International Women’s Day 2019

Today, International Women’s Day, is a day where we’re given the opportunity to both celebrate all the wonderful things that women do and are, whilst also reminding people of how it is, still, in the 21st century, we don’t do enough of that celebration – at least, not enough to ensure that women, throughout the world, are valued equally. Well, actually, maybe part of the problem is that we shouldn’t have to have the ‘permission’ that a special, annual, one-off day affords us: Every day should be a day where we all, as a society, value our women: where we…

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Bereavement Care Working Group

FTWW was delighted to see its Miscarriage Campaign Lead, Jessica Evans, being invited to attend Welsh Government’s newly established Bereavement Care Working Group (BCWG), the first meeting of which was held in Cardiff on January 22nd. This group has been created to look at the way in which support is offered to parents following the loss of a baby in Wales, including examining bereavement care for women who have experienced miscarriage, stillbirth, neonatal death or the death of a young child. The group will take into account the National Bereavement Care Pathway in order to consider how families can be…

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EndoMarch is Coming to Llandudno!

Following our successful Wales marches in Cardiff, and Swansea, in 2019 we will have our first ever North Wales march, in Llandudno, Conwy. Join us on Saturday, March 30th from 1pm to be part of this huge global event, the Worldwide EndoMarch. The march will take place on the prom in Llandudno. We will be starting, and finishing at St George’s Hotel – with complimentary drinks, and cake at the end – of course! Our aim is to turn Llandudno yellow, whilst raising awareness of endometriosis – a debilitating, misunderstood condition, listed by the NHS as one of the ten most…

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Menopause Roundtable Discussion at Westminster

FTWW’s Menopause campaign lead Lisa Nicholls, travelled to London, for a Menopause Roundtable Discussion in Westminster on Tuesday, 22nd January 2019. She joined forces with campaigners from across the UK, and represented the specific issues faced by women in Wales. Lisa reports that the meeting was a great success! “We all had an opportunity to discuss our reasons for attendance, and things we are doing in our retrospective areas. We had a good opportunity to discuss lack of services, poor / limited access to specialists. Jacqui Doyle MP Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health, was a really supportive chair. She…

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