women with visible and invisible disabilities
Congratulations to our very own Diversity Champion, Tracey Norton! We’re delighted that Tracey’s dedicated work co-ordinating our Disabled Mothers’ Rights Campaign, and with Support Not Separation has been recognised. The award was presented by Charlotte Proudman, founder of Right To Equality, and Marie Tidball MP, who is a disabled mother herself. Right to Equality (R2E) … Read more
Shared from Support Not Separation. To contact them, Tel: 020 7482 2496 / 07958 152171 sns@legalactionforwomen.net FILE ON 4 INVESTIGATES: Forced Adoption: Is it happening today?TUESDAY 6 OCTOBER 8pm on BBC Radio 4 & on BBC Sounds anytime Captions for radio: on your mobile or device, go to Settings > Accessibility > Captions/live captions > … Read more
The Global Women’s Strike and WinVisible have gathered proposals from our networks for the public vote run by the Casey Commission, headed by Baroness Louise Casey. The Commission was set up by the government to make recommendations on how to reform adult social care in England and start a “National Care Service”. They invite people … Read more
This Wednesday 2 September, join the Support Not Separation monthly picket of the Central Family Court, which will highlight Forced Adoptions. Forced Adoptions are not just historic – they are happening now. The BBC will be filming the picket. Alongside mums facing sexism, racism and other discrimination, we’re representing disabled mums also targetted for adoptions … Read more
We’re sharing this press release from Support Not Separation (SNS) on Stolen Children’s Month June 2026 FAMILY COURT PICKET: WED 3 JUNE 2026 12.30-1.30pm in person at Central family court SNS says: “This month we’re focusing on the ways and places where children have been and still are stolen from loving mums/families, including through historic … Read more
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