Tag: Equality Act • Page 2
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Another letter to First Minister
After writing to the First Minister a week ago we had hoped Mr Swinney would be more on top of his brief regarding women’s rights to single-sex spaces. However,...
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Letter to Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills
The Herald article Schools could face Sandie Peggie-style legal dispute highlighted our comments that local authorities that fail to uphold the School Premises Regulations on separate sex facilities for...
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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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What will John Swinney do next?
Euan McColm wonders in his Scotsman article how long John Swinney and his Ministers will stay silent while people we should be able to trust try to explain away...
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UN Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women: the meaning of sex and self-identification
The following report was submitted to the CEDAW Committee who are considering the implications of self-identification of sex and gender identity as a legal right. It looks at where...
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Gender Representation on Public Boards (Amendment) (Scotland) Bill
This is our short submission to the Scottish Parliament’s Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee’s call for views on the amendment to the GRPB Act to bring it...
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UN Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women: a case study in the Scottish courts
The following report examines how the Scottish Government performed in its commitment to the incorporation of the United Nations CEDAW treaty by examining our first judicial review where we...
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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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School Toilets
Despite clear legislation on the requirement to provide single-sex toilets in schools many local authorities across Scotland are replacing these with mixed-sex (gender-neutral) facilities, often without prior consultation with...
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Judicial Review 2 Appeal
Last year we brought a judicial review on changes the Scottish Government had made to the statutory guidance for the Gender Representation on Public Boards Act which meant males who...