We are delighted to share our toolkit for defending the importance of women in women’s healthcare. Advice, links to resources, case studies and more. Free to access or download. Donations welcome. with-woman.org/with-woman-too…

👍to the president of @RCObsGyn speaking up for gynae care in the NHS. 👍 to see her using sexed words for clarity & truth - it’s *women’s* health, not health for ‘women & people with a uterus/vagina/ovaries’ etc. RCOG too often prefers ‘gender neutral’🙄 theguardian.com/commentisfree+…

La Leche League in GB is affected by the attempted imposition of poisonous genderist ideology from the LLL’s US-based bosses - now trustee & PR director Miriam resigns. Solidarity, Miriam. archive.ph/2024.11.11-193…

Pretending men can breastfeed & requiring breastfeeding supporters to help & celebrate them undermines mothers & makes babies a prop in fantasy. Now it risks destroying this great international women’s organisation. x.com/millihill/stat…

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Oh no, @EndometriosisUK A long thread describing the effects & symptoms of this serious condition….without even mentioning girls or women🙄. Erasing sex avoids the fact that *female* healthcare is under-resourced & *girls*’ pain under-estimated.😡 x.com/EndometriosisU…

Another attempt to avoid ‘woman’ & ‘mother’ 🤨Midwifery is mother-centred - or should be. ‘Best for the family’ isn’t always best for the mother. We need to differentiate; don’t bundle ‘mother’ into the word ‘family’, to avoid sexed language. x.com/NuffieldTrust/…

Here’s a great project, but reaching out to ‘pregnant people’. All of them will be women, however they identify. Desexing language risks confusion & acts as if the effect of sexism on services isn’t real. Language matters. x.com/khazaezadeh/st…

‘Parents’ express milk in the NICU?? No. Don’t resist the use of the word ‘mother’. De-sexed terms have an impact - it risks confusion & reduces the importance of the mother. Your evidence re effective expressing is for *mothers*, however they identify. x.com/ilana_abc/stat…

Periodwear co @Modibodi describe ‘menstruators’ or ‘women & ppl who menstruate’ in new media puff, so desperate to be ‘inclusive‘. Daft phrases from their idea that only ‘some’ transwomen (ie men) don‘t have uteruses & some of them have periods🙄. Need an inclusive word? WOMEN!

Landmark case in Aus #TickleVsGiggle removes Aus rights to sex-specific spaces, services & sports...replacing the reality of ‘sex’ with a self-declared ‘gender identity’. This is bad for all of us, inc those of us fighting for women-centred care in maternity. #SexNotGender

White Ribbon Alliance UK - part of global advocacy work for women’s health & maternity - introduces training to combat obstetric violence with Free From Harm👍. But despite understanding the inherent *sexism* in OV, they've gone with ‘gender’ lingo. Disappointing.@WRA_UK

This gruesome phrase - 'bodyfed newborn’ 😡- instead of the sexed term ‘breastfeeding’ comes from the well-known website/campaign EvidenceBasedBirth.com, now captured by gender ideologues🙁 What‘s the *evidence* for using such concocted & confusing terms? @BirthEvidence

We agree. There‘s no justification for omitting the ‘w’ word. Yes, there are women who don’t have periods - but we guarantee menopausal, or pregnant women etc won’t feel ‘excluded’ if ‘woman’ is used here. ‘Menstruators’: just used to appease ideologues. x.com/hannahdahlen/s…

Again, the Royal College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists talk about the ‘women & people’ who use their services. ‘Women’ is the inclusive word - everyone who needs an ob/gynae is one, however she identifies. Stop pretending otherwise. @RCObsGyn x.com/RCObsGyn/statu…

Excellent toolkit by @WeAreWithWoman for midwives, maternity support workers, lactation consultants, breastfeeding peer supporters, doulas, and antenatal educators with-woman.org/with-woman-too…

It's interesting that the @UKLabour Shadow minister for Women talks about the "parenthood pay gap". It's an example of how de-sexing the language leads to inaccuracy. There is a motherhood pay gap. Fatherhood has actually been linked to a pay premium.

Joanna Cherry KC Feminist youtube.com/watch?v=yNytDK… A huge commiseration to Joanna. Westminster has lost a powerful and principled voice. One of the first specialist sex crimes prosecutors in Scotland's National Sex Crimes Unit. A leading voice for the sex-based rights of women &…

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"My co-authors or editor of my academic article or text book are suggesting additive language or de-sexed words". See our FAQ section of our toolkit for ideas on how to tackle common workplace situations. FAQs – With Woman (with-woman.org)

"I want to challenge the wording of our new patient leaflet, which has been re- written using gender neutral language" See our FAQ section of our toolkit for ideas on how to tackle common workplace situations. FAQs – With Woman (with-woman.org)