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The Women’s Rights Network Afghanistan group works to connect silenced women with volunteers in the UK to give them a voice - through mentoring, education and friendship. Since the Taliban retook control, women and girls have been forced to live under the most oppressive edicts.

This summer a symbolic mass action in honour of them was held in Parliament Square, led by international yachtswoman and WRN member Tracy Edwards, whose charity Maiden raises funds for girls' educational programmes around the world. Plus, it gave a voice to some of the women known to WRN in Afghanistan.

You can hear more stories from Afghan women on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@saarstories8146, and on X https://x.com/SaarStories

Download a UK education pack from https://www.themaidenfactor.org

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Jo Phoenix is an academic author and professor of criminology known for her gender critical views, having founded the Gender Critical Research Network at the Open University where she was a professor of criminology.

In 2024, Jo successfully sued the Open University at an employment tribunal for constructive dismissal, victimisation, harassment and direct discrimination.

Listen to a short excerpt from that conversation.

Useful Links:

Sex Matters’ piece: Learning from the Jo Pheonix case.
https://sex-matters.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Learning-from-the-Jo-Phoenix-case.pdf

Office for students: Regulatory advice 24: Guidance related to freedom of speech
https://www.officeforstudents.org.uk/publications/regulatory-advice-24-guidance-related-to-freedom-of-speech/

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In the heart of the Derbyshire countryside - in the picturesque market town of Belper - there’s a bizarre story unfolding in the run-up to the annual Pride parade.

First established in 2019, Pride in Belper now boasts that it's the largest Pride celebration n the county, attracting around 11,000 people. The event committee have a strong community presence - their mantra is inclusivity and diversity - and many local schools and businesses are involved in decking the town in rainbows.

So you’d expect Pride in Belper would be the perfect event to promote a social group for local lesbians, gay and bisexual people. Apparently not - Pride in Belper have banned the local LGB Alliance Friend’s group from having a stall at this year’s Pride celebration. We sat down with Michelle to find out why….

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Stephanie Davies-Arai explains how trans ideology is harming our children in schools
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Women’s Rights Network Jersey organised a series of events with Stephanie Davies-Arai BEM, founder and director of Transgender Trend, in Jersey the first week of March 2025.

Activists, both within and outside government, attempted to have the events cancelled, tried to stop participants from attending, and even tried to report the event as a potential hate crime.

These cancellation efforts only made us more determined to ensure as many people could hear what Stephanie has to say. Those that did attend were enthralled, shocked and angry about what they heard about gender-identity ideology, and how it’s happening in Jersey, particularly in schools.

For those that were unable or afraid to attend, we recorded Stephanie’s presentation at the public event held on 6 March 2025.

Informative links:

https://www.transgendertrend.com

https://jerseyeveningpost.com/voices/2025/03/03/not-all-men-but-always-a-man-and-predatory-men-will-use-any-opportunity-to-take-advantage/

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In conversation with Magi Gibson, leading voice in Scottish poetry, author, creative writing tutor and literary events organiser.

A fascinating listen to Magi who is a feminist and a powerful voice against blacklisting and cancellation for gender critical beliefs

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All political parties making up the Senedd in Wales were formally approached by the Women’s Rights Network in Wales to have us come and speak with them about the importance of immediately complying with the Equality Act 2010 further to legal language clarification by the UK Supreme Court on 16th April 2025.

Only the Welsh Conservative party took up the offer, inviting WRN in Wales to speak at their 2025 conference in Llangollen, Denbighshire.

WRN Wales launched its ongoing campaign #StepUpSenedd on Tuesday, 13th May 2025 on the steps of the Welsh Senedd; it marked the beginning of ongoing actions that will ensure all members of the Welsh Senedd will hear 51% of the population.

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Women’s Rights Network was delighted to have guest Sharron Davies to join on Zoom to explore the movement in both domestic and international sports in light of the FA decision to ban men from female football teams and World Boxing's introduction of mandatory sex testing, to determine the eligibility of male and female athletes that want to take part in its competitions.

Sharron reveals the shocking structural capture from the very top down within international sport, particularly in the IOC, which explains why making headway in terms of fair competition, will remain a battle; but also how fighting for women’s sports at grassroot level is so important and does has a discernible impact.

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