We are extremely grateful to have won funding for a three-year FiLiA Legacy Project.

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The Truth About Portsmouth’s Strip Industry
The Truth About Portsmouth’s Strip Industry

Lap dancing….. what’s the big deal? It is an innocent exotic dance right, the ‘girls’ are empowered and make loadsamoney too right! This is the story we are fed, but it could not be further from the truth. Not Buying It provide some excellent insight into the UK industry, whilst all over the country, local communities are fighting back and Portsmouth is no exception.

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#132 Sophie Walker - 5 Rules for Rebellion
#132 Sophie Walker - 5 Rules for Rebellion

The paperback version of Sophie Walker’s book ‘Five Rules For Rebellion’ has just come out and explains how we can ‘convert our confusion and impatience into a powerful force for change.’

Listen to Sophie speak to each of those Five Rules and join the Rebellion!

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Out of the Shadows Training with Kendra Houseman
Out of the Shadows Training with Kendra Houseman

In this interview, Kendra Houseman, founder and owner of Out of the Shadows, talks about her work, the impact of attending FiLiA, and her FiLiA Legacy Project training sessions educating on gangs, exploitation, county lines and safeguarding.

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Launching the FiLiA Legacy Project
Launching the FiLiA Legacy Project

How can we contribute to building the movement if we restrict ourselves to London? How do we reach new Women so that they can experience that eureka moment and begin to find their voice and place within Feminism? How can we build Sisterhood and Solidarity in any meaningful way if we remain London-centric and exclude many of our Sisters on the basis of cost alone?

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#119 Esuantsiwa Jane Goldsmith: The Space Between Black and White
#119 Esuantsiwa Jane Goldsmith: The Space Between Black and White

Lisa-Marie Taylor interviewees Esua Jane Goldsmith, author of ‘The Space Between Black and White’.

Illuminating her inner journey growing up mixed-race in Britain, Esua Jane Goldsmith's unique memoir exposes the isolation and ambiguities that often come with being ‘an only’.

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#113 Laurel Forster: Women's Activism in Portsmouth
#113 Laurel Forster: Women's Activism in Portsmouth

Dr Laurel Foster, Reader in Cultural History at the University of Portsmouth, gives a fascinating insight into some of the stories she uncovered from interviewing Women activists in Portsmouth for the Women’s Activism in Portsmouth project.

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Our annual FiLiA conference takes place in a different city each year and one of our team moves with the conference in order to integrate into the local communities and learn from the grassroots Women's activism in the areas.

Local Women inform and participate in the conference as speakers, stallholders, artists and volunteers. They have deepened our understanding of local Women's needs and this is an important part of our work to Build Sisterhood and Solidarity, locally, nationally and internationally.

The FiLiA Legacy Project is based on three core pillars of activity:

  • Promoting collaboration and network building between women’s organisations and community groups, movements and activists

  • Providing advocacy and activism training and skills, informed by local community needs

  • Developing Legacy Networks within and between each region so the movement grows and FiLiA Legacy Projects are interconnected

Informed by local Women's needs, we will amplify the voices of local Women via our podcasts and blogs throughout the year.

We've launched our monthly book club where participants meet the author and have the chance to ask her questions.

We have also created a year-long series of sessions for young Women, with a wide-ranging focus, including objectification, art activism and county lines.

We are starting an art project with young Women in the city and look forward to exhibiting the results at the FiLiA2021 conference.

Lots more ideas are currently being discussed with many Women's community groups, so keep checking back for updates.

With thanks to the funders who recognised the potential for such work.