Activities.

SWIP UK seeks to achieve its aims by:

• inviting women to become members
• appointing executive officers
• holding conferences and panels
• holding annual meetings to plan activities and appoint officers
• offering mentoring and support for women in need
• working with other organisations
• gathering and publicising data on women in philosophy
• lobbying to end discrimination against women
• implementing the Good Practice Scheme jointly with the BPA

SWIP UK Mentoring

SWIP UK has a mentoring scheme for women in philosophy from first-year PhD onwards.

​See the 'Mentoring' page for details.

SWIP UK Events

SWIP UK hosts an annual conference, which includes the AGM, and organises panels at other conferences including the Joint Session.

​See the 'Events' page for details. 

SWIP UK Funding

SWIP UK has a small amount of money that can be made available to those in need of financial assistance to attend or organise events associated with SWIP UK.

​See the 'Funding' page for details. 

SWIP UK Resources

SWIP UK aims to end discrimination against women in philosophy. To this end, we run a 'Good Practice Scheme' jointly with the British Philosophical Association. We also share other resources including information about sister organisations internationally, women in philosophy support groups locally, and useful links and publications related to the work of SWIP UK.

See the 'Resources' page for details.

To read our full By-Laws, please click here (PDF).
To read about our history, please click here (PDF).
To join us on Twitter, please follow @SWIPUK.

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