FWS in the Media
Here we publish links to press articles, and TV, radio and podcasts, where For Women Scotland has featured or provided a comment.
Media in 2026
TV and Radio
21 January 2026, Talk TV: Susan Smith discussing the Darlington nurses, Jennifer Melle and the Scottish Government’s madcap defence of the Scottish prison guidance
09 January 2026, Talk TV: Susan Smith discussing Bridget Phillipson delaying the EHRC guidance and our judicial review on the SPS policy for trans prisoners
Webinars and Podcasts
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Newspapers
23 January 2026, Times: University tells students it’s ‘not just women who menstruate’
20 January 2026, Scotsman: Trans prison ban would violate human rights, says Scottish Government
20 January 2026, National: Scottish Government set out legal argument in transgender prisoner row
20 January 2026, Telegraph: ECHR means trans prisoners can’t be banned from women’s jails, claims SNP
20 January 2026, Times: SNP ministers warn of suicide risk for transgender prisoners
18 January 2026, Daily Record: Ex-prison boss accuses Swinney of leaving Scotland without female-only jail after legal ruling
08 January 2026, Times: Trans inmates left ‘sexless’ if banned from women prisons, say ministers
08 January 2026, Daily Mail: Now ‘shameful’ Swinney challenges gender ruling to protect trans inmates
08 January 2026, Scotsman, SNP ministers challenging Supreme Court verdict on gender
08 January 2026, Telegraph: SNP in secret bid to keep men in women’s prisons
08 January 2026, Herald: Swinney dismisses confusion over For Women Scotland case
08 January 2026, Herald: SNP ministers in code break row over For Women Scotland case
07 January 2026, Times: SNP in secret attempt to challenge Supreme Court ruling on sex