Children
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Solidarity with Róisín Murphy
Solidarity with Róisín Murphy The audience members who tried to boo Sinéad O’Connor off stage when she performed at Bob Dylan’s tribute concert in 1992 were most likely to...
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GIDS interim service specifications: WPUK submission to NHS England
We broadly welcome the proposed NHS England’s direction of travel towards evidence-based trauma informed care for children and young people.
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The Tavistock: children and young people
The Cass Independent Review has identified huge shortcomings in the provision of healthcare for children and young people with gender dysphoria at the Tavistock GIDS Centre. The Centre will...
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Keira Bell v Tavistock: Women’s Rights, Healthcare, and the Law
Keira Bell and the history of women’s rights, healthcare and the law In 1976 Loretta Ross sued and won a case against A. H. Robbins, the manufacturer of the...
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WPUK position on Gillick Competence and Fraser Guidelines
The significant legal case, courageously pursued by Keira Bell, has provoked discussions around the Gillick competence and the Fraser Guidelines. Here is what we said on these issues in...
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Overlooking the invisible minority: girls in gangs by Michaela Clare Addison
Michaela Clare Addison is an advocate for young women & girls who have been subjected to sexual violence. She has recently been awarded an MA from CWASU (London Metropolitan...
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Gender recognition in Ireland: Jill Nesbitt
Jill Nesbitt is a former journalist who has worked freelance and on the staff of The Irish Times, as a researcher on The Consumer Show for RTE, Ireland’s national...
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Girlguiding: campfires, crafts and compelled belief: Helen Watts
Helen Watts was involved in Girlguiding as a child and adult. Since 2018, she has been campaigned for Girlguiding to review their trans policy, which breaches girls’ right to...
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Women are under-represented in film – why the BFI needs to be held to account: Deirdre O’Neill
Filmmaker Deirdre O’Neill, who co-ordinates the Inside Film project, argues that the British Film Institute needs to do much more to tackle the barriers to women’s participation The relationship...
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House of Commons Women and Equalities Committee Transgender Inquiry: A critique
This article has been republished here by permission of the authors. It was originally published on the Women Analysing Policy on Women website on 6th June 2017. A critique...
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EqualiTeach and the Government Equalities Office
This post was updated on 13th May 2020 with the response we received from the Government Equalities Office. We became aware early last week of a resource, Free to...
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WPUK response to Liz Truss statement to Women & Equalities Committee
We welcome the statement made by Liz Truss MP, the Minister for Women and Equalities, earlier this week in which she set out the priorities for the Government Equalities...
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WPUK Response to the Communications and Digital Committee Enquiry: The Future of Journalism
This is the text of our submission to the UK parliament’s Communications and Digital Committee Enquiry on the future of journalism. About Woman’s Place UK Woman’s Place UK (WPUK)...
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The ‘Natal female’ question by A Hutchinson and M Midgen
Dr. A. Hutchinson and Dr. M. Midgen are experienced clinicians who have both worked in the NHS Gender Identity Development Service for children and young people (GIDS). The exponential...
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One Possibility: Susan Matthews at A Woman’s Place is at the lectern
Susan Matthews is an Honorary Senior Research Fellow at Roehampton University. Susan Matthews writes for Transgender Trend and has contributed to two edited collections on the transgender child. She...
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“Both patriarchy and capitalism benefit from a depoliticised feminist movement”: Towanda Rebels
This article is part of a series of interviews featuring international perspectives on the ramifications of the concept of ‘gender identity’ within public policy. We are grateful to all...
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Biological sex is not a spectrum: there are only two sexes in humans. An interview with Claire Graham
Subscribe I Woman’s Place UK videos I Insta I Twitter I Take action Biological sex is not a spectrum: follow Claire Graham‘s blog @MRKHVoice. We thank Claire for...
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“No child is born in the wrong body” with Michele Moore & Heather Brunskell-Evans
This article is part of a series of interviews featuring international perspectives on the ramifications of the concept of ‘gender identity’ within public policy. We are grateful to all...
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WPUK submission to Law Commission consultation on surrogacy reform
There is no evidence that the Law Commissions have made any meaningful attempt to gather the views of surrogate mothers, particularly those who have regretted the experience or withdrawn...
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The sheer audacity of our existence
Onjali Rauf is the Founder & CEO of Making Herstory. She spoke at our meeting in Brighton on Monday 23rd September. Good evening everyone. It is with the greatest...
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