Resources Archives - Woman's Place UK

WPUK submission: WESC Inquiry into GRA Reform

The Women and Equalities Select Committee published a report giving details and analysis of submissions made by stakeholders to the Inquiry into the Reform of the Gender Recognition Act. We...

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SWP: WPUK response to statement

A Woman’s Place is NOT in Prison Woman’s Place UK (WPUK) organised a large meeting in central London on October 27th on the issue of women in prison. It...

SWP: Stand Up to Misogyny, Racism and Abuse

After attendees, staff and volunteers were subject to an abusive protest at our recent meeting, A Woman's Place is NOT in prison, we have written the following letter to...

Do I have to share my pronouns at work?

We are often contacted by people who have been asked to share their pronouns at work meetings, add them to email signatures or use them in titles for online...

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Why it’s time for universities to break ties with Stonewall

University of Essex apologises Today came the welcome news that the University of Essex has openly apologised to two female academics who had their invitations to speak at the...

Government to strengthen regulations on single-sex toilets

We note the story in the Telegraph today which reports on government plans to strengthen the regulations on the provision of single-sex toilets and properly self-contained unisex toilets. WPUK...

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WPUK, FPFW and FiLiA speak up for women

Today, representatives from Woman’s Place UK, Fair Play for Women and FiLiA gave evidence to the Women and Equalities Select Committee (WESC) Inquiry into reform of the Gender Recognition...

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Condemn the violent threat made against Carmen Calvo – an open letter

WPUK has joined with 13 other organisations to call on all the major political party leaders in the UK to condemn the violent threat made against the Spanish Deputy...

Woman’s Place UK submission on freedom of expression Amendments (Hate Crime and Public Order Bill)

This is the submission WPUK made on 21st February to the Scottish Government’s Justice Committee. We welcome the opportunity to provide further evidence to the Justice Committee on the...

WPUK Financial Statement 2020

WPUK was started in September 2017 to ensure women’s voices were heard in the Westminster and Scottish Government consultations on proposals to reform the Gender Recognition Act. You can...

How to submit evidence to the Women & Equalities Committee Inquiry on GRA reform

Since publishing this guidance we have received a response to our email about the date the Inquiry was launched. We have been assured that the Inquiry commenced on 28th...

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...

Solidarity with Selina Todd and Senia Paseta

We are delighted to hear of the establishment of the Women’s Equality and Inequality Research Programme and that Professors Selina Todd and Senia Paseta will be leading this important...

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...

Joint Statement on the UK Government’s responsibility to uphold women’s sex-based rights

We welcome this week’s announcement by the Minister for Women and Equalities. We are pleased that she has struck a balance between improving the process for obtaining a Gender...

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Sex matters: WPUK response to GRA announcement

Three years ago today, we formed Woman’s Place UK with the specific aim of supporting women to respond to the consultation on the Gender Recognition Act (GRA) and to...

Woman’s Place UK submission on Hate Crime & Public Order (Scotland) Bill

This is the WPUK submission to the Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Bill Call for Views. We also submitted a PDF version of the record of all our...

Making policies Equality Act compliant: Audrey Ludwig

Audrey Ludwig is a practising discrimination solicitor. Introduction This blog is loosely based on the talk I gave, with Julian Norman, at the WPUK Women’s Liberation Conference in February...

Debate is not hate: women won’t be silenced

It is good to see the Equality & Human Rights Commission (EHRC) and the House of Commons Library acknowledge the aggression of the public discussion around proposals to amend...

Sex and transgender status in American employment law – the Bostock case: Elizabeth Hungerford

Elizabeth Hungerford is a licensed, though non practicing, attorney in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. She identifies as a feminist, lives as a lesbian, is a longtime observer and sometime...