Catalogue Number
NMLH.2025.36.10.5
Object Name
Poster
Place
United Kingdom
People
Sandi Toksvig, Catherine Mayer, Women's Equality Party
Date
2024
Description
Part of a poster set, created by the Women's Equality Party tracing the history of abortion law in the United Kingdom. Black with a stylised map in the centre. Above this is information about a 2021 case in which a 15 year old girl experienced a still birth and was subjected to criminal investigations. Beneath the map is the date 2022, and information that a woman was kept in custody for 36 hours following a stillbirth.
The Women's Equality Party (WEP) was formed in 2015 by journalist Catherine Mayer and broadcaster Sandi Toksvig. The party existed to champion gender equality, to the benefit of all. In 2024 the organisation was dissolved.
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