/) - Twenty-five women's rights organisations co-signed an open letter recently calling on the UK government to scrap the two-child tax credit limit.
- [Not monkeys but lions](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2017/09/not-monkeys-but-lions/) - A new play that relives the extraordinary true story of the Grunwick Strike, that challenged the way women immigrants were treated at work, to start touring.
- [Focus on perpetrators needed](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2017/09/focus-on-perpetrators-needed/) - Women’s groups, campaigners and assorted sisters welcome the publication of an authoritative, new joint inspectors’ report on domestic violence and children.
- [A convention largely ignored](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2017/09/a-convention-largely-ignored/) - The UN Committee highlighted many areas of concerns which explicitly or indirectly affect disabled women; three key themes are highlighted here.
- [Treaty banning nuclear weapons signed](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2017/09/treaty-banning-nuclear-weapons-signed/) - The 50 countries needed have signed the world’s first legally binding treaty banning nuclear weapons. The UK was not among them.
- [Abortion rights progress](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2017/09/abortion-rights-progress/) - The Council of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists votes to support the removal of criminal sanctions associated with abortion in the UK.
- [Nurses and health unions fight on](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2017/09/nurses-and-health-unions-fight-on/) - Fourteen health trade unions vow to fight on; call for the government to scrap the 1 per cent pay cap, match wage increases to inflation and restore lost pay.
- [Spycops inquiry: still the sexism](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2017/09/spycops-inquiry-still-the-sexism/) - Thirteen women have written to the Home Secretary raising their concerns about the progress and recent direction of the Public Inquiry into Undercover Policing.
- [A boost for the equal pay struggle](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2017/09/a-boost-for-the-equal-pay-struggle/) - An 'Equal Pay International Coalition', to be known also as ‘EPIC’, was officially launched this week during the United Nations General Assembly in New York.
- [Time to end tampon tax](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2017/09/time-to-end-tampon-tax/) - Alison Thewliss, SNP MP has called on Chancellor Philip Hammond to come up with a clear plan and timetable to end the tampon tax once and for all.
- [Redefining an isolated incident](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2017/02/redefining-an-isolated-incident/) - A ground breaking report called Redefining an Isolated Incident examines femicide in the UK. The killings of women and girls by men are not isolated incidents.
- [Belfast: rally against cap and rape clause](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2017/09/belfast-rally-against-cap-and-rape-clause/) - Rally to call for the scrapping of the 2-child benefit cap and 'the rape clause' in a Bill that will traumatise women and put their lives in danger.
- [Ten steps to women's equality in Scotland](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2017/09/ten-steps-to-womens-equality-in-scotland/) - A Gender Matters Roadmap, ten steps outlining how the Scottish government can move the country towards women’s equality by 2030, has been launched.
- [Pollution and human rights report: UK fail](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2017/09/pollution-and-human-rights-report-uk-fail/) - A UN special rapporteur has found that the UK government has violated its obligation to protect people’s lives and health.
- [Istanbul Convention: one more step forward](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2017/09/istanbul-convention-one-more-step-forward/) - MEPs, in an interim report adopted earlier this week, welcomed the signing of the EU accession of the 'Istanbul Convention'.
- [UK government rejects equality report](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2017/09/uk-government-rejects-equality-report/) - The UK government rejects all six recommendations for improving women’s representation in the House of Commons made by the Women and Equalities Committee.
- [Help end enforced disappearances](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2017/09/help-end-enforced-disappearances/) - UN Human Rights Office initiative aims to double the ratifications of the International Convention for the Protection of all Persons from Enforced Disappearance within five years.
- [Seems Sports Direct failed on promise](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2017/09/seems-sports-direct-failed-on-promise/) - Despite promises, retailer Sports Direct is still advertising for casual workers with zero hour contracts not guaranteed hours.
- [Gender matters in disability](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2017/09/gender-matters-in-disability/) - Finding which issues concern disabled women and how to address them.
- [Harassment survey results dire](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2017/09/harassment-survey-results-dire/) - One in eight large UK organisations admitted to knowing that sexual harassment has gone unreported in their workplace, said survey for Young Womens Trust.
- [Fighting child poverty: with a fiver](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2017/09/fighting-child-poverty-with-a-fiver/) - Campaign calls for the Scottish government to pay an additional £5 a week and ‘top-up’ child benefit to support families and lift children out of poverty.
- [Twelve priorities in Scotland's pay gap battle](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2017/09/twelve-priorities-in-scotlands-pay-gap-battle/) - Gender equality organisations in Scotland call for action on the recommendations in the Economy, Jobs and Fair Work Committee's report on the gender pay gap.
- [Exhibition: Moomin author's art at Dulwich](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2017/09/exhibition-moomin-authors-art-at-dulwich/) - From 25 October, Dulwich Picture Gallery: the first major UK retrospective of work by one of the most celebrated illustrators of the 20th century, Tove Jansson.
- [Low-paid work: changes needed](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2017/09/low-paid-work-changes-needed/) - More than two in five (42 per cent) low-paid parents said they felt penalised at work when they asked for flexibility TUC research found.
- [Reclaim the internet for girls](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2017/08/reclaim-the-internet-for-girls/) - Plan UK's research shows that girls are withdrawing from the digital space and in turn losing their voice. We need to act now.
- [Combatting Female Genital Mutilation](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2017/08/combatting-female-genital-mutilation/) - Like any other crime and form of violence, Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) is never a “private” business.
- [Protest discrimination against working mums](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2017/08/protest-discrimination-against-working-mums/) - Join Pregnant Then Screwed in London and Belfast this Halloween for ‘The March of the Mummies’.
- [Nominees wanted for Disability Wales project](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2017/08/nominees-wanted-for-disability-wales-project/) - Know any deaf or disabled women in Wales who are breaking stereotypes, achieving great things and creating positive change who can be Embolden Ambassadors?
- [How to close the pay gaps](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2017/08/how-to-close-the-pay-gaps/) - New strategy setting out what it considers needs to change and who needs to take action to reduce gender, ethnicity and disability pay gaps published by EHRC.
- [Precise law about upskirt photos needed](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2017/08/precise-law-about-upskirt-photos-needed/) - In an open letter to the Justice Secretary, Labour’s Shadow Justice Secretary calls for the government to make taking “upskirt” photographs illegal.
- [Ensure women and girls stay a UN priority](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2017/08/ensure-women-and-girls-stay-a-un-priority/) - Help make sure that sex trafficking is addressed and prioritised as a distinct form of human trafficking at the UN General Assembly in September.
- [Politicians, words and meanings](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2017/08/politicians-words-and-meanings/) - Ok, so the government and the media like to change the language they use, so let’s just take a look shall we?
- [Anti-fracking protestors in court](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2017/08/anti-fracking-protestors-in-court/) - 'I can’t sit idly and watch the place I was born and raised be poisoned and polluted by fracking', said one defender of the Preston New Road site.
- [Dying defending the earth for us](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2017/08/dying-to-defend-the-earth-for-us/) - New Global Witness report says 2016 saw a record 200 killings of people defending their land, forests and rivers against destructive industries: about four people every week.
- [We love red tape: it saves lives](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2017/08/we-love-red-tape-it-saves-lives/) - It’s easy to ignore the anger and the tears when the victims are safely out of sight. Join e-postcard campaign and fight cuts to safety regulations. Save lives.
- [Fighting the Global Gag Rule](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2017/08/fighting-the-global-gag-rule/) - SheDecides is a response to Donald Trump’s reinstatement of the Global Gag Rule which has had devastating effects on women, girls and their communities worldwide.
- [Disabled women and reproductive rights](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2017/08/disabled-women-and-reproductive-rights/) - Academics and activists at a workshop on the intersection of disability and reproductive rights asked what reproductive rights actually mean for disabled women.
- [We are so many things](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2017/08/we-are-so-many-things/) - A new campaign aims to challenge public perceptions of Gypsies and Travellers by asking why people only ever see their ethnicity, not their worth.
- [Knit a welcome blanket against a wall](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2017/08/knit-a-welcome-blanket-against-a-wall/) - Make a blanket as a gift to a new immigrant to the United States. Instead of wall, 3,500,640 yards of blankets.
- [The Roma genocide: do not forget](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2017/08/the-roma-genocide-do-not-forget/) - On 2 August 1944, at Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp, around 3000 Roma were exterminated. This date is now commemorated as Roma Genocide Remembrance Day.
- [Call for feminist works of art](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2017/07/call-for-feminist-works-of-art/) - Call for feminist works of art: for a Nasty Women exhibition to support the End Violence Against Women coalition.
- [UK aid: we need to talk about it](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2017/07/uk-aid-we-need-to-talk-about-it/) - After a year of aid scandals, a new report lays out a progressive strategy for the UK’s '0.7 per cent of GDP' spending.
- [End of gender stereotyping in UK advertising](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2017/07/end-of-gender-stereotyping-in-uk-advertising/) - ASA report concludes that gender stereotypes in advertisements have the potential to cause harm by inviting assumptions about adults and children.
- [Bright blue ideas on Britain and human rights](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2017/07/bright-blue-ideas-on-britain-and-human-rights/) - Bright Blue, an independent think tank for ‘liberal conservatism’, has published a final report after its year-long inquiry into human rights and discrimination.
- [Opinions on post-school education wanted](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2017/07/opinions-on-post-school-education-wanted/) - Call for written evidence for the Economic Affairs Committee's new inquiry, "the economics of higher education, further education, and vocational training".
- [BAME women and the criminal justice system](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2017/07/bame-women-and-the-criminal-justice-system/) - Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) women face a “double disadvantage” in the criminal justice system, according a report published earlier this year.
- [Human rights, the Home Secretary and rape](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2017/03/human-rights-the-home-secretary-and-rape/) - Metropolitan police to take John Worboys' victims back to court following "shameful" intervention from Theresa May.
- [Government cuts hit sexual health care](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2017/07/government-cuts-hit-sexual-health-care/) - King's Fund analysis: central government cuts have forced councils to reduce planned spending on vital public health services such as sexual health clinics.
- [UN tackling sexual abuse by own staff](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2017/07/un-tackling-sexual-abuse-by-own-staff/) - Steps have been taken to address the cases of sexual exploitation and abuse inflicted by UN personnel.
- [Calls to broaden Grenfell fire inquiry team](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2017/07/calls-to-broaden-grenfell-fire-inquiry-team/) - Letters to Theresa May request that the Grenfell Fire Inquiry team is broadened to improve confidence in the process and improve representation.
- [Family Planning Summit 2017: success apparently](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2017/07/family-planning-summit-2017-success-apparently/) - Summit: 37 country governments, 16 private companies and 11 partner organisations committed to accelerate progress on rights-based family planning programmes.
- [Abused children given no compensation](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2017/07/abused-children-given-no-compensation/) - Sexually exploited children are being refused compensation by a government agency on the grounds they ‘consented’ to their abuse, a charity coalition has found.
- [Exiting prostitution: erase criminal records](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2017/07/exiting-prostitution-erase-criminal-records/) - Why we are supporting the call for the erasure of prostitution–specific criminal records for those who have been prostituted.
- [UK government still failing disabled people](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2017/07/uk-government-still-failing-disabled-people/) - The government has ignored key evidence that demonstrates widespread breaches of the UN disability convention, according to disabled people’s grassroots groups.
- [Women in local government report out](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2017/07/women-in-local-government-report-out/) - Fawcett Society's new report on local government: a range of outdated practices and attitudes hold back gender equality.
- [Murdered by their parents](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2017/07/murdered-by-their-parents/) - This year 14 July marks the third National Day of Memory for ‘Britain’s Lost Women’ - the victims of honour-based violence.
- [Scotland protects privacy of intimate pictures](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2017/07/scotland-protects-privacy-of-intimate-pictures/) - As of 3 July 2017 if you share intimate images or video of someone without their consent in Scotland you could face five years in prison.
- [Civil disobedience to fight ill health](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2017/07/civil-disobedience-to-fight-ill-health/) - When will national and local governments hear the overwhelming and undeniable evidence that low incomes impact on mental and physical health?
- [Report: when there is no refuge](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2017/07/report-when-there-is-no-refuge/) - Women's Aid report: there is a systemic failure by statutory agencies when it comes to responding to the needs of the most vulnerable survivors of domestic abuse.
- [Nuclear weapons ban agreed](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2017/07/nuclear-weapons-ban-agreed/) - More than 120 states have concluded their negotiations and adopted a new “legally-binding instrument to prohibit nuclear weapons”. The UK is not one of them.
- [Remembering Srebrenica](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2017/07/remembering-srebrenica/) - Remembering Srebrenica, a UK-based charitable initiative, promotes Srebrenica Memorial Day, 11 July, and aims to educate people about the consequences of hate.
- [A coping with pregnancy test for employers](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2017/07/a-coping-with-pregnancy-test-for-employers/) - Close the Gap’s ‘Think Business Think Equality’ online tool has been expanded to include a new test on pregnancy and maternity.
- [Amber Rudd promises women aid](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2017/07/amber-rudd-promises-women-aid/) - Home Secretary Amber Rudd, in a major speech on domestic abuse, has outlined the transformative ambitions of the government’s Domestic Violence and Abuse Bill.
- [How to close Scotland's gender pay gap](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2017/07/how-to-close-scotlands-gender-pay-gap/) - The Scottish government could 'help close the gender pay gap and boost the economy by several billion pounds', says a Holyrood report published recently.
- [Free abortion healthcare pledged](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2017/07/free-abortion-healthcare-pledged/) - Scotland and Wales have joined England and pledged to offer free abortion healthcare to women and girls from Northern Ireland.
- [We need to get asbestos out of schools](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2017/07/we-need-to-get-asbestos-out-of-schools/) - JUAC held the first national conference addressing the issue of how to protect children and staff from the dangers of asbestos in schools and colleges on 4 July.
- [Advertising companies to end stereotyping](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2017/07/advertising-companies-to-end-stereotyping/) - Nearly 25 industry leaders have affirmed their commitment to a global and universal agenda to tackle unhelpful and harmful gender stereotypes in advertising.
- [Time to rethink food](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2017/07/time-to-rethink-food/) - A manifesto outlining a people’s vision of food and farming in England supported by over 80 food and farming organisations, was launched earlier this week.
- [Guide to online safety launched](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2017/06/guide-to-online-safety-launched/) - Women’s Aid and Facebook have launched a guide to help women and girls, especially victims and survivors of domestic abuse, to stay safe online.
- [Celebrating women in law](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2017/06/celebrating-women-in-law/) - Did you know that there are less than 905 days left until the centenary of the Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act 1919? Celebrate 100 years of women in law.
- [Nuclear power, Hinkley, safety plans](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2017/06/nuclear-power-hinkley-safety-plans/) - MEP Dr Molly Scott Cato has asked 15 local authorities what plans they have in place to deal with an emergency nuclear incident at Hinkley Point in Somerset.
- [A sixth scenario for the EU](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2017/06/a-sixth-scenario-for-the-eu/) - Over 250 non-government organisations from across Europe have released Scenario 6, their alternative vision for a more democratic, just and sustainable Europe.
- [UK misses talks on banning nuclear weapons](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2017/06/uk-misses-talks-on-banning-nuclear-weapons/) - UN negotiations are currently underway to create a legally-binding treaty to prohibit nuclear weapons; over 130 countries are participating. But not the UK.
- [Tackling inequality in Scottish agriculture](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2017/06/tackling-inequality-in-scottish-agriculture/) - The Scottish Government's Women in Agriculture Taskforce to consider issues such as better succession planning, health and safety, training and progression.
- [Is international human rights law under threat?](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2017/06/is-international-human-rights-law-under-threat/) - The Grotius Lecture at the Law Society, London, as delivered this year on 26 June by Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein, the UN's High Commissioner for Human Rights.
- [Nursing: Summer of Protest starts](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2017/06/nursing-summer-of-protest-starts/) - On 27 June nurses and health care assistants start the ‘summer of protest’. Theresa May must put patient safety before political dogma and scrap the pay cap.
- [End preventable unacceptable risk](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2017/06/end-preventable-unacceptable-risk/) - The UK government has been urged to scrap its approach to deregulation of health and safety legislation in light of the Grenfell Tower blaze in London.
- [Abortion: NI, Hunt and the Supreme Court](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2017/06/abortion-ni-hunt-and-the-supreme-court/) - Ban on NHS-funded abortion care for Northern Ireland women who travel to England, Wales or Scotland upheld due to government “respect” for NI Assembly decisions.
- [Trying to end sexual violence in conflict](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2017/06/trying-to-end-sexual-violence-in-conflict/) - Angelina Jolie visited Nairobi, Kenya, earlier this week, where training for United Nations and African Union Peacekeepers takes place.
- [Nursing: no mention of pay cap in Queen's Speech](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2017/06/nursing-no-mention-of-pay-cap-in-queens-speech/) - The Prime Minister failed to announce scrapping the public sector pay gap in the Queen’s Speech. So next week the RCN will launch a summer-long protest
- [A booklist for World Refugee Day](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2017/06/a-booklist-for-world-refugee-day/) - World Refugee Day: Verso Books has put together a reading list of books that challenge and expose right-wing narratives about migrant workers and refugees.
- [How to improve health of girls and women](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2017/06/how-to-improve-health-of-girls-and-women/) - The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists and Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare published a manifesto for the 2017 general election.
- [Northern Ireland home victims want inquiry now](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2017/06/northern-ireland-home-victims-want-inquiry-now/) - Women forced to give birth in Mother and Baby Homes in Northern Ireland and children born in them call for public inquiry into abuses they say they suffered there.
- [Support the world's domestic workers](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2017/06/support-the-worlds-domestic-workers/) - The UK has not yet ratified the Convention on Decent Work for Domestic Workers. Contact your MP and ask them to ensure the UK ratifies ILO Convention 189.
- [Call for assurance on women's rights](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2017/06/call-for-assurance-on-womens-rights/) - Letter asks for assurance that May will not allow women's rights, and particularly women's access to abortion, to be used in any kind of trade-off with the DUP.
- [Women's coalition calls on May for pledges](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2017/06/womens-coalition-calls-on-may-for-pledges/) - We hope to see Conservative manifesto promises on women's rights, aimed at improving support and justice when women are abused, given necessary time in Parliament.
- [For those of you who asked how to help](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2017/06/for-those-of-you-who-asked-how-to-help/) - Five ways to be an ally for women in Northern Ireland; easy actions to help make things that bit easier for those in Northern Ireland seeking an abortion.
- [Exploring the demand for prostitution in Lebanon](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2017/06/exploring-the-demand-for-prostitution-in-lebanon/) - What male buyers say about their motives, practices and perceptions in an industry that is now exploiting Syrian refugees as well as trafficked East Europeans.
- [Calling on us to be loud and united](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2017/06/calling-on-us-to-be-loud-and-united/) - The European Women’s Lobby's international conference in Brussels last week marked 20 years of action by the EWL’s Observatory on Violence Against Women and Girls.
- [Change your shoes](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2017/06/change-your-shoes-2/) - Do you know where and how your shoes were made? Did you know that people make your shoes in some of the most toxic workplaces in the world?
- [Gender's role in your right to life](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2017/06/genders-role-in-your-right-to-life/) - Domestic violence can also amount to a form of “arbitrary execution”, said Agnes Callamard, Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions.
- [How to stand up for human rights](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2017/06/how-to-stand-up-for-human-rights/) - Each of us can do something to defend the human rights of others. If you would like to stand up but are not sure what to do, here are a few ideas
- [Sacrifice zones and influence peddling](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2017/06/sacrifice-zones-and-influence-peddling/) - Wenonah Hauter, in Frackopoly, her history of the fracking industry, argues that the rush to fracking is dangerous to the environment and treacherous to human health.
- [Women and the General Election manifestos](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2017/06/women-and-the-general-election-manifestos/) - Kate and Emma T at Engender have been poring over the political party manifestos to see what commitments are being made to advance women’s equality in Scotland.
- [Political parties and tax justice matters](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2017/06/political-parties-and-tax-justice-matters/) - New analysis assesses how far #GE2017 manifestos advance or reverse an agenda compatible with the pursuit of tax justice principles and the public interest.
- [Prisons failing those in their care](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2017/05/prisons-failing-those-in-their-care/) - Caroline Ann Hunt’s death was the fourth self-inflicted death at HMP Foston Hall in 2015. The jury found many serious failings in the way she was managed and cared for
- [Stand up for human health rights](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2017/05/stand-up-for-human-health-rights/) - New report calling for bold, unapologetic leadership and action at the highest levels to realise rights to health and through health launched at the World Health Assembly
- [Getting everyone into Scottish politics](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2017/05/getting-everyone-into-scottish-politics/) - Organisations working for equality in Scotland have announced they are working on a joint project aimed at increasing diversity in Scottish politics.
- [Teenage pregnancies: still a funding issue](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2017/05/teenage-pregnancies-still-a-funding-issue/) - The UK’s teenage birth rate remains one of the highest in western Europe; FPA calls on all political parties to commit to reduce the UK’s teenage pregnancy rate.
- [Going orange one day a month - with purpose](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2017/05/going-orange-one-day-a-month-with-purpose/) - May's UNiTE theme, Mobilising resources to end violence against women and girls, highlights the importance of funding initiatives to end violence against women and girls.
- [Nuclear weapon ban one step further on](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2017/05/nuclear-weapon-ban-one-step-further-on/) - The first draft of the United Nations treaty to prohibit nuclear weapons was released in Geneva, Switzerland, on 22 May.
- [Open letter on prostitution for the BMA](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2017/05/open-letter-on-prostitution-for-the-bma/) - Nordic Model Now! believes recent vote by junior doctors made on a false premise and that it is dangerous; in an open letter to the BMA it explains why.
- [Women in prison: let down again](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2017/05/women-in-prison-let-down-again/) - woman-centred services: the reality is one of persisting systems failure not systems change: and failure to halt the use of inappropriate short sentences.
- [Open letter sent to G20 health meeting](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2017/05/open-letter-sent-to-g20-health-meeting/) - Open letter from 18 NGOs calls on G20 health ministers meeting in Berlin to recognise and act on the interconnectedness of climate change and health.
- [Another undercover police case hearing](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2017/05/another-undercover-police-case-hearing/) - Court cases against the police for abusive undercover relationships continue; on 23 May the South Wales Case has a hearing at the Royal Courts of Justice.
- [Support the Fawcett Society's manifesto](http://www.womensviewsonnews.org/2017/05/support-th