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UN Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women: a case study in the Scottish courts
The following report is also available to download/view as a PDF. IntroductionOften described as an international bill of rights for women, the UN Convention on the Elimination of all...
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Letter to Police Scotland re assault in Aberdeen
We sent the following letter to Iain Livingstone, Chief Constable and Emma Bond, Deputy Chief Constable at Police Scotland following their decision not to charge a transactivist who assaulted...
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Scotland’s Women Gather 2023
Elect Her is holding what should be a fantastic women’s event at the Scottish Parliament on 24th June to celebrate and encourage women into politics. Unfortunately, many women have...
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School Toilets
Despite clear legislation on the requirement to provide single-sex toilets in schools many local authorities across Scotland are replacing these with mixed-sex (gender-neutral) facilities, often without prior consultation with...
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Judicial review appeal
Last year we brought a judicial review on changes the Scottish Government had made to the statutory guidance for the Gender Representation on Public Boards Act which meant males who...
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Withdraw the ‘Supporting transgender young people in schools’ guidance from Scottish schools
This is our submission to the Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee who are considering petition PE2001 calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to withdraw...
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Factsheets
A series of factsheets covering schools, toilets, Sandyford Young Person’s Gender Clinic, sports, and a couple about FWS and our judicial review. Click on the links for PDF versions...
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For Women Scotland Sport – Introduction
In a first blog post by For Women Scotland Sport we welcome the decision by Scottish Rugby to follow the other home nations in ensuring that from the age...
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SPATH
Two recent articles in the Telegraph: NHS Scotland plans to ‘fast-track irreversible surgery for trans patients’ and Women’s health clinics could be renamed to avoid upsetting trans patients have...
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We won! Scottish Government redefinition of woman is unlawful
We are absolutely delighted to report that after more than 18 months of legal action we have won the appeal of our judicial review. The Court of Session has...
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Male on an all-women shortlist
We have sent the following letter to the Chair of the SNP’s National Executive Committee and Humza Yousaf, the leader of the SNP. It has been brought to our...
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Ministerial Code of Conduct complaint
We are publishing this correspondence to place it on the record. The Scottish Government approved the Gender Recognition Reform Bill for introduction to Parliament at a Cabinet meeting on...
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Write to your MP about the Westminster debate on the Equality Act
The debate as a result of Sex Matters petition reaching 100,000 signatories is due to be held in Westminster on Monday 12th June. This is an important opportunity for...
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Briefing: Westminster debate on the definition of “sex” in the Equality Act
This is our Parliamentary briefing for the debate on the definition of “sex” in the Equality Act, Westminster Hall, 12th June 2023. It’s also available to view/download as a...