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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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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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On Poor Jokes, Guilt by Association, and Human Rights
There have been many shameful moments in the Sandie Peggie tribunal, not least hearing from the doctors and nurses who cheerfully queued up to trash their professional reputations and...
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Employment tribunal intervention – Peggie
We asked for permission to intervene in the employment tribunal of Sandie Peggie v NHS Fife and Dr Beth Upton. The Tribunal has now confirmed that neither the claimant...
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UK Supreme Court – the judgment
Judgment was handed down by the UK Supreme Court on Wednesday 16th April on For Women Scotland v The Scottish Ministers on the effect of the Gender Recognition Act...
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UK Supreme Court – the hearing
Speaking Notes Aidan O’Neill KC has kindly given permission to publish his speaking notes. It is important to understand that these are the notes of what he hoped to...
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UK Supreme Court – written cases
Ahead of our appeal being heard in the UK Supreme Court on 26 – 27th November 2024 we are now able to publish our written submission to the court....
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Rape Crisis Centres – by women and for women?
The following report is also available to view/download as a PDF. The rape crisis support network is in crisis. Barely two weeks after Edinburgh Rape Crisis Centre (ERCC) apologised...
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What’s Happening in Your Child’s School?
Report 1: What’s Happening in Your Child’s Classroom? SummaryThe number of children presenting with gender distress in Scotland has soared over the last decade, particularly since 2017 when many...
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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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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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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,...