For Women Scotland

Tag: Scottish Government

  • Joint statement on Scottish Government plans to legislate for the self-declaration of sex

    We are pleased that the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has intervened to draw attention to concerns around current plans for reform of the Gender Recognition Act (GRA)...

  • Consultation Guidance – Archive

    This page is a record of our campaign and guidance for the Scottish Government’s consultation on Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill, which ended on 17 March 2020.

  • Meeting with Scottish Government Officials

    We were very surprised to see the consultation paper that accompanies the Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill state that a member of Forwomen.Scot had met with Scottish Government officials...

  • Equally Safe Funding Conditions

    The Scottish Government funds organisations working towards the outcomes in their Equally Safe policy for eradicating violence against women and girls. Funds were last awarded in 2017 for a...

  • LGBT Youth Scotland – Freedom of Information Request

    In 2017, guidance for schools was published by LGBT Youth Scotland, entitled “Supporting Transgender Young People: Guidance for Schools in Scotland”. While its aim was to help schools support...

  • 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...