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Building Sisterhood and Solidarity, Amplifying the Voices of Women, Defending Women’s Human Rights

#FiLiA2027 is in Blackpool, Lancashire

Tickets and so much more @ https://linktr.ee/filiauk
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FiLiA @filiacharity.bsky.social · 25d
"FiLiA volunteers were truly extraordinary – they always are but they were really tested this year and were all champions, every one of them."

Become a Friend of FiLiA filia.org.uk/friends-of-filia

#Sisterhood #Solidarity #FiLiA2026
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As part of the #16days, we’re proud to highlight @filiahaguemums.bsky.social, a volunteer-led campaign working with frontline experts & victim-survivors to end injustices for mothers & children fleeing DA, created by #HagueAbductionConvention

🔗 www.hague-mothers.org.uk

#16DaysOfActivism #IDEVAW
November 28, 2025 at 10:23 AM
filiacharity.bsky.social
The two-child benefit cap will be scrapped in full from April 2026, described by the @womensbudgetgrp.bsky.social as ‘a landmark step towards tackling child poverty in the UK’ & which will ‘lift over half a million children out of poverty by the end of the decade’.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Two-child benefit cap to be scrapped from next year
The policy, introduced under the Tories, means parents can only claim universal credit for their first two children.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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neweconomics.bsky.social
👀Looks like this government is scrapping the two child limit! This is good news for the thousands of children who will be lifted out of poverty and for the economy. Previous NEF analysis found this would reduce the economic cost of child poverty by £3.2bn a year.
Text: Scrapping the two-child limit will reduce the economic cost of child poverty by £3.2bn a year by the end of this parliament
November 26, 2025 at 12:36 PM
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purnasen.bsky.social
It’s so important that we know where we have come from, how we got here.
None of us is starting from scratch.
Grateful for the opportunity to have been involved in this effort to make connections
🙏🏽🙏🏽❤️❤️
filiacharity.bsky.social FiLiA @filiacharity.bsky.social · 1d
Standing on the shoulders of giants – our #FiLiA2025 session Remembering & Honouring Brighton’96 & its significance for the movement to end #MVAWG w/ @proflizkelly.bsky.social, @hilarymcc7.bsky.social & @purnasen.bsky.social, & Joan Scanlon remembering Jalna Hanmer.

📺 youtu.be/pBNetVkmUmQ

#16days
November 27, 2025 at 5:18 PM
filiacharity.bsky.social
Standing on the shoulders of giants – our #FiLiA2025 session Remembering & Honouring Brighton’96 & its significance for the movement to end #MVAWG w/ @proflizkelly.bsky.social, @hilarymcc7.bsky.social & @purnasen.bsky.social, & Joan Scanlon remembering Jalna Hanmer.

📺 youtu.be/pBNetVkmUmQ

#16days
November 27, 2025 at 9:01 AM
filiacharity.bsky.social
Read FiLiA's Male Violence against Women & Girls Global Lead, Sally Jackson's blog on why feminists mark the UN day for the elimination of #VAWG & why our activism can never be limited to #16days ✊

🔗 www.filia.org.uk/latest-news/...

#16DaysOfActivism #IDEVAW #IDEVAW2025 #NoExcuse
November 26, 2025 at 9:21 AM
filiacharity.bsky.social
#VAWG is a trade union issue... ‘the trade union movement itself – still need to take the crisis of violence against women more seriously’.

@kiritunks.bsky.social of the FiLiA TU Women’s Network writes for @mstaronline.bsky.social for #IDEVAW & the #16Days

morningstaronline.co.uk/article/viol...
Violence against women is a trade union issue
IT IS clear from a casual search that unions in Britain understand that violence against women is endemic. Many union websites provide easily accessible guidance, toolkits and model policies.
morningstaronline.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 3:35 PM
filiacharity.bsky.social
Today, we share the #Femicide session from #FiLiA2025 to mark the UN Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women & to honour the Women’s lives stolen by male violence
@femicidecensus.bsky.social

📺 youtu.be/yHIyubZlqes

#IDEVAW #16Days #16DaysOfActivism #IDEVAW2025 #NoExcuse
November 25, 2025 at 8:38 AM
filiacharity.bsky.social
We are really grateful to @tonia-antoniazzi.bsky.social for sponsoring our launch in Parliament of the FiLiA Women’s Assembly & report, Making Policy Work for Women.

Thanks so much to Home Office minister @jessphillipsmp.bsky.social for coming & speaking to women about our work, the assembly & VAWG
November 24, 2025 at 3:55 PM
filiacharity.bsky.social
The #FiLiA newsletter is out now, with an update on the next conference in #Blackpool, our event in Parliament, our new research project, a @filiahaguemums.bsky.social campaign and more!

🔗 mailchi.mp/filia/next-conference-in-blackpool-first-parliamentary-event-and-more

#Sisterhood & #Solidarity
November 21, 2025 at 2:59 PM
filiacharity.bsky.social
Fantastic launch of the FiLiA Womens Assembly in Parliament today & report, Making Policy Work for Women.

Thanks to @tonia-antoniazzi.bsky.social for sponsoring us & all who came for the enthusiastic reception @jessphillipsmp.bsky.social

Read the report: bit.ly/FiLiA-Making-Policy-Work-For-Women
November 19, 2025 at 9:25 PM
filiacharity.bsky.social
Make them Listen – Amplifying Welsh Women’s Voices!

We know it's not easy for all Women to travel to #Cardiff & want to hear from women across Wales to find out how the #FiLiAWomensAssembly can support Women to ensure their voices are heard.

🗓️ Wed 10th December 7pm
📍 ONLINE
🎟️ bit.ly/FWA-WalesZoom
November 18, 2025 at 10:08 AM
filiacharity.bsky.social
Two more events coming up for #Wales

#FiLiAWomensAssembly in Wales: come along to this event to hear more and to share your views on what women need from the Assembly in #Cardiff and Wales.

🗓️ Saturday 6th December 11am
📍 Central Cardiff
🎟️ bit.ly/FWA-Wales

#FWAWales
November 18, 2025 at 9:58 AM
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kiritunks.bsky.social
Seems like a good time to plug the
@filiacharity.bsky.social
Trade Union Women's Network again. Join us to make unions work for women www.filia.org.uk/filia-trade-...
FiLiA Trade Union Women's Network — FiLiA
www.filia.org.uk
November 16, 2025 at 7:24 PM
filiacharity.bsky.social
Also coming up is our next #FiLiAFeministFriday – a FREE Women-only event in #Glasgow

Connect with other Women, a wee bit of consciousness raising & space for Women to talk, rage & laugh with a social after!

🗓️ Friday 28th November 7pm
📍 Central Glasgow
🎟️ bit.ly/FiLiAFeministFriday
November 15, 2025 at 1:38 PM
filiacharity.bsky.social
Come along to FiLiA's Fire! #Bolton – a free Women-only FiLiA Women’s Assembly event. It's a relaxed, informal discussion group, with a topic for each meeting – this time it's #WomensHealth

🗓️ Sat 29th November 7pm
📍 Bolton centre
🎟️ bit.ly/FiLiAFireBolton

#FiLiAFireBolton #GreaterManchester
November 15, 2025 at 1:16 PM
filiacharity.bsky.social
Our first recording from #FiLiA2025, as shared by Sisters Heal, was in this week's #newsletter*

Read & watch here: mailchi.mp/filia/first-recording-from-filia2025

Sign up to receive here: explore.filia.org.uk/newsletter-signup

*The eagle-eyed among you may have spotted the mistake in our email! 🫣
November 15, 2025 at 12:43 PM
filiacharity.bsky.social
Our FIRST #newsletter since #FiLiA2025 ♀️

Read here: mailchi.mp/filia/first-newsletter-since-filia2025

Sign up to receive here: explore.filia.org.uk/newsletter-signup
November 9, 2025 at 9:38 AM
filiacharity.bsky.social
"FiLiA volunteers were truly extraordinary – they always are but they were really tested this year and were all champions, every one of them."

Become a Friend of FiLiA filia.org.uk/friends-of-filia

#Sisterhood #Solidarity #FiLiA2026
November 2, 2025 at 4:35 PM
filiacharity.bsky.social
Update on 14th October 2025:

FiLiA wish to confirm that one of our speakers, Lucy Masoud, is not one of the Women referred to below. Lucy was not removed from the party or the conference.
filiacharity.bsky.social FiLiA @filiacharity.bsky.social · Oct 13
Statement from the FiLiA Trustees on the FiLiA Party

Attendees may be aware of the unacceptable behaviour of two individuals at the FiLiA party.

Please be assured that these individuals were removed as swiftly as possible & were not permitted to attend the conference on Sunday. 1/3
October 14, 2025 at 8:05 PM
filiacharity.bsky.social
Statement from the FiLiA Trustees on the FiLiA Party

Attendees may be aware of the unacceptable behaviour of two individuals at the FiLiA party.

Please be assured that these individuals were removed as swiftly as possible & were not permitted to attend the conference on Sunday. 1/3
October 13, 2025 at 1:37 PM
filiacharity.bsky.social
Did they think that hanging up flags, spray-painting and smashing the venue windows would stop us?

#FiLiA2025 in #Brighton has started!

See you there.

Sisterhood and Solidarity!
October 10, 2025 at 9:48 AM
filiacharity.bsky.social
#FiLiA2025 has arrived in #Brighton

♀️ Building Sisterhood and Solidarity
♀️ Amplifying the Voices of Women
♀️ Defending Women's Human Rights

🎟️ filia.org.uk

#Sisterhood #Solidarity
October 9, 2025 at 3:32 PM
filiacharity.bsky.social
More #FiLiAFlag pictures, now with our amazing security lead @saltnpepa.bsky.social & Cristina, Rehana, Pauline & Rachel! 🎉

Share a pic with us of you arriving in #Brighton for #FiLiA2025 with the hashtag #FiLiAFlag ♀️

🎟️ filia.org.uk/tickets

#Sisterhood #Solidarity
October 9, 2025 at 7:14 AM