Author: Clare Blom

  • Dear Police Scotland

    We have a problem. I’m a woman of a certain age & certain social class. I brought up my family to respect the Police, taught them that the Police were the good guys, because without our respect & cooperation the Police cannot do their, difficult, job.  Up until a few years ago I barely had…

  • Our First Year

    When did you start? The idea for Women Won’t Wheesht events started on a Ferry, somewhere on the Irish Sea, when we were coming back from a weekend in Belfast at Let Women Speak. Why did you think it was needed?   There had already been a couple of events (prison protest & the Candlelit Vigil),…

  • The Rise & Fall of Edinburgh Rape Crisis Centre

    ERCC was established in 1978 & proudly boast that they will “listen [to], believe & support all survivors aged 12 and over” They go on to say that they “understand that for many, it can be difficult to access our support for the first time. It may be very difficult to talk about what happened…