For Women Scotland

Govt Funded Organisations

  • FWS Statement on Edinburgh Rape Crisis Centre

    We are saddened – if unsurprised – that Edinburgh Rape Crisis Centre has been found wanting in so many respects. The Review Report lays bare the failings which have...

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    Police Scotland’s practice on self-ID does not comply with court ruling

    MurrayBlackburnMackenzie’s petition to the Scottish Parliament’s Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee on accurately recording the sex of those accused or charged with rape, was covered in today’s Herald:...

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    FOI for Funding Applications

    The funding applications submitted by four organisations that are funded primarily by the Scottish Government – LGBT Youth Scotland, Equality Network, Engender and Elect Her – were requested via...

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    Police accused of parodying JK Rowling

    Today’s article in The Telegraph: Police accused of parodying JK Rowling with ‘Jo’, who thinks trans people should go to gas chambers is based on a Freedom of Information...

  • The Real Crisis at Rape Crisis Scotland

    But I think the other thing is that sexual violence happens to bigoted people as well. And so, you know, it is not discerning crime. But these spaces are...

  • The Status of Women In Scotland – Women’s Services and the Genuine Occupational Requirement

    UN Women invited submissions to the Commission on the Status of Women with information relating to alleged violations of human rights that affect the status of women in any...

  • NHS Scotland Pride Badge

    The Times has reported on the Scottish Government’s and Stonewall’s scheme to introduce a Pride Badge into the NHS: “Health service ‘acting like Stasi’ with Pride pledge“. The leaked...

  • Engender AGM

    At Engender’s AGM on Saturday, the CEO, Emma Ritch made an interesting comment: “I would like to be clear here that Engender is not funded for a huge amount...

  • Women’s Rights and Academic Freedom – Part 2

    On January 21st we published this blog post telling the sorry tale of how the University of Edinburgh is systematically promoting an uncritical acceptance of gender identity ideology, while...

  • Women’s Rights and Academic Freedom

    According to the tenets of gender identity ideology, every individual has an inner gendered self which manifests as gender identity (a sense of maleness or femaleness) – and this...