Female Empowerment
This is a space for our female-identifying students to feel empowered. Please do feel free to access any of the resources below to explore and learn more about female empowerment!
If you have any suggestions, comments or feedback, we would love to hear from you! Fill out the Typeform below to have your say.
If you would like to have a chat about anything on this page or in general, please do contact the Student Union President, Alex at SU_PRES@winchester.ac.uk.
Read
Nasty Women, by 404 Ink
- Nasty Women is a collection of essays, interviews and accounts on what it is to be a woman in the 21st century.
HER20S
- A collection of articles perfect for women in their twenties.
Men Explain Things to Me, by Rebecca Solnit
- In her comic, scathing essay “Men Explain Things to Me,” Rebecca Solnit took on what often goes wrong in conversations between men and women.
Words women have reclaimed, by Kasandra Brabaw
- An interesting article on numerous words women have taken back.
Watch
Our 2019 This Girl Can campaign:
- Find out more information here: SUCampaigns @ Winchester Student Union (winchesterstudents.co.uk)
Stacey Dooley Investigates series: World's Worst Place to Be a Woman, BBC iPlayer
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Suggested by Con (Primary Education student), Con says: "It demonstrates the harsh reality of violence against women".
Priyanka Chopra - Full Power of Women Speech
Empowering Women Benefits Everyone
- A TED Talk by Jane Sojka on how becoming confident can lead to all kinds of benefits.
Listen
55 Best Women Empowerment Songs for a Girl Power Playlist
- Great for feeling empowered or creating your perfect gym playlist!
Adulting
- The podcast that's trying to figure out all of the things that we never got taught in school.
The Guilty Feminist
- Welcome to The Guilty Feminist, an award-winning podcast and live show hosted by Deborah Frances-White. We’re a supportive forum to discuss our noble goals as 21st century feminists and the hypocrisies and insecurities that undermine them.
Inspire
Nimco Ali
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Ali is a British social activist and CEO of the Five Foundation, a global partnership to end female genital mutilation.
Malala Yousafzai
- A female education activist, known for human rights advocacy, especially for the education of women.
Scarlett Curtis
- Scarlett Curtis is the bestselling author of ‘Feminists Don’t Wear Pink and Other Lies’ and the co-founder of the Pink Protest – a group of feminist activists. Scarlett is an influencer, writer and public speaker who highlights issues of inequality and champions mental health and disability rights.
Amika George
- Is an activist and the founder of the ‘Free Periods’ movement to make sanitary products free for children in schools and end period poverty.
Give/ Get Involved
Free CV, job application, coaching and cover letter advice!
- Young Women's Trust have a team of expert recruitment professionals who will look at your CV, cover letter, or job application and can give you advice on how to improve your CV, what to include in a cover letter, how to be your best self in a job application, and what employers are looking for in an application.
Imkaan
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A UK-based, women’s organisation dedicated to addressing violence against Black and Minoritized women.
Young Women's Trust
Follow
Winchester Student Union
- Facebook - Winchester Student Union
- Twitter - @winchestersu
- Instagram - @winch_su
Feminism Society
- Facebook - University of Winchester Feminist Society 2021-22
- Instagram - @winchfemsoc2122
Gina Martin
- @ginamartin
- Suggested by Emily (PhD student), Emily says: "She had incredible resources and a great TED Talk. Her resources for teachers about education around rape culture is really worth reading (instagram bio tree). It's consise and not overwhelming but really important."
Engage
Get involved with the Student Union's Feminism Society here: Feminism Society @ Winchester Student Union (winchesterstudents.co.uk)
