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Wednesday August 5th, 2020
Letter to Welsh Party Leaders: Equal Power, Equal Voice – gender parity and equal, diverse representation in Welsh political institutions

Today we wrote to Welsh party leaders, calling for Equal Power, Equal Voice, ahead of the 2021 Senedd elections and the 2022 Local Government elections: 5th August 2020 Dear Welsh Party Leaders, Re: Equal Power, Equal Voice: gender parity and equal, diverse representation in Welsh political institutions We are a coalition of 4 organisations calling […]
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Friday July 31st, 2020
WEN Café: women’s caring responsibilities during the Covid-19 pandemic

This month WEN Wales held our latest WEN Café online event on the theme of women’s caring responsibilities during the Covid-19 crisis. We were joined by two panellists – Carina White from Dope Black Mums, and equal parenting campaigner Sarah Rees. Women have taken on more caring responsibilities in the home since this crisis has […]
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Thursday July 30th, 2020
Guest Blog: World Day Against Trafficking – Supporting the People Most at Risk by Luna Williams

Today marks the seventh annual World Day Against Trafficking in Persons. This day was earmarked by the UN in 2014, with the intention of placing a spotlight on the nature of human trafficking, as well as acknowledging its victims and the protection of their rights. What is ‘modern slavery’? Human trafficking – often also referred […]
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Thursday June 25th, 2020
No Recourse to Public Funds: The Disproportional Impact on Women by Bethany Morris, Immigration Advice Service

Amidst the Covid-19 pandemic, thousands of migrant families have found themselves struggling to make ends meet, thrusting the UK Government’s No Recourse to Public Funds (NRPF) rule into the spotlight. Although NRPF is failing to provide a safety net to families facing job and income losses caused by Coronavirus, the negative impacts of the policy […]
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Thursday June 4th, 2020
Self-care and well-being in the Welsh women’s rights movement, with Ceri Hayes

“There must be those among whom we can sit down and weep and still be counted as warriors.” Adrienne Rich As someone who has experienced burn-out and trauma as a result of my twenty years of work on women’s rights issues in both domestic and international contexts, I have had to learn the hard […]
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Wednesday May 13th, 2020
We are recruiting!

WEN Wales is recruiting for a dynamic & committed Engagement & Communications Officer (Part-Time) to join our supportive team This brand-new role is about communicating the fantastic ground-breaking work that WEN does and transforming it into engaging, exciting and eye-catching content, that helps us deliver the change we need to see, to make Wales a […]
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Letter to Welsh Party Leaders: Equal Power, Equal Voice – gender parity and equal, diverse representation in Welsh political institutions

WEN Café: women’s caring responsibilities during the Covid-19 pandemic

Guest Blog: World Day Against Trafficking – Supporting the People Most at Risk by Luna Williams

No Recourse to Public Funds: The Disproportional Impact on Women by Bethany Morris, Immigration Advice Service

Self-care and well-being in the Welsh women’s rights movement, with Ceri Hayes

We are recruiting!

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