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Meghan Murphy at Parliament

We were delighted to be invited to this event. Many thanks to Joan McAlpine MSP for her bravery in having organised the meeting at which Meghan Murphy and Bec...

Glasgow Life

The Herald article from 22 April 2019: “Cross-dress males to be allowed in women-only gym sessions in Glasgow” Following the justified uproar over details of its transgender inclusion policy...

TIE Letter: Legal Response

A group of senior lawyers recently wrote this letter in response to the TIE letter which was printed in the National and the Herald earlier this month. We believe...

The Leaflet Saga

This image of our leaflet was posted on Peyton Rose’s (now deleted) tweet on the 15th of March 2019:

Reply to Garavelli

It is not ‘nasty’ to stand up for women’s rightsby Laura Rimmer It didn’t bode well. From the off – the very first sentence, no less – Dani Garavelli’s...

Engender

Engender, who describe themselves as Scotland’s feminist organisation, have published an open letter following criticism of themselves and other officially funded women’s groups by MSP Joan McAlpine. Engender’s opening...

Joan’s Thread

Saving this here because we think it’s so good!Joan McAlpine’s thread on Twitter: Thread: Re Sex and the Census. For many individuals identity is very personal and important and...

Sex Matters

Ahead of the census debate we are concerned that the definitions of male and female in Scots Law and practice need to be robust and that appropriate protections can...

Census Briefing Notes

Briefing Notes: Stage One Debate on the Census (Amendment) (Scotland) Bill Background For Women Scotland was delighted to have had the opportunity to give evidence at committee stage regarding...

Patrick Harvie’s Motion

The following was published here by our Twitter account @ForwomenScot on 22nd January. It appears that Patrick Harvie MSP, in his enthusiasm to bring a Motion which, increasingly, appears...