Category: Using our voice
Rosa’s CEO on funding for organisations addressing VAWG
"The funding situation for organisations addressing men's violence against women and girls is unsustainable and must change." Rosa's CEO, Rebecca Gill, appeared on BBC London news in March, as part of coverage on the anniversary of the kidnap and murder...
Read moreRosa Research Mapping
Research conducted by The Centre for Regional, Economic and Social Research (CRESR) at Sheffield Hallam University, and commissioned by Rosa, National Lottery Community Fund, and Esmée Fairbairn Foundation, details the perilous state of funding for women’s and girls' organisations across...
Read moreOur Take On Funding Bias In Womens & Girls Sector
Rebecca Gill, executive director of Rosa, shares her thoughts on some of the funding biases that exist within the women and girls' sector, and how Rosa aims to combat this. International Women’s Day this year invites us all to raise...
Read moreHow Women’s Organisations Create Change
Steph Nixon, a women's sector worker, reflects on the How Women's Organisations are Creating Change session at our Summer Conference and shares how her own life experiences shape her perspective. P.H.O.E.B.E on supporting women with intersecting difficulties Mollin Delve, director...
Read more16DaysofActivism x The Empower Project on Tech Abuse
Tell us a bit about The Empower Project... The Empower Project is an intersectional, feminist, membership organisation supporting communities to lead change to end gender-based violence in Scotland. Our focus is on responding to violence and abuse in the digital...
Read moreExcel Womens Association Say No To Domestic Abuse
Can you tell us a bit about Excel Women's Association? Excel Women’s Association is registered charity dedicated to support women in Barking and Dagenham, East London. We provide numerous support services and activities both virtually and in person. This includes...
Read more#16DaysofActivism: Pandora Project on rural domestic abuse
Pandora Project's chief executive, Tracy, explains how the organisation has started using an outreach vehicle called Dora to help isolated women who experience domestic abuse in rural Norfolk. This year will certainly be one to remember. The year women were...
Read more16Daysofactivism Mewso On Hymenoplasty And Virginity Testing
What are hymenoplasty and virginity testing? Virginity testing is ‘inspecting’ a woman’s vagina in the false belief that it can determine whether or not she has had sex. Having a hymen that is intact is still thought to be a...
Read more16Daysofactivism X Rivers Lpc – Rosa
Founder of Rivers LPC, Jeredyne Stanley, shares the story behind her organisation and explains how culturally and linguistically appropriate support is vital for the women in its community. What's the story behind Rivers LPC? “Out of every woman is a...
Read more10 Ways Telemedicine Can Help Survivors
Abortion was decriminalised in Northern Ireland in October 2019 but the battle for access to services is far from won. Northern Ireland is currently the ONLY part of the UK and Ireland that has does not provide an abortion telemedicine...
Read moreNow’s the Time takes four nations approach to sexual harassment
Sexual harassment – and the fear of it – are significant factors putting young women off considering careers in some male-dominated professions. Now four UK women’s organisations are working to tackle the power imbalance with a grant from The Justice...
Read moreOvacome Dispels Ovarian Cancer Myths on Everywoman Day
Rosa exists to amplify the voices of women and girls in the UK, and through its Health & Wellbeing pillar aims to tackle the most pressing issues faced by those from a cross-section of backgrounds. Ahead of Everywoman Day on...
Read moreWomens Organisations Are Changing The Conversation On Sexual Harassment
Seven specialist women’s organisations will receive grants from The Justice and Equality Fund to strengthen their communications activities over the next 18 months, and to create a network of women’s organisations who will work together to shift the dial on...
Read more