Two sets of oral history interviews held by FAN have been digitised and are available to hear via our online catalogue. There are 20 interviews from a 1995 project on women in the Women's Liberation Movement in Leeds and Bradford, and 12 interviews done by by Lee Comer and Lou Lavender in 2007 with 1970s and 1980s feminist activists in West Yorkshire. To listen to the … [Read more...]
A Woman’s Place is coming to Leeds
Leeds is the venue for the next public meeting of Woman's Place UK, a feminist organisation that campaigns for women's sex-based rights. The speakers at the meeting will be: Fiona Broadfoot: a survivor of the sex trade and an activist against it. Dr Louise Moody: Philosopher and LGB Campaigner. Thomasin Pick: Detransitioned Lesbian. Karen Ingala Smith: CEO of nia, … [Read more...]
Rock Against Sexism: I was there…
Saturday 19 October, 2.30pm, Friends Meeting House, 6 Mount Street Manchester. Free. What was Rock Against Sexism? When did it start? How long did it last? Who was involved? What was it up against? What did it achieve? Writer and cultural commentator Lucy Whitman, a co-founder of Rock Against Sexism, will give an illustrated history of the movement, setting it in the … [Read more...]
Help filling out surrogacy consultation
Some women are finding it difficult filling out the surrogacy questionnaire, as it has 118 questions and none of them give the option to say if you are against paid or commercial surrogacy. The organisation Nordic Model Now has produced a 10-minute guide to filling it in, which may … [Read more...]
Consultation on changes to the surrogacy law
The Law Commission of England and Wales and the Scottish Law Commission are conducting a public consultation on provisional proposals to reform the law governing surrogacy. The proposals are to open up surrogacy in the UK, including provisions for paying birth mothers and allowing the advertising of surrogacy-enabling services. This is a major change which will clearly impact … [Read more...]