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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,...

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...

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...

WPUK Response to the Communications and Digital Committee Enquiry: The Future of Journalism

This is the text of our submission to the UK parliament’s Communications and Digital Committee Enquiry on the future of journalism. About Woman’s Place UK Woman’s Place UK (WPUK)...

Warning! This motion may damage your CLP

New Socialist has produced a draft motion for Constituency Labour Party groups (CLPs) entitled ‘Draft Model Motion in support of trans, nonbinary, and intersex rights’. In their ‘Tasks &...

Norwich Quakers: modelling conflict resolution

On 25th February 2019 , Woman’s Place UK organised a public meeting, A Woman’s Place is breaking ground, together with local women in Norwich. It was held at the...

WPUK Guidance for the Scottish Government’s consultation on reform of the GRA

The Scottish Government is consulting on its proposals to reform the Gender Recognition Act 2004 (GRA). It published a draft bill and consultation paper in December 2019. The deadline...

Expelled by the left: the case of the Spanish Feminist Party

Raquel Rosario Sánchez is a writer, campaigner and researcher from the Dominican Republic. She specialises in ending male violence against girls and women and is currently pursuing a PhD...

Solidarity with the Spanish Feminist Party/Mensaje de Solidaridad con el Partido Feminista de España

We are alarmed by the expulsion of the Spanish Feminist Party from the left-wing coalition block Izquierda Unida this week because of disagreements about plans to support self-ID. This...

WPUK statement on Morning Star cartoon

The crocodile cartoon that appeared in the Morning Star this week works against the respectful debate and discussion to which WPUK is committed – it was misjudged and offensive...

This is a movement: Kiri Tunks

Kiri Tunks is a teacher and trade union activist. She is a co-founder of Woman’s Place UK. This is the speech she gave on the closing plenary of the...

Courage is catching: Joan McAlpine

Joan McAlpine MSP is member of The Scottish Parliament & chair of its Culture, Tourism, Europe & External Affairs Committee. The committee took evidence on sex & gender identity...

We can speak up and we can be heard: Maya Forstater

Maya Forstater is a researcher & writer working on business & sustainable development. She lost her job at the Centre for Global Development after tweeting & writing about the...

Tottenham CLP motion on free speech and self-organisation

We are delighted that Tottenham CLP have passed this motion in support of women’s right to self-organise and debate issues of concern to us free from intimidation and threat....

Sex-based discrimination: an interview with Scottish parliamentarian Joan McAlpine

This article is part of a series of interviews featuring international perspectives on the ramifications of the concept of ‘gender identity’ within public policy. We are grateful to all...

General Election: Conservative manifesto 2019

We have looked at the proposals made by the Conservative Party in their 2019 General Election manifesto. We have mapped, as best we can, the proposals they have made...

General Election: Labour manifesto 2019

We have looked at the proposals made by the Labour Party in their 2019 General Election manifesto. We have mapped, as best we can, the proposals they have made...

Single sex exemptions & the General Election

We started this campaign to ensure that women’s voices were heard in the consultation on the Gender Recognition Act (GRA) We were concerned about the impact of any change...

Misogyny in action: a rebuttal of statement by Trans Action Oxford

On 17th October 2019, Trans Action Oxford published an open letter attacking Woman’s Place UK and our forthcoming event, A Woman’s Place is at the lectern. This statement is...

Politicians: a dereliction of duty

Since our inception in September 2017, we have sought, and taken, every opportunity we could to meet with politicians and policy makers. Often this has only been possible on...

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