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Please sign this & give these women their voice
If we keep sweeping things under the carpet then we never get to the point of actually acknowledging & cleaning up the mess. Or stop all of the mental suffering that comes as a result of being silenced.
We can make a difference
@fawcettsociety reveals that women make up just:
8% of FTSE 100 CEOs
12% national newspaper Political Editors 17% Supreme Court Justices
35% of local Councillors in England
34% of MPs
This must change
https://t.co/xeAElOLPWn
Shocking, scary and these kind of stats are far too common. The combined detrimental impact for women of all of the different biases in healthcare is colossal.
If only everyone took this as seriously as @WEP_UK
Excellent newsletter from @CCriadoPerez. Both human and shockingly informative. With all the Covid and gender bias crap we are dealing with, we need to at least know that we are not alone. Thank you!
Invisible Women: default male buses by @ccriadoperez https://t.co/91xTF0OHBI
Just discovered that a reason 'society' perceives thinness as the ideal, a sign of intelligence & status, comes from wealthy men showing off that they could afford to have weak wives, too weak to contribute to the household themselves. WTF
Every day is a misogyny school day
“Coercive pro-natalism is not simply a manifestation of patriarchy or misogyny but can be a product of political and economic forces entirely indifferent to women, for whom they exist simply as productive or non-productive wombs.” 🤢😢
https://t.co/96G0LyBPEq
Half the men in this report believe that men and women are already treated equally
and
26% think men and women aren't supposed to be equal
Where do we start??? 🤬 😩 😞
https://t.co/c7fsgm4s6C
There are so many areas within the NHS where racial and gender bias exists. Not just the devices. Black women are 4 times more likely to die during childbirth, compared to white women. It shouldn’t have taken the pandemic to realise something is very wrong
https://t.co/vufRRe3iLK
Where are the women? Gender Equality makes life better for everyone, so let’s work together to deliver it, argues Evelyn Regner https://t.co/hZ3SbxgS6G
We love the sound of this...
"LSE and the The Bill and Melinda Gates foundation have signed an agreement to create a programme dedicated to Gender Equality, with a particular focus on advancing the representation of women and minorities in economics."
https://t.co/U00HU5s0jq
“strong association between toxic masculinity and sexual violence, with those who reported committing offences also admitting to misogynistic views, such as believing that women who get drunk are to blame if they get raped”
https://t.co/6OJtMI1sDs
"The administration vows to be accountable and quantitatively assess their successes and failures according to specific metrics. We can look forward to evaluating their progress."
https://t.co/uT9yrN12dv
We stand with the women of Afghanistan fighting for their basic human rights.
We are watching this situation closely.
At United Nations, Afghan women appeal: don't let Taliban in https://t.co/Pt37hpNjLd