For Women Scotland

Gender Recognition Act • Page 4

  • Gender Recognition Reform Bill Consultation – FWS submission

    We have submitted our response to the Scottish Government’s consultation on reform of the Gender Recognition Act as follows. A pdf copy can be downloaded here. Question 1Do you...

  • Consultation Guidance – Archive

    This page is a record of our campaign and guidance for the Scottish Government’s consultation on Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill, which ended on 17 March 2020.

  • Demonstration

    Thank you to each and everyone of you who turned out for a marvellously successful afternoon of demonstrating at the Scottish Parliament – all of you who didn’t let...

  • Meeting with Scottish Government Officials

    We were very surprised to see the consultation paper that accompanies the Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill state that a member of Forwomen.Scot had met with Scottish Government officials...

  • 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...

  • It’s a start

    For Women Scotland was formed on the 20th of June 2018 and it’s rather fitting that, exactly one year later, Shirley-Anne Somerville’s statement in Parliament on the reform of...

  • Twitter thread re GRA Announcement

    Link to Twitter thread: hereArchived here: http://archive.fo/nyZCD Thread: The shenanigans of @scotgov regarding the announcement of proposals to reform the GRA are, to say the least, concerning. There are...

  • 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...

  • GRA 2004 – Consultation results

    Press Statement – Review of the Gender Recognition Act 2004, Analysis of responses to the public consultation exercise Note: The Scottish Government’s report of 23 Nov 2018 on the GRA...