WEP Islington

The Islington branch of the Women’s Equality Party. A non-partisan, collaborative force in UK politics. Because equality is better for everyone. #WeAreWE

[Roshni Shah (she/her) @roshnilondon]

Come and join our amazing volunteer team! #Islington

[WEP Islington @WEPIslington]

Victims of sexual violence let down by UK asylum system, report says https://t.co/xMmZUE7coh

[WEP Islington @WEPIslington]

The core of it ⬇️⬇️⬇️

[Mandu Reid @ManduReid]

The fact that all a perpetrator needs to convince a jury of is that he “believed” she consented - is at heart of why so few rape survivors get justice.

This is why @WEP_UK’s policy is to change the law to an AFFIRMATIVE CONSENT law. #C4rapedebate

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[WEP Islington @WEPIslington]

Many Big Tech whistleblowers are women. @WEP_UK
Predictably, their gender makes it harder.

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[Real Facebook Oversight Board @FBoversight]

🚨Happening Next Tuesday🔵: How female tech workers are taking on Big Tech.

November 9 @ 1PM ET #ShePersisted, @UltraViolet, @FBoversight, @SumOfUs, @TheSignalsNetw

Register here:
https://t.co/ps4aJ5gHvn

[WEP Islington @WEPIslington]

Let's imagine, and campaign hard for it

[Tulip Siddiq @TulipSiddiq]

Yet another senseless and shocking killing of a woman - a constituent who I had been in touch with many times.

My thoughts are with her children and loved ones at this awful time.

This appalling violence against women must stop. https://t.co/fPvlARt8RA

[WEP Islington @WEPIslington]

Patsy Stevenson, whose photograph during her arrest became the defining image of the vigil for Sarah Everard has said she felt afraid after about 50 police officers and security guards then “liked” her profile on the Tinder dating app.
https://t.co/FZmVcC40bg

[WEP Islington @WEPIslington]

🔥🔥🔥Austerity hit police’s ability to tackle violence against women, say ex-officers https://t.co/vVQDy9uefo

[WEP Islington @WEPIslington]

DITTO

[WEP Islington @WEPIslington]

Apply! (We are fun to work with, and you would REALLY make a difference...)

[sabrinaprovenzani @sabriprovenzani]

ONLY NOW???

[Mandu Reid @ManduReid]

Meanwhile, we are still waiting for officers who took and shared selfies they’d taken with the dead bodies of Bibaa Henry and Nicole Smallman to be properly held to account.

Don’t believe the ‘bad apple’ defence - institutional and leadership failures are at the heart of this.

[WEP Islington @WEPIslington]

Can WE ever be safe?

[Former WEP LGBTQI+ Caucus @WEPLGBTQI]

How can women trust the police after what happened to Sarah Everard? https://t.co/bSTWGsawAa

[WEP Islington @WEPIslington]

Ms Everard was described by a former long-term boyfriend as "extremely intelligent, savvy and streetwise" and "not a gullible person", the court heard.

https://t.co/efrTVD5a0V

[WEP Islington @WEPIslington]

Reproductive rights are human rights.
Join in this Saturday in solidarity with our sisters across the world!

[WEP Islington @WEPIslington]

More than 31,000 requests for help were made to councils by domestic abuse survivors during the pandemic – 17% more than the previous year.
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[FedericaBedendo @FedeBed]

This week I delved into @mhclg figures to uncover the link between domestic abuse and homelessness. I was shocked to discover that more than 31,000 requests for help were made to councils by domestic abuse survivors during the pandemic – 17% more than the previous year

[Frances Ryan @DrFrancesRyan]

Thinking of all the women in Texas this morning. There’s no such thing as stopping abortion - just stopping safe abortion. And that will always hit black, poor, and disabled women the most, who can’t escape the state. Controlling women is hurting women. Don’t pretend otherwise.

[WEP Kingston Branch @WEP_Kingston]

Use this service to offer help to refugees in your local area https://t.co/49a2wgciPV

[WEP Islington @WEPIslington]

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[Mandu Reid @ManduReid]

This is one of the most moving, inspiring, and uplifting episodes of #DesertIslandDisks ever.

Thank you @nazirafzal for setting the standard of what it means to be a genuine male ally to women and girls in world disfigured by patriarchy and misogyny!

https://t.co/wzyze7WGau

[Mandu Reid @ManduReid]

I find it chilling how willingly US, UK, and EU leaders are lapping up Taliban rhetoric about the rights of women and girls. This thing of “we shall judge actions not words” sickens me. It suggests that women will have to suffer BEFORE anything decisive is done.