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Debate: The Equality and Human Rights Commission in Wales Annual Review 2020-21
… Gender Equality in Wales' plan provides the framework through which we'll address the changing landscape for women in Wales, and our programme for government prioritises implementation of key aspects of this plan. The pandemic has revealed society …
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Plaid Cymru Debate: Women's health
… result of hormonal factors, genetic differences and so on. One hundred and eighty thousand women in Wales have asthma. Figures suggest that asthma kills twice as many women as men. This is a women's health issue that …
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Plaid Cymru Debate: Women's health
… one specific condition, namely endometriosis. It's a condition that causes chronic pain for one in 10 women in Wales—about 300,000 in total. Although I'm aware that the Government has already announced that every health …
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Plaid Cymru Debate: Women's health
… opportunity for anybody else who's interested in this subject to hear from Fair Treatment for the Women of Wales and the British Heart Foundation Cymru in the cross-party group on women's health tomorrow lunchtime, which …
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Business Statement and Announcement
… Welsh Government is working cross-Governmentally to help ensure women continue to receive prescriptions. I'm sure women across Wales would welcome a statement from the Government updating us all on the progress that's being made across …
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Questions to the First Minister
… enters a new phase in the pandemic, will the Government ensure better treatment for all the other women across Wales who have suffered and will be affected by this potentially traumatic situation, by looking at the guidance issued …
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Questions to the Minister for Social Justice
… When will the centre open, Minister? What will its status be? And how can we ensure that women across Wales, wherever they are from, will have equal status? Diolch yn fawr …
, Health and Social Care Committee
Women and girls' health: evidence session with the Women's Health Wales Coalition
… was just going to say, Dee is Fair Treatment for the Women of Wales's only paid member of staff. I think it's worth pointing out, Mike, that we are very, very much grass-roots. We are …
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Women and girls' health: evidence session with the Women's Health Wales Coalition
… you got any recommendations about how the Welsh Government should collate that information and speak to the women of Wales and hear properly—? How do they collate that and how should that information be shared and implemented? Because …
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Women and girls' health: evidence session with the Women's Health Wales Coalition
… having us today. My name's Dee. I'm the engagement officer for Fair Treatment for the Women of Wales. I'm actually the charity's only paid employee, working 14 hours a week. I'm also …
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Women and girls' health: evidence session with the Women's Health Wales Coalition
Thank you, Chair. Good morning, everybody. I'm Deborah Shaffer, from Fair Treatment for the Women of Wales, a patient-led women's health equality charity. I'm a health service user and a patient volunteer with the …
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Statement by the Minister for Social Justice: International Women’s Day
… constant catalogue of women killed by men? Eight men have been found guilty or confessed to murdering women in Wales in the last year. The youngest victim was a teenager, the eldest was in her 70s. These women …
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Statement by the Minister for Social Justice: International Women’s Day
… place in 2016 that I spoke out about the need for us to have statues of remarkable women in Wales, when, at that time, there were none. The general feeling back then was that this was unrealistic—statues …
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Statement by the Minister for Social Justice: International Women’s Day
… fawr, Joyce Watson, and can I just thank Joyce for being such a lead champion for women in Wales? Before you become a Senedd Member, it's been your adult life commitment. But it is important to focus …
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Statement by the Minister for Social Justice: International Women’s Day
… women in the Cabinet than men, and I think sometimes people must say, 'Oh, there are some women running Wales here', and we've got women Chairs of committees across the Senedd, our Llywydd. This is where …
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Statement by the Minister for Economy: Stronger, Fairer, Greener Wales: A Plan for Employability and Skills
… finally, I ask the Minister: how does this plan tangibly address these issues? How are we encouraging women in Wales into STEM subjects? How are we guaranteeing fair and green employment for women? And how are we ensuring …
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Statement by the Minister for Social Justice: Period Dignity
… like to extend my sincere thanks to Children in Wales, Women Connect First, Fair Treatment for the Women of Wales and our period dignity round-table members for their ongoing advocacy and their support as we turn our …
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Statement by the Minister for Social Justice: Period Dignity
… anything beyond everyday essentials. I speak to stakeholders about this issue often. I have heard directly from women in Wales that, when choosing between paying for food, rent, bills or period products, period products are the first item …
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Short Debate: The more I practice, the luckier I am: Sports facilities in our rural communities
… the Minister's response to Elan's question, namely what opportunities she perceives are there for young women in Wales, and in rural Wales in particular, with regard to sport and beyond that in their daily lives. And …
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Questions to the Minister for Social Justice
… you know, Minister, thousands of women in Wales work shifts and that often entails unsociable hours, where they're expected either to start or finish work late at night. Understandably, many workers, particularly women, have expressed concern about …