Statements Archives - Woman's Place UK

For Women Scot Vs The Scottish Ministers (2023)

For Women Scot Vs The Scottish Ministers October 2023 We share the disappointment of FWS on the outcome of their case Vs. The Scottish Ministers (2023) in the ruling...

WPUK: Israel & Palestine – Peace, Equality, Freedom, Justice

WPUK: Israel & Palestine Peace, Equality, Freedom, Justice October ’23 WPUK is a women’s rights campaign with a specific focus on women’s rights in the UK. Nevertheless, we...

Solidarity with Selma Taha & Southall Black Sisters

Southall Black Sisters have issued a statement on this incident, Who does the police work for? On Friday 29th September Selma Taha, director of Southall Black Sisters (SBS) and...

UK Labour signals key changes in policy

Subscribe I Woman’s Place UK videos I Insta I Twitter I Take action Congratulations to Labour Women’s Declaration and all the individual members of UK Labour for their persistence over many years in winning...

Pride & Protest: WPUK statement on London Trans Pride 2023

Pride & protest: WPUK statement “I was going to come here and be really fluffy, and be really nice and say ‘yeah be really lovely queer and gay’, but...

Scottish Government’s strategic review recommends single-sex services

Scottish Gov strategic review recommends single-sex services. A response from WPUK. Independent Strategic Review of Funding and Commissioning of Violence Against Women and Girls Services Woman’s Place welcome the...

Anneliese Dodds ‘Sex & gender are different’

Anneliese Dodds ‘Sex & gender are different’ Woman’s Place UK welcomes Anneliese Dodds’s recognition that sex and gender are different For the past three years, Keir Starmer and Labour...

WPUK Statement in solidarity with Australian women

Women are not responsible for the actions of men or those who want to use the concerns women have for their own political ends. However, the presence of neo-Nazis...

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...

Statement on the UK Government’s decision to block the Gender Recognition Reform Bill (Scotland)

We are pleased that both the Labour Party Leader, Keir Starmer and Shadow Secretary of State for Women and Equalities, Anneliese Dodds have voiced concern regarding the substance of...

The Scottish Parliament passes the GRR Bill

The Scottish Parliament, supported by Scottish Labour, passes the Gender Recognition Reform Bill, 86/39. This represents a dark day in Scottish history. In voting through gender self-ID, the Scottish...

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...

WPUK statement: For Women Scotland vs the Scottish Ministers

For Women Scotland vs the Scottish Ministers serves to remind us that UK law does not work for women. By accident or design, there is a disregard for women’s rights,...

Joint letter to Reem Alsalem, UN Rapporteur VAWG

Joint Letter to Reem Alsalem #UNSRVAW. We are publishing the joint letter signed by Woman’s Place UK and key feminist organisations and advocates to Reem Alsalem, UN Special Rapporteur...

Eventbrite Woman’s Place UK

Last week, Woman’s Place UK’s next webinar ‘Defending Women’s Spaces‘ was removed by Eventbrite from its ticketing site. Woman’s Place UK has organised 31 public meetings, 11 webinars and...

Attorney General affirms sex-based rights

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...

Woman’s Place and Kellie-Jay Keen (aka Posie Parker)

In Spring 2018 we decided to organise a meeting in Cornwall. As is the case with all our meetings, the panel of speakers was agreed in collaboration with local...

WPUK: Far-Right Not Welcome Here

We are aware that some individuals on the far-right are seeking to make political capital out of the aggressive protests against the WPUK public meeting in Manchester last week....

WPUK statement on Raquel Rosario Sanchez vs University of Bristol

This week Raquel Rosario Sanchez takes Bristol University to court for allegedly failing to protect her from bullying and harassment. It’s well-known* that Bristol University failed to discipline students...

Stonewall: Nurses and Midwives speak out

Hundreds of nurses and midwives have signed a letter calling for the Nursing and Midwifery Council and NHS trusts to withdraw from Stonewall's Diversity Champions Programme and Equality Index. These...