FiLiA is a UK-based feminist charity, platforming and connecting women through our annual conference, blog posts, and podcasts. Listen to women sharing stories, wisdom, experience, feminism, sisterhood and solidarity. Find us at: www.filia.org.uk The opinions expressed here represent the views of each woman. FiLiA does not necessarily endorse or support every woman's opinion, but we uphold women's rights to freedom of belief, thought and expression.
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"The naming of non-State torture is crucial for women's healing" At FiLiA2025 , Linda MacDonald, Mariane da Cunha, Elizabeth Gordon and Jeanne Sarson presented a panel on non-State Torture. An idea that emerged from this panel was the creation of a Network Against Non-State Torture (NNST), with its official launch on February 3 and a global conference planned in Lisbon in November. This podcast…
'I asked her: do you hate men? She said: ’This thing about hating men is really more about standing up to male dominance WITHOUT apology. Meet Andrea Dworkin! In this episode, Roberta Pyzel discusses her documentary DWORKIN: a close-up portrait of the brilliant, compassionate, and courageous feminist icon. Dworkin’s lifelong commitment to elevating the voices of women who suffer under the brutal…
'It's important to say that even today we know that children are in the court systems and their voices are not being heard in a way that is respected. If you can't name something, you can't heal from it.' In this episode Sally Jackson from FiLiA talks to Jeanne Sarson, Co founder Non-State Torture and Linda McDonald Co founder of Non-State Torture . Linda and Jeanne have pioneered the work on non…
"What it has meant to me is that I haven't seen my children for over 10 years." In this episode, Anita Gera explains the work of Hague Explained , a registered non-profit organisation that provides customised workshops to help internationally mobile families understand the legal and emotional risks of relocating children across borders. Anita also shares the deeply personal trauma she…
“I don't ever want to make the mothers have to be the ones to gatekeep for who comes in. I'm going to do that for them.” La Leche League is a charity that was set up to offer mother-to-mother breastfeeding support and to protect the natural course of breastfeeding and the mother-baby dyad. Ruth, Rej, and Loreto all had their accreditation as LLL breastfeeding counsellors removed by LLL…
We are increasingly hearing about cases of strangulation of women, both in relationships and, thanks to porn culture, increasingly in our sex lives. In this episode, Sally Jackson, FiLiA Trustee; Bernie Ryan, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Institute for Addressing Strangulation (IFAS); and Marianne McGowan, Survivor Liaison and Research Worker for IFAS, discuss the dangers, who it affects,…
"I don't feel that loneliness anymore. I feel part of something." After attending FiLiA in Portsmouth, one woman returned to her workplace determined to set up a women’s group. Two years later, the group has grown in size and confidence. In this interview, Kiri Tunks discusses with the women how they set up the group, what they do in their meetings, and how it has transformed their relationships…
Does prison work for Women? What alternatives are being tried and how successful are they - what do we even mean by 'success'? "The short answer to How many Women are in prison, is far too many! The biggest challenges are funding and investment" In this episode FiLiA trustee Sally Jackson, Dr April Smith, a criminologist and psychologist, and Rhona Hotchkiss, ex-governor of Cornton Vale Women's…
FiLiA is a member of Women Against Violence Europe (WAVE) In this podcast we find out more about WAVE's work. Sally Jackson interviews, Stephanie Futter Orel Executive Director WAVE, Branislava Aradjan Project and Youth ambassador Coordinator and Beverly Mtui, Communications Coordinator of WAVE WAVE is a network of over 170 European women’s NGOs working towards prevention and protection of women…
In this episode Luba Fein, FiLiA volunteer, Alyssa Ahrabare, Advocacy Manager for European Network of Migrant Women and Hema Sibi, advocacy coordinator for The Coalition for the Abolition of Prostitution discuss a huge legal victory in France. The European Court of Human Rights upholds France's right to ban the purchase of prostitution. France enforces a law that aims to abolish prostitution,…