Politics
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WPUK Statement on the resignation of Nicola Sturgeon
In voting through gender self-ID, the Scottish parliament has wilfully ignored the evidence of women and girls, as well as the advice of legal experts and advocates for women’s...
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Celebrating Scottish Women
The fight for women’s sex-based rights has been fiercely reignited in recent years. Our sisters North of the border have been faced with a government that ignores them, and...
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STATEMENT ON THE EMERGENCY EVIDENCE SESSION BY EHRCJ (Scotland)
Women – in particular those with concerns about the potential impact of this bill on women who have experienced male violence – have been treated with contempt throughout this...
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Gender Recognition Reform Bill: Letters to Scottish Leaders
Gender Recognition Reform Bill Next Tuesday, the Parliamentary committee will spend another morning debating Stage 2 amendments to the Gender Recognition Reform Bill (Scotland). Ahead of the debate, Woman’s...
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Attorney General affirms sex-based rights
Woman’s Place UK welcomes the clarifications on sex-based rights in the Equality Act (2010) made in the Attorney General’s speech to Policy Exchange. The statement makes clear the absolute...
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Women and the Religious Right in the USA: Jayne Egerton
This article about women and the religious right in the USA first appeared in Issue 5 of The Radical Notion. It is shared here with permission. Introduction Women...
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WPUK submission to Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee on the Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill
The latest in our submissions to the Scottish Government on Gender Recognition reform.
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Anneliese Dodds on Woman’s Hour
For the International Women’s Day episode of BBC Woman’s Hour, Emma Barnett interviewed Anneliese Dodds, the Shadow Minister for Women and Equalities, and asked her for a clear definition...
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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...
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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...
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Keir Starmer on the Andrew Marr Show
On the Andrew Marr Show on Sunday 26th September 2021, the leader of the Labour Party was asked if it was transphobic to say only women have a cervix. This...
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Ed Davey on the Andrew Marr Show
On the Andrew Marr Show on Sunday 19th September 2021, the leader of the Liberal Democrats was asked what is wrong with the phrase 'adult human female'? This is a...
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Spanish feminists take on Podemos: “There are feminists in Podemos too”
Just as women in Izquierda Unida, a Spanish left wing political coalition, have published a statement against proposed gender self-ID legislation; women in Podemos, a Spanish left wing party...
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Time for a left wing defence of academic freedom
Gavin Williamson’s free speech proposals: a win for women? When Education Secretary Gavin Williamson announced his government’s proposals to protect free speech in universities in England there was a...
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WPUK Myth busters
From the earliest days of our campaign, WPUK has faced smears, slurs, and lies intended to discredit us. We’re busy women so we don’t have time to write to...
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Portsmouth Labour Party Motion: Erasing and silencing women in the name of inclusion
A story of bad faith, procedural labyrinths and digital disempowerment in the Labour Party Across the UK, women have been persistently highlighting how we are being excluded and delegitimised...
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Democratic norms trump single issues: a reflection on the US election
Many women in the UK will have been watching the election coverage of the US in the past few days, the outcome of which has ramifications not only for...
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Women’s rights in Cambridge
Thursday night saw the latest assault on women’s rights by Cambridge City Council. With near unanimity councillors voted that gender identity trumps sex. Kevin Price, a Labour councillor for...
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Make the Census make sense
Some of you are asking how you can voice your concern about the proposed guidance to accompany the sex question. You can contact ONS on national.statistician@statistics.gov.uk Liz Truss MP...
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Labour needs to speak up for women
The treatment of Rosie Duffield MP is deplorable. We applaud her courage in speaking out. The Labour Party says it wants more light and less heat but its actions...
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