Media Archives - Woman's Place UK

WPUK’ SUBMISSION: IPSO editorial guidelines on sex and gender.

The use of “she” and “woman” to refer to biologically male offenders misleads readers in another fundamental way. It creates the impression that far more women commit crimes sexual...

David Lammy on the Today Programme

On the Today Programme on BBC Radio 4 on Wednesday 29th September 2021, David Lammy was asked about the comments he made at a Labour Party Conference fringe meeting...

John McDonnell on LBC

On Tom Swarbrick's show on LBC on Sunday 26th September 2021, John McDonnell was asked if it is transphobic to say only women have a cervix. These comments were made...

WPUK, Lush and Pink News

WPUK corrects Pink News We are aware of a report about WPUK funding on a site which purports to publish news articles. We do not consider this site to be...

Joint Statement on comments made by BBC Woman’s Hour 20th October 2020

Today, 20th Oct, BBC Woman’s Hour hosted an excellent discussion on the politicization of Mumsnet with feminist scholar Sarah Pedersen (at approx 25mins). The discussion looked at the growth...

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...

IPSO Consultation: Editorial standards in coverage of transgender issues

We believe that newspapers should be able to identify someone by their biological sex in stories where not do so would be nonsensical or confusing to the reader. This...