You can often find information about events, conferences and developments on women’s rights on this website: https://www.womensgrid.org.uk/
There are two key times in the year in which there are often lots of activities focussing on women’s rights:
- March 8 is International Women’s Day
- November 25 is the United Nations (UN) day to end violence against women
- 25 November to 10 December (international human rights day) is known as 16 days of activism to end violence against women and girls.
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Statement: nia warmly welcomes the recent statements by Women’s Aid (Federation England) and the Women’s Resource Centre
nia warmly welcomes the recent statements by Women’s Aid (Federation England) and the Women’s Resource Centre about the importance of women-only spaces, particularly for women
Child Q: A 15-year-old black girl at school in Hackney
The news about the appalling treatment of child Q, has upset and angered us. As is now widely known, this 15-year-old Black schoolchild was forced
A day in the life of a specialist refuge support worker
Since International Women’s Day, we have been sharing blogs from members of our staff team describing a typical day. Today we are looking at a
A day in the life of an Independent Sexual Violence Advocate (ISVA)
Since International Women’s Day, we have been sharing blogs from members of our staff team describing a typical day. Today we are looking at a
A day in the life of the Advocacy Services Manager.
Since International Women’s Day, we have been sharing blogs from members of our staff team describing a typical day. Today we are looking at a
A day in the life of an IRIS Advocate
Since International Women’s Day, we have been sharing blogs from members of our staff team describing a typical day. Today we are looking at a
A day in the life of our East London Rape Crisis specialist ISVA (Independent Sexual Violence Advocate) for Black and minoritised women.
Starting on International Women’s Day we are going to share a series of blogs from members of our staff team describing a typical day. Today
A day in the life of an East London Rape Crisis Counsellor
Starting from International Women’s Day we are going to share a series of blogs from members of our staff team describing a typical day. Today
women only marches

Million Women Rise
Million Women Rise works in solidarity with international women’s movements on a variety of campaigns and projects. They work to build and create links with and between

Reclaim The Night
Reclaim the Night: 25 November is the United Nations (UN) day to end violence against women and girls and you will often find that on
conferences

FiLiA Conference
‘FiLiA‘ means daughter; FiLiA are the daughters of the women who came before us and fight so that our daughters may be free. The focus

Advocacy After Fatal Domestic Abuse
Advocacy after fatal domestic abuse (AAFDA) is a Centre of Excellence for Reviews into Domestic Homicides and for Specialist Peer Support. AAFDA was founded by
campaigns

We Can’t Consent To This
We can’t consent to this: is a campaign which was set up after it was noticed that increasing numbers of perpetrators of violence against women

Woman’s Place UK
Woman’s Place UK: is a campaign to protect, defend and grow women-only spaces. This is in direct response to what women themselves say they want