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Statement by the Deputy Minister for Social Care, Mental Health and Women's Health: Priorities for social care, mental health and women's health
… for their first 100 days in Government. We will hold the Government to account to ensure that women across Wales get the care that they deserve, and that the goals of the women's health plan are funded … specifically like to ask about endometriosis, which, as the Minister will know, affects one in 10 women in Wales and can be truly debilitating. I know from constituents that too many women find themselves being dismissed, with symptoms …
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Short Debate: From legal clarity to practical reality: Implementing women’s sex-based rights in Wales
… dignity of any person. It's about law, it's about governance and it is about whether women in Wales can have confidence that rights Parliament enacted, and the Supreme Court unanimously clarified, will be upheld faithfully, fairly … fair? And, crucially, will it be faithful to the protections Parliament enacted? Because let us be candid, women across Wales are asking legitimate questions—questions about hospital wards, about changing rooms, about schools. Questions about refuges. Questions about …
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Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care
… understand the extent of the impacts of the use of pelvic mesh and sodium valproate on women in Wales, and the potential financial impact of a redress scheme. So, we're good to go as soon … from the science research evidence team have recently completed a detailed assessment to estimate the number of women in Wales who could have been potentially impacted by pelvic mesh. It was a complex analysis that has taken time …
, Constitution, Justice and External Affairs Committee
Ministerial scrutiny: Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Minister for Social Justice and Equality
… this idea because, as was mentioned earlier, of the disproportionate impact that the justice system has on women in Wales. Again, the work of Rob Jones and Richard Wyn Jones has underlined this in terms of the evidence … greatest impact on me, having seen the direct impact on women of the jagged edge and how women in Wales are suffering the detrimental impacts of that jagged edge between the services that are devolved and those that …
, Petitions Committee
New Petitions
… possibly move forward in the future? Because it's great that we have got five statues of women in Wales; we had none previously. But there's still a massive gap between the number of statues of men … and women in Wales, and my personal view is that there are many women worthy of a statue, and five is a good start, but there’s a long way …
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Debate on petition P-06-1243 Reinstate cervical screening to every three years
… important decision and change should have been carefully and fully explained and effectively communicated to all women in Wales. Social media is excellent for many things, but it should not have been used as the way to announce … issue. I do hope that this debate today will provide an opportunity to listen to the concerns women in Wales have, and to hear facts about why the changes to the screening framework have been made. Many women …
, Petitions Committee
Evidence Session (Panel 2) - P-06-1224 Design a 'Care Leavers Plus' Universal Basic Income pilot that includes a range of people
… think, obviously, at WEN we campaign for gender equality in Wales and to advance women in Wales. Currently in Wales, we have huge issues related to poverty, and women face a lot of barriers in life in Wales … the household. It could also help a diverse group of women. Black, Asian and minority ethnic women in Wales have been impacted by COVID in a drastic way. Also, linked to that, there's the poverty that COVID …
, Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Minister for Government Effectiveness and the Constitution
… the Equality and Social Justice Committee concluded that the current devolution settlement is causing direct harm to women in Wales. There is no women's prison in Wales. Welsh women serving custodial sentences are held in England far … vital and was promised to us. So, what will you be doing in order to ensure that women in Wales are not being failed? What is your plan for securing these powers and a timetable? Diolch yn fawr …
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90-second Statements
… and all collected exactly 100 years ago. This petition was kickstarted at a public conference on the women of Wales and world peace, which took place in Aberystwyth on Tuesday 23 May 1923, 100 years ago yesterday. The … the Welsh League of Nations Union. The petition called on the women of America to join the women of Wales to 'hand down to the generations which come after us, the proud heritage of a warless world.' There …
, Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing: Women’s Health Hubs
… women’s health hub. By the beginning of March, all pathfinder hubs will be delivering services to women across Wales. I really hope to be able to visit many of these and meet the clinicians providing the new … the NHS and the women’s health network and the commitment of the Fair Treatment for the Women of Wales over the course of the last 12 months. This week we are taking another step forward in improving …
, Plenary
Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip: International Day for Elimination of Violence against Women
… key priority for the Welsh Government, as we know it will improve the lives of women in Wales and it will be a real asset for women in Wales. Building and planning permission are confirmed. Again, I raise …
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Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip
… centre remains a key priority for the Welsh Government as it will improve the lives of women in Wales. The centre will be a real asset for women in Wales, providing therapeutic and rehabilitative services as part …
, Health and Social Care Committee
Inquiry into gynaecological cancers: follow up with Welsh Government
… plan then, obviously, came off the back of a discovery exercise and report that asked 4,000 women across Wales what they wanted to see as priorities within the women's health plan, and then to provide that … evidence that was submitted by Claire's Campaign, by Target Ovarian Cancer, by Fair Treatment for the Women of Wales, and I absolutely accept that we could strengthen what has been in the women's health plan. Just …
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
The criminal justice system in Wales: Ministerial scrutiny session—session 1
… absolutely vital. It's a key priority for the Welsh Government. It will improve the lives of women in Wales, it will be a real asset for women in Wales. Residential centres and alternatives to prison were proposed …
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Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip
Diolch. Cabinet Secretary, there is no prison for women in Wales, and we desperately need one. Women who are arrested in Wales are taken to England. This means that there are long journeys on public transport … clearly no way to rehabilitate offenders, and it's evident in the high rates of reoffending for women in Wales compared with men. Cabinet Secretary, can you look into working with the UK Government to create a women …
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Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip: Diversity and inclusion for political parties
… rights, caring responsibilities. WEN Wales is taking forward work, which we're funding. Fair Treatment for the Women of Wales are also looking at the lived experiences of women and considering how that should impact on policy … fund both WEN Wales and Fair Treatment for the Women of Wales. There's Equal Power Equal Voice; we're looking at how we can support them into the future. And I've just mentioned the Elect Her …
, Culture, Communications, Cymraeg and Sport Committee
Annual scrutiny session with the National Library of Wales
… you want to know the story—with that record of 390,296 signatures of the women in Wales, which are included in that petition, volunteers in Aberystwyth were key to that—volunteers in Aberystwyth, but also across the …
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Member Debate under Standing Order 11.21(iv): Women's healthcare
… Just 27 per cent of women can name bloating as a symptom. Forty-two per cent of women in Wales wrongly believe that cervical screening will detect ovarian cancer. A quarter of women in Wales reported visiting their …
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Member Debate under Standing Order 11.21(iv): Women's healthcare
… dire need to reduce health inequalities, improve equity of service and improve health outcomes for women in Wales, which begins by giving parity of attention and deference to women's health. I'd like to begin by discussing … need to reduce health inequalities, improve equity of service and improve heath outcomes for all women in Wales. Thank you …
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Debate on the Health and Social Care Committee Report, 'Unheard: Women's journey through gynaecological cancer'
… diagnosed at a late stage, when the disease is far more difficult to treat. More than 300 women across Wales are diagnosed with this type of cancer every year, and roughly half of that number die from ovarian … women when they have their smear. Again, according to Target Ovarian Cancer, 42 per cent of women in Wales wrongly believe that a smear test can detect ovarian cancer. That confusion could cost lives, and I'm glad …