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Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls
The following briefing was submitted to the call for inputs from the Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls ahead of her visit to Scotland in February. It...
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UN Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women: the meaning of sex and self-identification
The following report was submitted to the CEDAW Committee who are considering the implications of self-identification of sex and gender identity as a legal right. It looks at where...
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Suffragette scarf giveaway
We have two Suffragette scarves from the Ministry of Tartan (worth £36.99) to give away to two people selected at random, who make a donation (of any amount) in support of our work before 11:59pm on...
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Gender Representation on Public Boards (Amendment) (Scotland) Bill
This is our short submission to the Scottish Parliament’s Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee’s call for views on the amendment to the GRPB Act to bring it...
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SPS policy on the management of transgender prisoners
This is our submission to the Scottish Parliament’s Criminal Justice Committee who will be looking at the SPS policy when it meets on 11th January. It’s also available to...
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Letter to Presiding Officer re badges
A woman visiting Parliament today to watch the Citizen Participation and Petitions Committee meeting was asked to remove her badge by security. The ‘offending’ badge was one that we...
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Letter to Glasgow Women’s Library
The following joint letter was sent to Glasgow Women’s Library following their shocking decision to feature a display of transactivist placards that were used during abusive protests against women’s...
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Equal Treatment Bench Book
The Equal Treatment Bench Book (ETBB) provides advice and guidance for judges who are duty bound to ensure that all who come before the courts are dealt with in...
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Statutory guidance for RSHP in schools
This is our submission to the Scottish Government consultation on statutory guidance for Relationships, Sexual Health and Parenthood (RSHP) in schools. The draft guidance can be read here and...
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Court decision – reclaiming motion on the Statutory Guidance for the Gender Representation on Public Boards Act
The Inner House Court of Session decision is now available in full on the court’s website here. Naturally, we are hugely disappointed in today’s judgment, which has ruled that women’s...