Govt Funded Organisations
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Abused or abuser?
When Roz Adams won her employment tribunal case against Edinburgh Rape Crisis Centre this May, many commentators were shocked by the evidence revealed in court about the “Kafkesque” “heresy...
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Rape Crisis Centres – by women and for women?
The following report is also available to view/download as a PDF. The rape crisis support network is in crisis. Barely two weeks after Edinburgh Rape Crisis Centre (ERCC) apologised...
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Equally Safe at School – student survey
An article in today’s Herald: Campaigners raise concerns over Rape Crisis Scotland school survey reports on a survey that asked second year pupils numerous questions about sexual harassment. The...
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Edinburgh Rape Crisis, Rape Crisis Scotland, Mridul Wadhwa and Sandy Brindley
We are aware that some people feel Ms Brindley, CEO of Rape Crisis Scotland (RCS), is being subjected to a witch hunt, something our organisation would be expected to...
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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...
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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...
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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...