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Festive Food Matters

14 Dec 2020
According to WRAP (Waste and Resources Action Programme), the greenhouse gas emissions associated with a year's worth of potatoes thrown away from UK homes is capable of melting almost 1 million square meters of Arctic…

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No More Violence against Women: Looking beyond the 16 days

10 Dec 2020
Thank you to all of the WIs and Federations that took part in the 16 days of activism to end gender-based violence from 25th November (White Ribbon Day) - 10th December (Human Rights Day). WI…

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International Day of People with Disabilities

03 Dec 2020
3rd December marks the International Day of People with Disabilities, an annual celebration of people with disabilities and the theme for 2020 is ‘Not all disabilities are visible’. The focus of the day is to…

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"Plastic filled period products are having a huge negative impact on the planet"

26 Oct 2020
For the End Plastic Soup campaign and Environmenstrual Week 2020, the NFWI Public Affairs team chatted to period plastics campaigner Ella Daish. Ella began campaigning on the issue of period plastics in early 2018 and…

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