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WPUK position on Gillick Competence and Fraser Guidelines
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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Legally this is not a ‘trans rights issue’ it’s a ‘sex rights issue’ – a blog about boxes: Audrey Ludwig
Audrey Ludwig is a practising discrimination solicitor. The way the issue is portrayed by lobbyists, most politicians, many corporates and the media, is legally wrong. The “trans rights debate”,...
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2020 WPUK submision to Labour Party Policy Forum: justice and home affairs
This is the submission we made to the Labour Party Policy Forum 2020 for justice and home affairs. We welcome the opportunity to contribute to Labour’s national policy forum...
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2020 WPUK submission Labour Party Policy Forum: work, pensions and equality
This is the submission we made to the Labour Party Policy Forum 2020 on work pensions and equlity. We welcome the opportunity to contribute to Labour’s national policy forum...
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2020 WPUK submission Labour Party Policy Forum: health & social care
This is the submission we made to the 2020 Labour Party Policy Forum on health and social care. We welcome the opportunity to contribute to Labour’s national policy forum...
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Allison Bailey: “I am suing Stonewall to stop them policing free speech”
UPDATE: ALLISON BAILEY AWARDED £22,000 IN DISCRIMINATION CASE With permission, we are posting the text from Allison Bailey’s Crowdjustice funding page because the page has been taken down. In...
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WPUK response to Sunday Times story on GRA consultation outcome
Today the Sunday Times reports that the government, following consultation, has rejected reform of the Gender Recognition Act to permit sex self-identification. There has been no formal announcement but,...
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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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Woman’s Place UK submission to Women & Equalities Select Committee Inquiry into Covid-19
About us Woman’s Place UK (WPUK) is a grassroots feminist campaign which was formed by a group of women in the labour and trade union movement to uphold women’s...
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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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Glittering Prizes: National Diversity Awards
On Tuesday 21st February 2020, we were surprised and delighted to find that Woman’s Place UK had been nominated for something called the National Diversity Awards. Congratulations! You have...
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Analysis of responses to consultation on the implementation of the Gender Representation on Public Boards Act 2018
Earlier this month, the Scottish Government published its analysis of the responses it received to its consultation on the implementation of the Gender Representation on Public Boards Act 2018....
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Coronavirus: Urgent actions needed to tackle domestic and sexual violence
The Coronavirus crisis has thrown a spotlight on the very high levels of domestic abuse and male violence against women and girls in our society. The crisis will also...
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Dear Keir…
Dear Keir, We are the co-founders of Woman’s Place UK and we are all members of the Labour Party. We have been horrified at the way the concerns we...
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