Womens Campaign Policy 2013-16 Author & Job Amy Davies, Executive Office Manager title: Date Produced: 07/08/2015 Meeting date: n/a Meeting of: n/a Action: Note Summary: This paper contains all the live policy for the Womens Campaign as agreed by Women’s Conference 2013, 2014 and 2015. Equality Impact n/a Assessment: Publication For publication and circulation to Student’s Unions Contents Policy Policy passed at Women’s Conference 2013 29 Policy passed at Women’s Conference 2014 16 Policy passed at Women’s Conference 2015 27 Purpose of this document This document contains all the policy currently in effect for the Womens campaign. This is the policy that the Women’s Officer and Women’s Committee are responsible for implementing and is sometime known as ‘Live Policy’. Policy Lapse Policy Lapses in 2 circumstances 1. If a subsequent policy over-rides it. 2. After 3 years unless Women’s Conference votes to renew it. Policy passed at Women’s Conference 2013 will lapse at the end of Women’s Conference 2016. What you need to do If you are considering submitting policy to Women’s Conference you should first check whether any policy is currently ‘live’ for that issue and whether you need to change the National Union’s current stance on that area of work. If you require this document in an alternative format contact [email protected] 1 Contents Policy Passed at Women’s Conference 2013………………………………………………………………………………………5 Motion 201: Consent in the curriculum .................................................................................. 5 Motion 202: Rape Apology on Campus ................................................................................... 5 Motion 203: Challenging and Standing up to Public Opinion and Perceptions of Women which are wrong and Detrimental ........................................................................................................ 6 Motion 204: UNTITLED ........................................................................................................ 6 Motion 301: Defend and extend Abortion Rights ..................................................................... 8 Motion 302: Access to Abortion in Northern Ireland ................................................................. 8 Motion 303: Take Back the Night Bus! Tackling Street Harassment ........................................... 9 Motion 304: Women in the Media ........................................................................................ 10 Motion 305: 100 years of gratitude ..................................................................................... 11 Motion 401: An Accessible Conference ................................................................................. 13 Motion 402: Black Women’s Sub Committee ......................................................................... 14 Motion 403: Women-Only Spaces ....................................................................................... 14 Motion 404: Women’s Officers ............................................................................................ 15 Motion 405: Sexism within the LGBT Campaign .................................................................... 16 Motion 406: The Zero Tolerance Charter .............................................................................. 17 Motion 407: ‘Pimps and Ho’s’? HELL NO! .............................................................................. 18 Motion 408: Keep Unilad of our campuses ............................................................................ 18 Motion 501: Save the NHS! ................................................................................................ 20 Motion 502: Motion Against Anti-Choice Harassment outside Abortion Clinics and on Campuses . 20 Motion 503: Disabled parenting .......................................................................................... 21 Motion 504: Stop the Slut Dropping .................................................................................... 22 Motion 505: Absorb the tax on sanitary products .................................................................. 22 Policy Kept from 2010………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………22 Motion 2: Double Discrimination – Racism and Sexism in Education ........................................ 23 Amendment 1: Double Discrimination .................................................................................. 23 Motion 12: Negative perceptions of Black women - No to skin bleaching .................................. 24 Amendment 1: Defend EMA ............................................................................................... 25 Motion 3: Contraceptive Choice .......................................................................................... 25 Amendment 1: Contraceptive Choice ................................................................................... 26 Motion 4: HIV and Women ................................................................................................. 26 Motion 4: Opposing men's societies ..................................................................................... 27 Amendment 1: Opposing Men’s Societies ............................................................................. 28 Motion 2: Educating and involving men in the campaign to end male violence against women .... 28 2 Amendment 1: FE Focus Group .......................................................................................... 29 Motion 6: Raise Awareness about Objectification ................................................................... 29 Policy Passed at Women’s Conference 2014 ......................................................................... 31 Motion 102: Getting More Women Students Involved in Democracy ....................................... 31 Motion 201: A Woman’s Right To Protest ............................................................................. 31 Motion 202: Vote together ................................................................................................. 33 301: Widening participation for women ................................................................................ 34 Motion 302: Women in STEM .............................................................................................. 35 303: A (Class) Room of One’s Own – Women’s Liberation in Education .................................... 35 Self-care is vital ................................................................................................................ 37 Start Tackling with Training ................................................................................................ 37 Women in leadership ......................................................................................................... 38 Confronting Lad Culture ..................................................................................................... 40 Motion 502: Anti-FGM ....................................................................................................... 40 Motion 503: Prioritising campaigning on student carers ......................................................... 41 Women Studying Abroad ................................................................................................... 42 Motion 505: Improving the lives of student sex workers ........................................................ 43 506: Lad Culture and Sexism in FE...................................................................................... 44 507: Online Accountability ................................................................................................. 45 Policy Passed at Women’s Conference 2015 ......................................................................... 46 Motion 201: Representative Curriculum ............................................................................... 46 Motion 202: Free Education ................................................................................................ 46 Motion 203: Research sexism in educational environments .................................................... 47 Motion 204: I Will… Lead in STEM ....................................................................................... 48 Motion 501: I Heart Intersectional Consent .......................................................................... 50 Motion 502: End Transphobia, Biphobia and Islamophobia on Campus .................................... 50 Motion 503: Black Women and Lad Culture .......................................................................... 51 Motion 504: The Tax on Menstruation to Be Abolished. Period. ............................................... 52 Motion 505: Subsidised childcare and care for all parents and carers (Women and Men) ............ 53 Motion 506: The Black Woman’s Experience of Sexual Violence .............................................. 54 Motion 507: Affordable & Secure Housing ............................................................................ 54 Motion 510: ‘Time to Talk’ about women.............................................................................. 55 Motion 509: Supporting women on the front line .................................................................. 55 Motion 510: Eff your beauty standards (body positivity) ........................................................ 56 Motion 511: Contracted staff in students unions (Security, builders, and maintenance) as well as university staff