Events in 2019

Here we publish photos, videos and text of speeches, where available, from events For Women Scotland have organised or participated in.

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31 January 2019, For Women Scotland meeting, Apex Hotel, Edinburgh

The written notes from our guest speakers are available here:

• Professor Rosa Freedman
• Maggie Mellon (Also available on Maggie’s site here.)
• Susan Smith

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05 June 2019, Women’s Sex-Based Rights: What does (and should) the future hold
University of Edinburgh, Moray House School of Education

A brilliant panel of feminist scholars and activists addressed a packed meeting at the University of Edinburgh. The audience, which included activists, policy-makers, students, academics, MSPs, were privileged to hear from:

• Julie Bindel
• Professor Rosa Freedman
• Claire Heuchan
• Lucy Hunter Blackburn
• Dr Louise Moody
• Professor Sarah Pedersen

You can watch the video of the event here:

You can also read some of the texts of the speeches:

• Rosa Freedman (speech in video is slightly shorter due to time constraints)
• Lucy Hunter Blackburn
• Louise Moody
• Sarah Pedersen

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24 May 2019, Lessons from Canada, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow

Our live tweets from our Twitter account give a comprehensive account of the meeting – they’ve been compiled here.