For Women Scotland

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  • FWS response to Scottish Government consultation on GRA reform

    For Women Scotland welcomes the further consultation on reform of the Gender Recognition Act.  We hope that the process will be evidence based and transparent, and will take into...

  • 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...

  • Patrick Harvie’s Motion

    The following was published here by our Twitter account @ForwomenScot on 22nd January. It appears that Patrick Harvie MSP, in his enthusiasm to bring a Motion which, increasingly, appears...

  • Census (Amendment) (Scotland) Bill

    Press Statement – Census (Amendment) (Scotland) Bill – Culture, Tourism, Europe and External Affairs Committee Meeting, Scottish Parliament, 06 December 2018 Forwomen.scot were grateful to the CTEEA Committee for listening to...

  • 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...

  • ‘Proposals to Allow Self-identification of Gender’ Debate

    Press Statement – Proposals to Allow Self-identification of Gender, House of Commons, 21 November 2018 FWS was disappointed to hear of the extremely low turnout at the debate on ‘Proposals...

  • “Woman” banned from Lothian buses

    Exterion Media, the company that controls advertising space for Lothian Buses, refused to display the dictionary definition of the word “woman” on the grounds that the message was “likely...

  • Response to Gregor Fisher Murray’s Resignation as Children’s Convener

    Since our letter to the First Minister, the SNP Councillor Gregor Fisher Murray has resigned from his positions as Children’s Convener and Equalities Spokesperson.  However, he still remains as...