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  • Equally Safe Funding Conditions

    The Scottish Government funds organisations working towards the outcomes in their Equally Safe policy for eradicating violence against women and girls. Funds were last awarded in 2017 for a...

  • Sandyford

    A recent Freedom of Information response, as reported in today’s The Times, has revealed that referrals for Scottish children to the Sandyford Young People’s Gender Service have risen by...

  • FWS response to Scottish Government consultation on GRA reform

    For Women Scotland welcomes the further consultation on reform of the Gender Recognition Act.  We hope that the process will be evidence based and transparent, and will take into...

  • LGBT Youth Scotland – Freedom of Information Request

    In 2017, guidance for schools was published by LGBT Youth Scotland, entitled “Supporting Transgender Young People: Guidance for Schools in Scotland”. While its aim was to help schools support...

  • The Danger of Self ID Policies in Women’s Combat Sport

    The following blog post was contributed by an anonymous writer. I have been involved in boxing for a long time, and it is a brutal, violent and dangerous sport....

  • Consultation with Stakeholders – update

    Following on from our earlier blog article, the Parliamentary Questions raised by Jeremy Balfour have now been answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville as follows:

  • Consultation with Stakeholders

    When Nicola Surgeon stated that feminist’s concerns were “misplaced” at a United Nations conference last February we thought it would be an ideal time to try and arrange a...

  • Census Email Campaign

    *** This is an urgent action for TODAY! We hope everyone, male and female, will join in – we’re aiming for a high number of people all sending emails....

  • Lesbian Strength March

    Blog post by: Shereen Benjamin Yesterday I had the honour and the privilege of taking a beautiful banner, on loan from Magdalen Berns, down to the Lesbian Strength march...

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    Pride Glasgow

    Otherwise known as: ‘Look, lesbians!‘ We are grateful to the organisers of Pride Glasgow for welcoming our For Women Scotland group celebrating lesbians as part of the official march....