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Badges/ANP/39 · Corporate body · 1983 - 1994

The Seneca Women’s Encampment for a Future of Peace and Justice has also been referred to as: the Encampment, the Women’s Encampment, the Women's Peace Camp, the Peace Camp, and the Women's Encampment for a Future of Peace and Justice.[1] The camp took place mainly during the summer of 1983, from July 4 through Labor Day, concluding with a Labor Day Action honoring workers and highlighting the inflation and job loss that militarism brings. The Encampment continued through till 1994 when it "transitioned" into a "Women's Peace Land." Through its entire existence it continued to make the same principled philosophical connections between militarism, high rates of inflation, unemployment and global poverty, personal violence, addiction, abuse in all its forms and global environmental destruction. The Encampment continued as an active political presence in the Finger Lakes area for at least 5 more years, supporting anti-nuclear education and the connections between eco-feminism, non-violence, the need for civil disobedience and ideas of perma-culture, sustainability, etc.

Badges/WA/52 · Corporate body · 2003-

The Scottish Women's Convention was set up by the Scottish Executive in 2003 in recognition of the need to ensure women's voices are reaching policy makers. The Scottish Women's Convention works to develop ways in which to ensure women in Scotland can influence the strategies and policies which affect them.

The Scottish Women's Convention is funded by the Scottish Government to communicate and consult with women in Scotland to influence public policy. Through our policy work, round table and celebratory events, the SWC strives to have contact with all women and relevant organisations in Scotland. The SWC provides an effective way of consulting with a diverse range of women and has a network of over 300,000 women including women in Business, Churches, Trades Unions and Voluntary Organisations.

Scottish Women's Aid
GB 1534/C295930 · Corporate body · 1976-

Founded in 1976, Scottish Women's Aid was established to provide a national voice for regional Women's Aid groups around Scotland. The first women's aid groups were established in 1973, beginning in Glasgow and Edinburgh, as grassroots feminist organizations providing support and temporary housing for women and children experiencing domestic violence. Since the 1970s, many more women's aid groups have been founded and continue to operate throughout Scotland.

GB 1534 KM · Corporate body · 1978[?]-present[?]

The Scottish Conservation Society (SCS) originally began as a regional (South West Scotland) branch of the UK Conservation Society (CS), but became an independent group under the name SCS when they found the CS unwilling to commit to a fully anti-nuclear stance. The SCS was initially created to campaign against the disposal of radioactive nuclear waste at Mullwharchar, South Ayrshire. In 1982 the campaign won, with plans by the nuclear industry being abandoned.

GB 1534 · Corporate body · 1976-c.1980

Founded in 1976, Scottish Campaign to Resist the Atomic Menace (SCRAM) aimed to oppose the construction of the Torness nuclear power station in Scotland, as well as nuclear power in general. They organised some of the largest anti-nuclear demonstrations in the UK in the 1970s and 80s. Their action was unable to prevent the building of the Torness power plant, however they were involved in other successful anti-nuclear activity, including the Mullwharcher Campaign.

Scottish Abortion Campaign
GB1534 SAC · Corporate body · 1980-

The Scottish Abortion Campaign was formed in 1980 to defend The Abortion Act 1967. Their formation came in reaction to two anti-abortion campaigns lead by Scottish MPs, James White in 1975 and and John Corrie in 1979. The Scottish campaign was affiliated to the National Abortion Campaign, later renamed Abortion Rights, which had been formed five years earlier.

SA1 · Corporate body · 1972 - 1981

Sappho was a lesbian, volunteer-run magazine that ran from 1972 to 1981. As well as publishing information on lesbian groups and organisations, the women behind Sappho campaigned for fair treatment of lesbians in all aspects of society, including the army and prison system. They organised lesbian exhibitions and conferences, supported others, and were used as a network of communication for lesbian women around the world. They also provided a creative outlet for lesbians, publishing poems, creative writing and photography, similar to the Spinster publication (which ran from 1979 to 1983, and whose papers are included in this collection).

Sappho Magazine, 1972 - 1981
SM1 · Corporate body · 1972 - 1981

Sappho was a magazine aimed at lesbian and bisexual women that ran on voluntary contributions from both its publishers and its readership. The first issue published in April 1972 and aimed to act as a forum for lesbian and bisexual women in the UK and beyond, providing information on groups, events and resources happening as far as Australia, the US and Canada by the final issue. It encouraged lesbian and bisexual women to form local groups and produce their own newsletters, which ultimately led to a decrease in Sappho’s circulation and decline in funds. The last issue was published in 1981.