Women in Focus

Women In Focus was established in 2000 in order to increase the involvement of our women members in TSSA, and to ensure that the TSSA genuinely reflects the diversity of its membership.

Joining Women in Focus

If you are a female TSSA member and would like to join Women in Focus, or find out more information about the group, please e-mail wif@tssa.org.uk.

Please note that this e-mail address covers all regions.

Background - Women in Focus

Women In Focus has made real progress in ensuring that TSSA continues to grow. However, the following figures highlight the need for us to continue to invest adequate resources to build sustainable activity of women throughout the movement. More

Campaigns and activities, past and present

WiF knits up support for Oxfam campaign (deadline September 2008): Calling all members of WiF and supporters who can knit or crochet. Use up old wool and do something useful while sitting in front of the TV or relaxing in your garden chair or on the beach this summer!
WiF Celebrates 10 Years of Activity: Ten years of activity of TSSA’s Women in Focus (WiF) will be celebrated on Monday 9 June at Portcullis House (part of the House of Commons), in the company of Harriet Harman MP, deputy leader of the Labour Party. This event has been cancelled because of logistical problems.
’Charter for Women’ - First Conference: The Charter for Women Steering group has decided to hold its first conference on 15 October 2005 at the Black Country Living Museum in Dudley, West Midlands.
Background: Women In Focus has made real progress in ensuring that TSSA continues to grow. However, the following figures highlight the need for us to continue to invest adequate resources to build sustainable activity of women throughout the movement.
A one-day seminar at York for women to take time out for themselves: A report by Pam Gardner on a Women in Focus event in York.

Other articles on this website about Women in Focus

2009 August/September TSSA Journal: Wild in Downing Street: Edith Cavell, Mary Hughes, Annie Besant, Miriam Moses, Maria Dickin: just a few of the many women who were famous for their activities in the East End of London. This made Queen Mary University in Mile End the perfect location for 20 WILD women to attend the Women and Trade Union Leadership summer school.
2008 June TSSA e-Journal: TSSA reps Conference: ‘You are our future. Black and white, women and men, gay and straight, believers and atheists. Whoever you are, whatever you are, if you are prepared to stand shoulder to shoulder with your colleagues to demand justice you’ve got a very important place in our union and in this great movement of ours.’
Manuel Cortés, TSSA assistant general secretary
2008 May TSSA Journal: Meet Harriet Harman: Ten years of activity of TSSA’s Women in Focus (WiF) will be celebrated on Monday 9 June at Portcullis House (part of the House of Commons), in the company of Harriet Harman MP, deputy leader of the Labour Party. Our pensions’ campaign to achieve parity for women in money purchase pensions will also be launched.
2008 March TSSA Journal: WiF women celebrate and campaign: ‘We didn’t know this when we called our group Women in Focus, WiF for short,’ says Harriet Yeo, TSSA EC treasurer. ‘But then we found out that ‘wif’ is a Celtic word referring to women. It was a total coincidence.’
Annual Conference 2004: Making their mark: Women in Focus held a successful fringe meeting at annual conference for the fourth year running, with the aim of supporting women delegates and helping them organise in the workplace.
2004 March/April TSSA Journal: Women focus on London: TSSA’s Women in Focus (WiF) has achieved a key goal for 2004 by establishing a regional group in London.
2003 July/August TSSA Journal: Women with attitude: Usha Sidhu, who works for Westinghouse Rail Systems, reports on her first encounter with TSSA’s Women in Focus events
2002 November/December TSSA Journal: More focus for women members: TSSA’s Women in Focus programme has been going from strength to strength rolling on, with the latest events held in Birmingham and Glasgow.
2001 February/March TSSA Journal: Let’s have more like this, say women: Helen Goggins reports on a Women in Focus event in Dublin
2000 August/September TSSA Journal: Women in Focus: One of the few sunny Saturdays in June saw TSSA’s first dedicated event for women members. Experts were invited to lead sessions on childcare, health and personal safety - topics which had been chosen by members themselves.