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  • Election Hustings

    We have gathered together the following clips from TV and radio of Holyrood candidates being asked questions on women’s rights and self-identification issues. Please also see MBM’s Fact Check...

  • FWS Response to SNP Manifesto

    As published in our Twitter thread: Today @theSNP released their manifesto and, on the Gender Recognition Act, it was as bad as feared. Yes, there is obfuscation to mask...

  • Women Voting With Our Feet

    Women were at the Scottish Parliament on 6th April, with many others joining in from all over the country, to send a message to politicians one month before the...

  • Women Won’t Wheesht

    When elected representatives do not listen to women, women will find a way to be heard. Meet the Scottish witches who have been out and about in Scotland defending...

  • Letter to the Chair of the Misogyny Working Group

    We sent the following email to Baroness Kennedy, the Chair of the Misogyny and Criminal Justice in Scotland Working Group on 18th March 2021: Dear Baroness Kennedy, We are...

  • Virtual Demo

    Last year for International Women’s Day we held a fantastic demonstration outside the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh. Lockdown restrictions prevent us from doing similar this year, but we really wanted to get...

  • Hate Crime Bill – Stage 3 Briefing

    The following was sent to all MSPs on 7th March 2021. It can also be downloaded as a pdf here. Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) BillBriefing for Stage...

  • Hate Crime Bill – email MSPs

    The Hate Crime Bill reaches the final stage in its passage through Parliament next Wednesday 10th March, when MSPs consider the final amendments and vote on whether the Bill...

  • Hate Crime Bill – submission on FoE amendments

    The Justice Committee issued an emergency Call for Views on the options proposed for Freedom of Expression amendments to the Hate Crime Bill. Our submission is as follows, and...

  • Draft guidance on collecting sex and gender data – feedback

    The Scottish Government’s Sex and Gender in Data Working Group asked for feedback on their Draft Guidance. Our submission is as follows, and can also be downloaded as a...