women with visible and invisible disabilities
We are delighted that Joy Dove, great-grandmother & campaigner for justice for her daughter Jodey Whiting* is adding her name to the Disabled Mothers’ Rights Charter. The Charter calls for disabled mothers’ rights to start a family, keep our children and be supported, not to be treated as unfit mothers and have our children … Read more
On 4 March 2026, International Women’s Week, disabled mothers and other women from the Disabled Mothers’ Rights Campaign, part of Support Not Separation (SNS), joined the 9th anniversary monthly picket of the Family Court, which they held. We met old and new friends, some of whom bravely spoke out. Together, we marked nine years of … Read more
We want to pay tribute to Judy Graham, a Multiple Sclerosis (MS) self-help pioneer and supporter of other disabled mothers, who passed away in October aged 78. (Photo credit: Family photo.) She was a mainstream journalist, TV and radio producer and presenter who was diagnosed with MS at the age of 26 and had to … Read more
Shared from North West Londoner 5 April 2025 by Grace Wiszowaty “A Camden-based organisation are calling for North Central London NHS services to combat discrimination within maternity care. WinVisible’s campaign comes in light of a report published by The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and The Missing Billion on 6 March, which found … Read more
We were glad to work with Channel 4 News for a report on 5 March 2025, where disabled mums Rameeza Mehmud (from WinVisible), Rupy Kaur Roberts, Carly Tait and Marie Tidball MP, spoke out about discrimination in pregnancy and childbirth. Watch the video here (captions). Marie Tidball MP, who describes upsetting treatment before her daughter … Read more
Tomorrow night Wednesday 5 March we’re expecting Channel 4 News to run an important report featuring interviews with disabled mums, that we’ve been working on together. More info to follow — watch this space! #IWD2025
An open letter from WinVisible, highlighting problems with the forced move to Universal Credit, including risk of destitution for some claimants, was sent in to the Work and Pensions Committee. They are MPs from different parties whose task is to scrutinise the DWP. The Chair of the Committee is Debbie Abrahams MP. Our letter features … Read more
The Disabled Mothers’ Rights Campaign/WinVisible was glad to take part in this Zoom event held by Greater Manchester Coalition of Disabled People, “Learn about your rights!”. About the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD), with key guest speakers: Wednesday 2 October 11am-3.45pm Speaker info, programme of the day and register here: … Read more
On 18 July, WinVisible women took part in #DisabledPeopleDemand – a celebration of disabled people’s creativity and our demands for the new government, organised by Disabled People Against Cuts, with Recovery In The Bin, Bromley & Croydon Unite Community, Disability and Migrant Network (DAMN) and the Trans Safety Network. Labour’s insulting attacks on sick and … Read more
Ms X, a disabled single mum and survivor of domestic violence, tells how she secured over £5,000 backdated PIP which the DWP owed for her social support needs “mixing with people” – taking action from info about a legal case she read about online. She could pay off energy bills and other debts hanging over … Read more