Womens Campaign

The Women's Campaign

Riveters Women

The Women's Campaign is a liberation campaign which aims to challenge and change the inequality of women students and women in society. It works like the other liberation campaigns (black students, lgbt, disabled students) to gain social, economic and political equality for everyone regardless of gender, sexuality, disability status, or race.

Women still face massive inequalities in society and our campaign aims to challenge these.

The main campaigning areas this year will be:

  • Violence against women

    Every week 2 women are killed by a partner or former partner. In conflict zones, women are used as weapons of war. 97% of rapes happen to women. Women experience violence because they are women and it needs to stop. We will be holding a series of 'Reclaim the Park' events, where we set up to have an evening picnic to take back the dark parks from danger! We will hold a Reclaim the Night March, hold self-defence classes and campaign to increase security on campus.

  • Pro-Choice

    From defending and extending abortion rights to providing better childcare provisions, information on all options for women and ensuring women are enabled to make their own choices.

  • Equal Pay

    With a pay gap of 18%, a glass ceiling and the possibility for the cap to be lifted on tuition fees we need to campaign hard on this issue. We will campaign for pay audits of all companies, to stop management level sexism and to open all jobs up to women, providing them with maternity leave without affecting their income.

Why do we have a women's Campaign?

The women's campaign exists to challenge all forms of sexism in society to ensure women are given equal opportunities in the work place. It exists to challenge the lack of childcare provisions in the University, to challenge pro-life group aims of removing a woman's right to choose. It exists to make a massive stand against violence against women, rape, and female genital mutilation. It exists to carry on the feminism of our sisters from past decades until we have full equality. It exists to make a difference.

Contact the Women's Officer: womens@umsu.manchester.ac.uk or 07787 422 509