Heart of Women’s Voices
March 2, 2021The Heart of Women’s Voices project aims to mark International Women’s Day on the 8th March and, like our This Is Not Love Project, is focusing on raising awareness of domestic violence against women, which has surged during lockdown. We have three hotspots in town where we will be hanging hearts: Swan terrace in the Old Town, The Peace Garden in Alexandra Park The trees on Kings Road, St. Leonards However, you can hang hearts anywhere you like in town, a favourite spot on your daily walk perhaps, or even in your own garden. Just don’t forget to take a…
White Ribbon Day
Today 25 November is White Ribbon Day, when we pledge to highlight, oppose and refuse to collude in violence against women. Hastings Borough Council has released a statement: Council unites against domestic violence On Wednesday (25 November), the world marks…
Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the formation of the Women’s Liberation Movement in Britain
The first Women’s Liberation Movement conference was held in Ruskin College, Oxford in 1970. Women at that conference made four demands: equal pay for equal work; free childcare; free abortion and contraception on demand; and equal education and job opportunities.…
50 YEARS – and still waiting
This year marks 50 years since the first national Women’s Liberation Movement conference took place, at Ruskin College, Oxford. The conference drew up four basic demands: equal pay for equal work; equal education opportunities; free contraception and abortion on demand,…
Women’s Voice is a not for profit Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO), run by women for women in Hastings & St Leonards
