December update
We can’t believe it’s December already! As we come to the end of 2025, we have been reflecting on a year which has been both challenging and inspiring.
Amnesty Feminists 2025 successes and images from the year
It has been challenging when we are constantly fed hateful and divisive rhetoric by the far-right; when we witness our government clamp down on peaceful protest; and when misogynistic content online seems to be at an all-time high. We know it can feel like we’re just shouting into a void.
But we are not alone and there is so much to be inspired by and to look forward to.
This year we have been continually uplifted by our amazing community who have joined us at protests, helped us build campaigns, attended our events or engaged with us on social media. It’s been inspiring to see so much incredible work being done by activists, organisations and charities to combat hate and to fight for our rights. We are not powerless and we are not alone.
2025 was the year that we:
Collaborated…
Joined forces with Make it Mandatory to host a roundtable discussion in parliament about extending sex education in schools
Supported The Guilty Feminist on The Road to Gilead, exposing how the far right are coming for our rights
Featured in Marie Claire for our Instagram campaign to correct misogynistic news headlines
Co-hosted a webinar with Abortion Support Network analysing anti-rights attacks on abortion centres
Connected…
Surpassed 20k followers on Instagram (an 820% increase on last year!), allowing us to connect with more activists than ever!
Hosted our first cultural evening, using poetry and film to mark the anniversary of the Taliban takeover and learn about how the lives of Afghan women were impacted
Met loads of you at our first ever International Women’s Day ‘Activism in Action’ event
Campaigned…
Developed our Rise With Afghan Women campaign with our first ‘Action Pack’ toolkit to lobby the government to make Afghanistan a foreign policy priority
Took to the streets! We attended protests to support Gaza, Abortion Rights, Trans Rights and so much more
Created Activist Assemblies, a new forum for us to build our My Body My Rights campaign with committed and exciting activists
We couldn’t do it without your continued support. Thank you to everyone that has engaged with our content, attended our events and continues to defend the human rights of women and girls, wherever they’re denied.
In Solidarity and Defiance,
The Amnesty Feminist Committee x
October 2025 update from the Amnesty Feminists Committee
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April 2025 update from the Amnesty Feminists Committee
Women’s bodily autonomy remains under attack across the world. A recent United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) report has suggested that roughly half of all women are denied bodily autonomy. Existing laws compel women to continue with non-viable pregnancies, or force them to flee to other countries to terminate those pregnancies. Millions of girls remain impacted by sexist cultural practices like female genital mutilation and forced child marriages. Here are just a few examples of how our bodily autonomy is restricted in the UK:
✖️Under UK law doctors can refuse to perform an abortion on religious or moral grounds
✖️Outside of specific restrictions, abortion remains criminalised under UK law
✖️NHS waiting times for gender clinics can be up to 7 years, denying trans people access to gender affirming healthcare
Amnesty Feminists believe that being able to make our own decisions about our health, body and sexual life is a basic human right. To support the fight for this right, we are relaunching our My Body My Rights campaign! Our reinvigorated campaign will focus on bodily autonomy, trans inclusivity, freedom to where what you want and intersectionality.
We recognise that the issue is pressing and we need all the support available! Therefore we are changing our structure and opening up the campaign to anyone who would like to help build the campaign together from the ground up! If this sounds like something you would like to be a part of, we are holding a monthly open meeting to discuss My Body My Rights. Register your interest here to join the movement and stand against the global control of our bodies and identities.
When they continue to legislate our bodies, we organise our response.
Sign “Make it Mandatory”‘s petition against Violence Against Women and Girls
Make it Mandatory is a grassroots campaign calling on the government to extend and mandate RSE (Relationships and Sex Education) to KS5 students (sixth form and college students aged 16-18) as one step to preventing violence against women and girls.
RSE is a compulsory part of the curriculum in state secondary schools for Year 7-11. However, despite young people being in education up to the age of 18, it is NOT a mandatory requirement for RSE to be taught beyond 16 years old. Students aged 16-18 (KS5) are at a crucial and vulnerable stage in their lives and must receive RSE, including comprehensive lessons on coercive control, healthy relationships, and signposting to local support services.
Faustine Petron, founder of Make it Mandatory, came along to our Activism in Action campaign to speak about the campaign and inspire attendees to create their own grassroots action. Since then she and the team have been busy! They connected with MP Zarah Sultana who took the campaign to parliament (watch here), an amendment to the the Children’s and Wellbeing Bill has been tabled, they’ve had support from publications like Marie Claire and the Big Issue, and their petition reached just over 100k signatures!
But there is still loads to do, and here’s how you can help:
👉 Sign the petition here
👉 Follow Make it Mandatory and support the work they are doing!
👉 Help highlight the urgent need for change by anonymously sharing your lived experience here
Amnesty International Taunton Local Group 
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