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Dear MSPs…from survivors
The following letter was sent to all MSPs on 09 December, regarding the Lamont amendment to the Forensic Medical Service Bill to ensure survivors of rape and sexual assault...
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Reaction to Lamont amendment
The following was taken from our Twitter thread: Sadly, today we have seen something of a push-back on Twitter to the amendment to the Forensic Medical Services Bill, including...
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#SixWords
This is the proposed six word amendment to the Forensic Medical Services (Victims of Sexual Offences) (Scotland) Bill which will be heard in the Stage 3 debate on Thursday...
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History of Women and Hate Crime Law
A gender aggravator to a crime was first mooted in the Draft Criminal Code for Scotland some seventeen years ago. Later the same year Robin Harper MSP lodged an...
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Women and the Hate Crime Bill: Nothing about us without us
On Tuesday 24th November For Women Scotland will give evidence to the Scottish Parliament’s Justice Committee on the controversial Hate Crime and Public Order Bill. In our written submission,...
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Letter to Health and Sport Committee
Following the confusion about sex and gender after media reports on the Committee’s meeting to scrutinise the Forensic Medical Services (Victims of Sexual Offences) (Scotland) Bill, we wrote the...
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Engender AGM
At Engender’s AGM on Saturday, the CEO, Emma Ritch made an interesting comment: “I would like to be clear here that Engender is not funded for a huge amount...
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RSHP Education
The national resource for relationships, sexual health and parenthood (RSHP) education for children and young people has changed quite considerably since it first came online at rshp.com, when the Scotsman reported on parents concerns...
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For Women Scotland Response to the UK Government GRA Announcement
While we are cautiously pleased to see that the statement by Liz Truss has committed to single sex spaces, we would like more clarity on how the Government intends...
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News Release – Judicial Review
Scottish Government Faces Judicial Review for redefining “Woman” to Include Men Re: Gender Representation on Public Boards Act 2018 On 31st July 2020, a pre-action letter was sent to...