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Appalling: @ObserverUK finds 1 in 3 pregnant women in prison are being held pre-trial. The practice of remanding pregnant women should be abolished, especially given the NHS acknowledges all pregnancies in prison are high-risk. @hansummers @nic__murray theguardian.com/society/2023/o…

🚨WE NEED YOUR HELP🚨 After calling on big beauty brands to remove toxic chemicals from Black women’s hair products for the last 4 years, the House of Commons has launched an inquiry into the science & regulation of beauty products & treatments in the UK tr.ee/O9EHKG7zyj

Our co-director @mysweetiemysuga has written about the expansiveness grief and the importance of attending to it. Read the full blog post here welevelup.org/the-griefs-lef…

I wrote this because loving a club doesn’t mean defending the indefensible. It means demanding better. Arsenal should do better and the fact that they won’t even try says everything. @AFC_SOASV archive.is/bsPFx telegraph.co.uk/football/2025/…

Statement From Arsenal Supporters Against Sexual Violence.

Rianna Cleary, who was 18 at the time, gave birth to her daughter Aisha alone in a Surrey prison cell after officers ignored her calls for help. Janey Starling from @we_level_up is calling for an end to the imprisonment of pregnant women. She tells Novara Media: “Pregnant women in prison are seven times more likely to have a stillbirth, twice as likely to give birth prematurely, and five times more likely to miss midwifery appointments due to short staffing inside prisons.”

We've been saying it since 2022, and we'll say it again:

Solidarity with @Pal_action & all who resist state violence - at home and globally! We reject the government’s proposed proscription of campaigners & advocates disrupting weapons manufacturing in the UK as a terrorist group. Our latest blog explains why: welevelup.org/why-expanding-…

New: Minister for Prisons Lord Timpson has commissioned an independent investigation into the use of restraints on pregnant women Proud of my work reporting exclusives on this for The Times. You can read my interview with one of the women here➡️ thetimes.com/uk/politics/ar…

The joint winners of @SMKcampaigners Campaign of the Year Award ❤️‍🔥 @RapeCrisisEandW @centreWJ @EVAWuk @rightsofwomen for our successful campaign to #KeepCounsellingConfidential @we_level_up for the No Births Behind Bars campaign to end the imprisonment of pregnant women 💫

These debates aren't about public safety or "integration." They're about deciding whose bodies are deemed acceptable, whose culture is "tolerated, and whose freedoms are conditional on state approval. That is fascism.

Once again, Muslim women are being weaponised in dehumanising debates designed to stir up hate and Islamophobia. Their bodily autonomy erased, safety endangered, and their identities reduced to talking points. Let's be clear: this is not about safety it's about control.

🔴⚪️ Reach Out Directly to the Club! ⚪️🔴 Join us in directly emailing Arsenal’s Head of Communications, Managing Director and Vice Chair. Together, we can show that sexual violence will not be ignored — not in football, not at Arsenal, not anywhere.🩵 welevelup.org/arsenal-take-a…

We know the facts. Months have been spent raising awareness, protesting, and campaigning, yet we've received no response. Stay tuned for our next campaign to strengthen our calls for accountability, transparency, and a commitment to safeguarding. 📣🩵

Our womanhood has always been policed or outrightly erased because it does not meet the white supremacist ideal of femininity. THERE IS NO FEMINISM WITHOUT TRANS WOMEN.

The dehumanisation of trans people in this country closely resembles the historic and ongoing dehumanisation of Black and Global Majority and disabled women.

Transphobia is not feminist. It’s FASCIST!  The Supreme Court decision is not a win for women, it is a violent setback in feminist history. Bodily autonomy is key to feminist liberation. From abortion to transition, feminist and trans liberation are two sides of the same coin.

Solidarity needed! Our friends at @AbortionSupport Network need our help to keep their helpline running. They provide life-changing healthcare to those who need it most. Please donate to their urgent fundraiser to keep their helpline running: abortionsupport.donorsupport.co/page/EMERGENCY

Pregnant women and mothers continue to face higher-risk sentencing outcomes compared to if the Imposition guideline was in place as intended. Women in our criminal justice system cannot afford to wait any longer!

But the Justice Secretary prioritised political point-scoring over keeping pregnant women and mothers safe, and the new sentencing guideline has been delayed indefinitely. The impact on women is, as Francesca says, devastating.

In a letter to @guardian, criminal defence solicitor Francesca Cociani, highlights the impact delays to the new sentencing guideline, which we fought hard for, will have on women and their babies. Read the article:  theguardian.com/law/2025/apr/0…