Women Demand to Be Heard — FiLiA Is Taking Action
Women have long called for FiLiA to help amplify their voices in local and national policy spaces. They’ve told us—clearly and consistently—that their concerns are being sidelined, and too often, deliberately ignored by those in power.
In 2024, we conducted extensive research to identify the issues which are most pressing for women:
Male violence, poverty and the cost of living, health, racism, and the right to organise and be politically active.
Our findings confirm what women already know—policies are failing to reflect their lives, needs, and experiences.
FiLiA’s new Campaigns and Policy Team is here to change that. We’re working to ensure women are not just consulted, but actively involved in shaping the policies that affect them. Because when women are part of the process, policy and legislation is better-made, better-targeted and better-delivered.
We’ll hold the government to account—making sure existing obligations, which support our aims, like the Equality Act 2010 and Public Sector Equality Duty are upheld. And we’ll work directly with policymakers to provide credible evidence and challenge where needed.