Gender Representation on Public Boards Act

Appeal to the UK Supreme Court

We are pleased that the Court of Session Inner House has granted our application to appeal their judicial review decision to the UK Supreme Court. Our CrowdJustice fundraiser to...
UN Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women: the meaning of sex and self-identification

The following report was submitted to the CEDAW Committee who are considering the implications of self-identification of sex and gender identity as a legal right. It looks at where...
Gender Representation on Public Boards (Amendment) (Scotland) Bill

This is our short submission to the Scottish Parliament’s Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee’s call for views on the amendment to the GRPB Act to bring it...
Court decision – reclaiming motion on the Statutory Guidance for the Gender Representation on Public Boards Act

The Inner House Court of Session decision is now available in full on the court’s website here. Naturally, we are hugely disappointed in today’s judgment, which has ruled that women’s...
Reclaiming Motion on the Statutory Guidance for the Gender Representation on Public Boards Act – Grounds of Appeal and Note of Argument

Ahead of our reclaiming motion (appeal) in the Court of Session Inner House on Wednesday 4th October we are now able to publish our written submissions to the court....
UN Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women: a case study in the Scottish courts

The following report examines how the Scottish Government performed in its commitment to the incorporation of the United Nations CEDAW treaty by examining our first judicial review where we...
Judicial review appeal

Last year we brought a judicial review on changes the Scottish Government had made to the statutory guidance for the Gender Representation on Public Boards Act which meant males who...
Briefing: Westminster debate on the definition of “sex” in the Equality Act

This is our Parliamentary briefing for the debate on the definition of “sex” in the Equality Act, Westminster Hall, 12th June 2023. It’s also available to view/download as a...
Judicial Review Decision

We are, of course, hugely disappointed in today’s ruling, which is available in full on the court’s website here. At first reading this seems disastrous for women who are...
Sex, what’s it all about?

Rachael Hamilton MSP: “Does the Cabinet Secretary believe that a Gender Recognition Certificate is relevant under the Equality Act or is irrelevant, because two weeks ago, the Scottish Government...