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Last Chance Saloon
John Swinney and his SNP Government are standing in the last chance saloon with time fast running out to make good on the promises made to women before Parliament...
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FWS v Scottish Ministers III – written submissions
Ahead of the judicial review of the Scottish Prison Service Policy for the Management of Transgender People in Custody being heard on 3rd – 5th February 2026 in the...
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Letter to First Minister – Ministerial Code breach
We’ve been here before. Back in 2022, the Scottish Government spun the Parliament one story – that issuing Gender Recognition Certificates on the basis of self-identification of sex would...
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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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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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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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Civil service participation in Pride
Following the High Court ruling against Northumbria Police on 16 July 2025, which said participation in Pride marches breached the force’s impartiality duties, we sent the following letter to...
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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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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...