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Freedom of Information Reform Bill
This is our submission to the Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee call for views on the Freedom of Information Reform (Scotland) Bill. The consultation closed on 22 October...
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Adding sex to the Hate Crime Act
This is our submission to the Scottish Government’s consultation on adding “sex” as a characteristic to the Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Act 2021. The consultation closed on...
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Scotland’s Census 2031
This is our submission to the Scottish Government’s consultation on the future requirements of the census and the topics to be included in 2031. The consultation has been extended...
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ECNI – the implications of For Women Scotland in Northern Ireland
Following the UK Supreme Court judgment, the Equality Commission for Northern Ireland considers that there is some legal uncertainty as to whether the interpretation of sex as a biological...
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Prevention of Domestic Abuse Bill
This is our submission to the Criminal Justice Committee call for views on the Prevention of Domestic Abuse (Scotland) Bill. The consultation closed on 15 September 2025. Q1. Notification...
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Withdrawal of children from Religious Education
This is our submission to the Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee call for views on the the Children (Withdrawal from Religious Education and Amendment of UNCRC Incompatibility...
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Prostitution Bill
This is our submission to the Criminal Justice Committee call for views on the Prostitution (Offences and Support) (Scotland) Bill. The consultation closed on 05 September 2025. Q1. The...
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School guidance – third time lucky?
The first edition of Supporting Transgender Young People: Guidance for Schools in Scotland was published in 2017 by LGBT Youth Scotland. Two years later, the Scottish Government announced that...
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FWS v Scottish Ministers III
As reported in The Times, For Women Scotland suing ministers for failure to abide by gender ruling, we have lodged a summons in the Court of Session which was...
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Demonstration: Women Won’t Wait
By the 4th of September it will be 20 weeks since the UK Supreme Court handed down its judgment that ‘sex’ in the Equality Act takes its biological meaning,...