Open Letters
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Letter to Presiding Officer re badges
A woman visiting Parliament today to watch the Citizen Participation and Petitions Committee meeting was asked to remove her badge by security. The ‘offending’ badge was one that we...
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Letter to Glasgow Women’s Library
The following joint letter was sent to Glasgow Women’s Library following their shocking decision to feature a display of transactivist placards that were used during abusive protests against women’s...
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NHS CHI Number
We sent the following letter to Dr Gregor Smith, the Chief Medical Officer on 2nd October. As you are aware today marks the start of Speak Up Week 2023...
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Male on an all-women shortlist
We have sent the following letter to the Chair of the SNP’s National Executive Committee and Humza Yousaf, the leader of the SNP. It has been brought to our...
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Ministerial Code of Conduct complaint
We are publishing this correspondence to place it on the record. The Scottish Government approved the Gender Recognition Reform Bill for introduction to Parliament at a Cabinet meeting on...
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Letter to Police Scotland re assault in Aberdeen
We sent the following letter to Iain Livingstone, Chief Constable and Emma Bond, Deputy Chief Constable at Police Scotland following their decision not to charge a transactivist who assaulted...
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Scotland’s Women Gather 2023
Elect Her is holding what should be a fantastic women’s event at the Scottish Parliament on 24th June to celebrate and encourage women into politics. Unfortunately, many women have...
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Withdraw the ‘Supporting transgender young people in schools’ guidance from Scottish schools
This is our submission to the Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee who are considering petition PE2001 calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to withdraw...
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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...
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Let Women Speak in New Zealand
For Women Scotland condemns the violence and stand in support of Kellie-Jay Keen and the women attending the event. We have joined together with other groups in the UK...