by Bell Ribeiro-Addy | Mar 17, 2023 | Articles
The last year has been a worrying time for women’s rights around the world. The Republican-dominated Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe vs Wade in the USA last year was a reminder that we can never consider these truly safe from right-wing ideologues. This...
by Bell Ribeiro-Addy | Mar 4, 2022 | Clapham Common & Abbeville, Constituency Work
On the 4th March 2022, women in Lambeth came together to march in memory of Sarah Everard and mourn all the women lost to male violence. I was unable to attend but sent these words of support. More information about Walk Her Home Lambeth. I’m sorry I can’t be there...
by Bell Ribeiro-Addy | Mar 2, 2022 | Parliamentary Work
This week, Labour held an opposition day on the issue of violence against women. There is a clear consensus that the Government must do more to tackle this issue. In the debate, I called on them to address institutional misogyny in policing, reverse cuts to specialist...
by Bell Ribeiro-Addy | Jul 8, 2021 | Parliamentary Work
Eradicating violence against women will require social, political and cultural change. We need substantive action to address the deeper social causes and political failures that perpetuate it. Above all, we need to change the wider culture of misogyny that still...
by Bell Ribeiro-Addy | Mar 15, 2021 | Articles
On Saturday evening, people around the country reacted with justified anger to images and video footage of police manhandling women who turned up to a vigil for Sarah Everard. Chants of “let her speak” turned to “shame on you” as police officers proceeded to kettle...
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