Save our nurseries!

Blog post by Giulia Bernacchi Pregnant Then Screwed, a charity working to end systemic, cultural and institutional discrimination faced by thousands of pregnant women and mothers every year, have just started a new campaign, Save Our Nurseries! Save Our Nurseries, specifically aims at raising awareness at the staggering rates of nursery losses throughout the UK. […]

All women should be free from gender-based violence

All women should be free from gender-based violence Guest blog by Claire Bloor, member of Bristol Women Commission’s Women’s Safety Task Group and CEO of SARSAS Bristol Women’s Commission has heard from women across the city as part of its 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence campaign. It’s heard from Avon and Somerset Police […]

16 Days of Activism Explained

Blog post by Giulia Bernacchi 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Based Violence is a nearly 30-year-old global movement that shines a light on the disproportionate levels of violence perpetrated against women and girls. It begins on the 25th November – International Day for the Elimination of Violence again Women., The campaign deliberately goes on […]

BWV launches an important new report

Bristol City Listening Project Launch 2020 Reporter Giulia Bernacchi On Monday  2nd of November, Bristol Women’s Voice launched the City Listening Project Report through an online roundtable talk. Women attending  included those who had researched the multiple and intersecting barriers that women face within the city of Bristol, and how this has been impacted by […]