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Comms & Operational Support Officer
Pt time 0.6
Raising our profile via social media & website, communicating with local activists
1 year contract in first instance
Competitive salary
💚🤍💜 Interested?
Deadline 31 Oct
*Apply now*
labourwomensdeclaration.org.uk/were-hiring/
Lord Pannick: "Does she agree it is today the obligation of all persons, whether private or public, to comply with the judgment of the Supreme Court, whether you agree with it or not, & without waiting for guidance?"
@Jacqui_Smith1 for government: "Yes, I do agree with that...
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@Jacqui_Smith1 for government: "Yes, I do agree with that...
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LabourWomen’sDeclaration 🦖 on X: "Lord Pannick: "Does she agree it is today the obligation of all persons, whether private or public, to comply with the judgment of the Supreme Court, whether you agree with it or not, & without waiting for guidance?" @Jacqui_Smith1 for government: "Yes, I do agree with that..." 1 https://t.co/U8UMDCroRE" / X
Lord Pannick
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November 5, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Lord Pannick: "Does she agree it is today the obligation of all persons, whether private or public, to comply with the judgment of the Supreme Court, whether you agree with it or not, & without waiting for guidance?"
@Jacqui_Smith1 for government: "Yes, I do agree with that...
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@Jacqui_Smith1 for government: "Yes, I do agree with that...
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This is the oppression ladder in action. A black lesbian counts for less than a white man who claims to be a woman.
BTW: this man has served time for drug dealing and has domestic abuse on his record.
How can anyone think this is OK?
BTW: this man has served time for drug dealing and has domestic abuse on his record.
How can anyone think this is OK?
November 5, 2025 at 3:47 PM
This is the oppression ladder in action. A black lesbian counts for less than a white man who claims to be a woman.
BTW: this man has served time for drug dealing and has domestic abuse on his record.
How can anyone think this is OK?
BTW: this man has served time for drug dealing and has domestic abuse on his record.
How can anyone think this is OK?
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Virginia Giuffre's story is so shocking, yet familiar: the same story of vulnerable girls getting abused again & again by powerful men with the Royal Family far too slow to sanction Andrew Windsor.
My column for this week's
@thenewworldmag.bsky.social
www.thenewworld.co.uk/sonia-sodha-...
My column for this week's
@thenewworldmag.bsky.social
www.thenewworld.co.uk/sonia-sodha-...
Prince Andrew and an unforgivable secret
Virginia Giuffre is dead, and a royal is disgraced. But time after time, powerful men keep escaping real justice
www.thenewworld.co.uk
October 21, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Virginia Giuffre's story is so shocking, yet familiar: the same story of vulnerable girls getting abused again & again by powerful men with the Royal Family far too slow to sanction Andrew Windsor.
My column for this week's
@thenewworldmag.bsky.social
www.thenewworld.co.uk/sonia-sodha-...
My column for this week's
@thenewworldmag.bsky.social
www.thenewworld.co.uk/sonia-sodha-...
"The atmosphere was electric"♀️
Hard-hitting speeches with clear messages for
@UKLabour policy makers to hear
Listen now to:
Susan Smith
@ForWomenScot
Sarah Vine KC
Dee McCullough
@LabourLGB
Plus riveting Q&A chaired by
@tracygilbert72 MP
#LWDLiverpool25
www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1Xm...
Hard-hitting speeches with clear messages for
@UKLabour policy makers to hear
Listen now to:
Susan Smith
@ForWomenScot
Sarah Vine KC
Dee McCullough
@LabourLGB
Plus riveting Q&A chaired by
@tracygilbert72 MP
#LWDLiverpool25
www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1Xm...
Labour Party Conference 2025 Fringe Event
YouTube video by Labour Women's Declaration
www.youtube.com
October 20, 2025 at 10:17 AM
"The atmosphere was electric"♀️
Hard-hitting speeches with clear messages for
@UKLabour policy makers to hear
Listen now to:
Susan Smith
@ForWomenScot
Sarah Vine KC
Dee McCullough
@LabourLGB
Plus riveting Q&A chaired by
@tracygilbert72 MP
#LWDLiverpool25
www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1Xm...
Hard-hitting speeches with clear messages for
@UKLabour policy makers to hear
Listen now to:
Susan Smith
@ForWomenScot
Sarah Vine KC
Dee McCullough
@LabourLGB
Plus riveting Q&A chaired by
@tracygilbert72 MP
#LWDLiverpool25
www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1Xm...
♀️*We're hiring!*
Comms & Operational Support Officer
Pt time 0.6
Raising our profile via social media & website, communicating with local activists
1 year contract in first instance
Competitive salary
💚🤍💜 Interested?
Deadline 31 Oct
*Apply now*
labourwomensdeclaration.org.uk/were-hiring/
Comms & Operational Support Officer
Pt time 0.6
Raising our profile via social media & website, communicating with local activists
1 year contract in first instance
Competitive salary
💚🤍💜 Interested?
Deadline 31 Oct
*Apply now*
labourwomensdeclaration.org.uk/were-hiring/
We're hiring - Labour Women's Declaration
Communications and Operational Support Officer Labour Women’s Declaration launched in 2019, with the aim of “holding Labour to account on women’s sex-based rights”. Our work is coordinated by a nation...
labourwomensdeclaration.org.uk
October 20, 2025 at 10:11 AM
♀️*We're hiring!*
Comms & Operational Support Officer
Pt time 0.6
Raising our profile via social media & website, communicating with local activists
1 year contract in first instance
Competitive salary
💚🤍💜 Interested?
Deadline 31 Oct
*Apply now*
labourwomensdeclaration.org.uk/were-hiring/
Comms & Operational Support Officer
Pt time 0.6
Raising our profile via social media & website, communicating with local activists
1 year contract in first instance
Competitive salary
💚🤍💜 Interested?
Deadline 31 Oct
*Apply now*
labourwomensdeclaration.org.uk/were-hiring/
🌹Always a pleasure to welcome Minister of State for Health Karin Smyth to our #Lab25 conference stall🌹
#LWDLiverpool25
#LWDLiverpool25
September 30, 2025 at 2:59 PM
🌹Always a pleasure to welcome Minister of State for Health Karin Smyth to our #Lab25 conference stall🌹
#LWDLiverpool25
#LWDLiverpool25
@heraldscotland.bsky.social report on our fringe
Sarah Vine KC "warned that current legal definitions of “gender identity” are so vague that proposed hate crime & conversion practice offences would... require juries & magistrates to make “political decisions”
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2550237...
Sarah Vine KC "warned that current legal definitions of “gender identity” are so vague that proposed hate crime & conversion practice offences would... require juries & magistrates to make “political decisions”
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2550237...
Labour warned new digital IDs must record biological sex, not gender identity
Digital IDs must record biological sex rather than gender identity to avoid legal confusion and abuse, a leading barrister has warned Labour.
www.heraldscotland.com
September 30, 2025 at 12:06 PM
@heraldscotland.bsky.social report on our fringe
Sarah Vine KC "warned that current legal definitions of “gender identity” are so vague that proposed hate crime & conversion practice offences would... require juries & magistrates to make “political decisions”
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2550237...
Sarah Vine KC "warned that current legal definitions of “gender identity” are so vague that proposed hate crime & conversion practice offences would... require juries & magistrates to make “political decisions”
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2550237...
More fab Scottish supporters visited our #Lab25 stall today inc:
Johann Lamont former MSP & Scottish Labour
Leader,
Melanie Ward MP, Cowdenbeath & Kirkcaldy,
Tracy Gilbert MP, Edinburgh North & Leith
plus another Scot, David Smith MP, North Northumberland.
#LWDLiverpool25
Johann Lamont former MSP & Scottish Labour
Leader,
Melanie Ward MP, Cowdenbeath & Kirkcaldy,
Tracy Gilbert MP, Edinburgh North & Leith
plus another Scot, David Smith MP, North Northumberland.
#LWDLiverpool25
September 30, 2025 at 11:58 AM
More fab Scottish supporters visited our #Lab25 stall today inc:
Johann Lamont former MSP & Scottish Labour
Leader,
Melanie Ward MP, Cowdenbeath & Kirkcaldy,
Tracy Gilbert MP, Edinburgh North & Leith
plus another Scot, David Smith MP, North Northumberland.
#LWDLiverpool25
Johann Lamont former MSP & Scottish Labour
Leader,
Melanie Ward MP, Cowdenbeath & Kirkcaldy,
Tracy Gilbert MP, Edinburgh North & Leith
plus another Scot, David Smith MP, North Northumberland.
#LWDLiverpool25
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The EHRC guidance cannot change the law. Any legally constituted female service provision or sport must exclude all males incl. those who identify as women and those with GRCs. So if you want to attempt to undo the legal rights women have fought for over decades you are in the right place to do so.
September 27, 2025 at 4:39 PM
The EHRC guidance cannot change the law. Any legally constituted female service provision or sport must exclude all males incl. those who identify as women and those with GRCs. So if you want to attempt to undo the legal rights women have fought for over decades you are in the right place to do so.
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Tests brought in after data showed 50-60 DSD athletes in finals, World Athletics says
www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/s...
www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/s...
September 20, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Tests brought in after data showed 50-60 DSD athletes in finals, World Athletics says
www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/s...
www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/s...
'Non-binary is the gender identity you end up claiming if you’re a feminist who’s made the category “woman” uninhabitable for any female human with an ounce of self-respect.'
'Left-wing misogynists love Penny’s stance because she positions boring, old-style feminism — with its comprehensible arguments and clear, if boner-killing, demands — as past it; right-wing misogynists love it because it makes feminism look utterly incoherent.'
thecritic.co.uk/the-feminist...
thecritic.co.uk/the-feminist...
The feminists who argued themselves out of being women | Victoria Smith | The Critic Magazine
Feminism is not a stupid movement and feminists are not stupid. If I believed otherwise, I wouldn’t be a feminist. There are times, nonetheless, when even I have to admit it’s been made to look pretty...
thecritic.co.uk
September 16, 2025 at 4:06 PM
'Non-binary is the gender identity you end up claiming if you’re a feminist who’s made the category “woman” uninhabitable for any female human with an ounce of self-respect.'
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Louise Haigh 'Banning the abuse of NDAs will be truly transformational' - labourlist.org/2025/09/loui...
Louise Haigh: 'Banning the abuse of NDAs will be truly transformational' - LabourList
'Today's worker's right bill will be truly transformational when it bans the abuse of non-disclosure agreements' say Louise Haigh
labourlist.org
September 15, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Louise Haigh 'Banning the abuse of NDAs will be truly transformational' - labourlist.org/2025/09/loui...
Attending Labour Conference in Liverpool?
Don't miss the chance to hear from these four legendary women at our fringe meeting.
Sunday 28 Sept 5.00 - 6.30pm
Leonardo Hotel, inside conference zone (pass required)
#LWDLiverpool25 #LabourConference25 #Lab25
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Don't miss the chance to hear from these four legendary women at our fringe meeting.
Sunday 28 Sept 5.00 - 6.30pm
Leonardo Hotel, inside conference zone (pass required)
#LWDLiverpool25 #LabourConference25 #Lab25
1/4
September 14, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Attending Labour Conference in Liverpool?
Don't miss the chance to hear from these four legendary women at our fringe meeting.
Sunday 28 Sept 5.00 - 6.30pm
Leonardo Hotel, inside conference zone (pass required)
#LWDLiverpool25 #LabourConference25 #Lab25
1/4
Don't miss the chance to hear from these four legendary women at our fringe meeting.
Sunday 28 Sept 5.00 - 6.30pm
Leonardo Hotel, inside conference zone (pass required)
#LWDLiverpool25 #LabourConference25 #Lab25
1/4
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'Welsh said: “You want genuine trans people to live the best possible life that they can.
“But you don't want it to be at the expense of the rights of 50% of the population."'
“The women's movement is too important for that."
www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottis...
“But you don't want it to be at the expense of the rights of 50% of the population."'
“The women's movement is too important for that."
www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottis...
Irvine Welsh slams Nicola Sturgeon shoving trans beliefs "down people's throats"
Welsh, 66, believes the former first minister was wrong in her attempts to allow people to self-identify as women while she was in government.
www.dailyrecord.co.uk
August 21, 2025 at 12:26 PM
'Welsh said: “You want genuine trans people to live the best possible life that they can.
“But you don't want it to be at the expense of the rights of 50% of the population."'
“The women's movement is too important for that."
www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottis...
“But you don't want it to be at the expense of the rights of 50% of the population."'
“The women's movement is too important for that."
www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottis...
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I prosecute and defend the most serious sexual offences in our courts.
The overwhelming majority of offenders are British-born. Overwhelmingly the victim is someone known to them, either a partner or relative.
Anybody purporting to care about protecting women might start there.
The overwhelming majority of offenders are British-born. Overwhelmingly the victim is someone known to them, either a partner or relative.
Anybody purporting to care about protecting women might start there.
August 4, 2025 at 3:29 PM
I prosecute and defend the most serious sexual offences in our courts.
The overwhelming majority of offenders are British-born. Overwhelmingly the victim is someone known to them, either a partner or relative.
Anybody purporting to care about protecting women might start there.
The overwhelming majority of offenders are British-born. Overwhelmingly the victim is someone known to them, either a partner or relative.
Anybody purporting to care about protecting women might start there.
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'Peggie’s discomfort was met with the repeated assertion that Upton had a right to use the female-only changing room. This is not legally accurate ... self-identification is not a proper basis for access to single-sex facilities or services.'
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Sandie Peggie and the struggle for single-sex spaces | Michael Foran | The Critic Magazine
One of the most high-profile employment tribunal cases of this century finished hearing evidence this week. The case, brought by nurse Sandie Peggie against NHS Fife and Dr Beth Upton…
thecritic.co.uk
August 4, 2025 at 12:00 PM
'Peggie’s discomfort was met with the repeated assertion that Upton had a right to use the female-only changing room. This is not legally accurate ... self-identification is not a proper basis for access to single-sex facilities or services.'
thecritic.co.uk/sandie-peggi...
thecritic.co.uk/sandie-peggi...
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Hannah Barnes: We need a culture change in maternity services
There is something bigger going on than just staff shortages, low morale or lack of funding. @hannahsbee.bsky.social
There is something bigger going on than just staff shortages, low morale or lack of funding. @hannahsbee.bsky.social
We need a culture change in maternity services
There is something bigger going on than just staff shortages, low morale or lack of funding.
www.newstatesman.com
July 3, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Hannah Barnes: We need a culture change in maternity services
There is something bigger going on than just staff shortages, low morale or lack of funding. @hannahsbee.bsky.social
There is something bigger going on than just staff shortages, low morale or lack of funding. @hannahsbee.bsky.social
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My column for the Express on the disgusting witch burning to which NHS Fife has subjected Sandie Peggie to distract from their own unlawful conduct. Yes, people who share racist jokes in private what’s app groups of ppl they holiday with have employment rights too.
www.express.co.uk/news/uk/2089...
www.express.co.uk/news/uk/2089...
'NHS bosses must be held accountable for witch-burning over female spaces'
A chilling message is being sent in what smacks of an arrogant culture war
www.express.co.uk
July 31, 2025 at 3:27 PM
My column for the Express on the disgusting witch burning to which NHS Fife has subjected Sandie Peggie to distract from their own unlawful conduct. Yes, people who share racist jokes in private what’s app groups of ppl they holiday with have employment rights too.
www.express.co.uk/news/uk/2089...
www.express.co.uk/news/uk/2089...
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World Athletics mandates gene tests for female category eligibility
World Athletics mandates gene tests for female category eligibility
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Regulations come into effect for world championships
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‘The test is a very important step,’ says Sebastian Coe
Athletes will be eligible to compete in the female category for world-ranking competitions such as the world championships only if they clear a one-time gene test.
The test for the SRY gene, which needs to be taken only once and helps in determining biological sex, can be conducted via a cheek swab or blood test. World Athletics’ testing protocol will be overseen by member federations and the new regulations come into effect on 1 September, in time for that month’s world championships in Tokyo. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
July 30, 2025 at 3:39 PM
World Athletics mandates gene tests for female category eligibility
Chilling evidence published today in @Sullivan_Review Report 2 by @ProfAliceS ⬇️
"Researchers investigating vital issues have been subjected to sustained campaigns of intimidation simply for acknowledging the biological and social importance of sex”
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
"Researchers investigating vital issues have been subjected to sustained campaigns of intimidation simply for acknowledging the biological and social importance of sex”
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
UK universities have failed to protect gender-critical academics, report finds
Report’s author raises ‘stark concerns about barriers to academic freedom’
www.theguardian.com
July 2, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Chilling evidence published today in @Sullivan_Review Report 2 by @ProfAliceS ⬇️
"Researchers investigating vital issues have been subjected to sustained campaigns of intimidation simply for acknowledging the biological and social importance of sex”
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
"Researchers investigating vital issues have been subjected to sustained campaigns of intimidation simply for acknowledging the biological and social importance of sex”
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
"Hospitals & govt departments refusing to implement Supreme Court ruling on definition of a woman must “get on with it” Sir Keir Starmer has said, as public bodies continue to defy the law"
Is your MP/employer 'waiting for @EHRC Guidance'?
Email them⬇️now
www.thetimes.com/article/e243...
Is your MP/employer 'waiting for @EHRC Guidance'?
Email them⬇️now
www.thetimes.com/article/e243...
Keir Starmer says ‘get on with it’ as trans ruling ignored
Sir Keir Starmer said public bodies’ guidance should be consistent with the Supreme Court ruling that the definition of a woman is based on biological sex
www.thetimes.com
June 30, 2025 at 9:08 AM
"Hospitals & govt departments refusing to implement Supreme Court ruling on definition of a woman must “get on with it” Sir Keir Starmer has said, as public bodies continue to defy the law"
Is your MP/employer 'waiting for @EHRC Guidance'?
Email them⬇️now
www.thetimes.com/article/e243...
Is your MP/employer 'waiting for @EHRC Guidance'?
Email them⬇️now
www.thetimes.com/article/e243...
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It's as simple as the day is long.
The Supreme Court clarified:
'The words “sex”, “woman” and “man” in sections 11 and 212(1) mean (and were always intended to mean) biological sex, biological woman and biological man' pg. 83.
Happy to help.
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The Supreme Court clarified:
'The words “sex”, “woman” and “man” in sections 11 and 212(1) mean (and were always intended to mean) biological sex, biological woman and biological man' pg. 83.
Happy to help.
supremecourt.uk/uploads/uksc...
supremecourt.uk
June 12, 2025 at 9:27 PM
It's as simple as the day is long.
The Supreme Court clarified:
'The words “sex”, “woman” and “man” in sections 11 and 212(1) mean (and were always intended to mean) biological sex, biological woman and biological man' pg. 83.
Happy to help.
supremecourt.uk/uploads/uksc...
The Supreme Court clarified:
'The words “sex”, “woman” and “man” in sections 11 and 212(1) mean (and were always intended to mean) biological sex, biological woman and biological man' pg. 83.
Happy to help.
supremecourt.uk/uploads/uksc...
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As a @uklabour.bsky.social member I'm appalled with your hostile Chairing of this session. Please remember this Committee's remit is Women & Equalities. You clearly do not understand the law. The Supreme Court ruling was not just about membership of boards. It was about the meaning of sex in the EA.
June 11, 2025 at 5:10 PM
As a @uklabour.bsky.social member I'm appalled with your hostile Chairing of this session. Please remember this Committee's remit is Women & Equalities. You clearly do not understand the law. The Supreme Court ruling was not just about membership of boards. It was about the meaning of sex in the EA.
Great that Sky News is taking such trafficking seriously, and many thanks, still, to Tonia Antoniazzi MP for pursuing legal change.
Horrifying but sadly none of this is surprising. Spend 5 minutes on punternet and you find "reviews" of women who are obviously being trafficked. Too many men hate women.
news.sky.com/story/orderi...
news.sky.com/story/orderi...
'Ordering a woman to be sexually exploited is as easy as ordering a takeaway': How trafficking victims are being sold online
A Sky News investigation uncovers thousands of potential indicators of sexual exploitation on two of the UK's most prominent adult service websites.
news.sky.com
June 9, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Great that Sky News is taking such trafficking seriously, and many thanks, still, to Tonia Antoniazzi MP for pursuing legal change.
"Stage three is disbelief.
The Supreme Court has spoken, it’s the country’s apex court &, unless..a new law is passed, its word is quite literally law.
And yet police forces, NHS trusts & unions..are denying this, insisting they won’t comply"
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The Supreme Court has spoken, it’s the country’s apex court &, unless..a new law is passed, its word is quite literally law.
And yet police forces, NHS trusts & unions..are denying this, insisting they won’t comply"
x.com/LabWomenDec/...
LabourWomen’sDeclaration 🦖 on X: ""Stage three is disbelief. The Supreme Court has spoken, it’s the country’s apex court &, unless..a new law is passed, its word is quite literally law. And yet police forces, NHS trusts & unions..are denying this, insisting they won’t comply" @HJoyceGender https://t.co/azJNEtI3jk" / X
"Stage three is disbelief. The Supreme Court has spoken, it’s the country’s apex court &, unless..a new law is passed, its word is quite literally law. And yet police forces, NHS trusts & unions..are denying this, insisting they won’t comply" @HJoyceGender https://t.co/azJNEtI3jk
x.com
June 1, 2025 at 8:01 PM
"Stage three is disbelief.
The Supreme Court has spoken, it’s the country’s apex court &, unless..a new law is passed, its word is quite literally law.
And yet police forces, NHS trusts & unions..are denying this, insisting they won’t comply"
x.com/LabWomenDec/...
The Supreme Court has spoken, it’s the country’s apex court &, unless..a new law is passed, its word is quite literally law.
And yet police forces, NHS trusts & unions..are denying this, insisting they won’t comply"
x.com/LabWomenDec/...