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  • I am not your enemy: let’s talk

    This is the text of the speech Dani Ahrens gave at the Woman’s Place UK fringe meeting at Labour Party conference in Brighton on 23rd September 2019. It was...

  • P*nk ‘News’ allegedly in Brighton

    We have seen an article in P*nk News which purports to cover the events of Monday night when our public meeting, A Woman’s Place is at Conference,  was aggressively...

  • Dear Labour Party

    Kay Green is a Labour Party member and activist, supporting gender-critical voices on the political left. She has a message today for the Labour Party membership. This is the...

  • Spousal Consent

    WHAT IS 'SPOUSAL CONSENT' AS OUTLINED IN THE MARRIAGE (SAME SEX COUPLES) ACT 2013? The Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013, Schedule 5 and the Marriage and Civil Partnership Act...

  • WPUK statement on leaked EHRC schools guidance on trans pupils

    On 30th August 2019, the Telegraph published a story about schools guidance on transgender pupils being prepared by the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC), a copy of which...

  • Dear Andy Burnham…

    This is a letter written by Cathy Devine to Andy Burnham, Mayor of Manchester in response to his support for faster implementation of gender recognition legislation in a letter...

  • Relationships & Sex Education

    Knowledge is power. Girls and women have been kept in the dark about our bodies for too long. Boys and girls form their ideas about relationships and sex from...

  • WPUK Manifesto: this is what we want

    On 20th May 2019, we published our draft manifesto and asked for responses. Thank you to everyone who suggested amendments or ideas. We are delighted to publish a revised...

  • WPUK Submission Labour Policy Forum: work, pensions & equality

    We welcome the opportunity to contribute to Labour’s national policy forum consultation. About us Woman’s Place UK (WPUK) is a grassroots feminist campaign which was formed by a group...

  • WPUK Submissions to Labour Policy Forum

    These are the submissions we made to the Labour Policy Forum consultation on Sunday 30th June 2019: Work, pensions & equalities Justice & home affairs Health & social care...

  • Holyrood calls to Westminster

    The announcement this week by the Scottish Government that they intend to fully consult with women and carry out a full Equality Impact Assessment into proposals to adopt legal...

  • In defence of Michele Moore

    This is the text of a letter we sent to the publisher of Disability & Society in support of Professor Michele Moore, the editor, who is being targeted because...

  • The fight by women has just begun and Scotland is at the forefront

    The rapid growth of a vibrant movement of women in Scotland has been inspirational, and to see that movement properly represented by incredibly brave politicians moves us beyond words....

  • If you cannot define women, then you cannot defend them 

    On May 25th councillor Sarah Field spoke at a meeting in Leeds which was the first U.K. discussion of The Declaration of Sex Based Rights. The Declaration re-affirms that women’s global human...

  • WPUK Submissions and Statements on GRA

    On this page you can find links to WPUK statements on and submissions to various organisations on proposed reform to the UK Gender Recognition Act.

  • An open letter to Women’s Aid and Rape Crisis England and Wales

    Dear Sisters, Some of you may have seen my last blog post, The silencing of feminists silences survivors , which Woman’s Place UK very kindly published whilst protecting my...

  • Government response to petition on ‘gender identity’

    We welcome the government’s commitment to respectful and evidence-based discussion and to retaining Equality Act 2010 exemptions. For these exemptions to offer women the rights and protections we deserve,...

  • The silencing of feminists silences survivors

    – Dear Sisters, I’m writing as a feminist who has devoted over two decades of my life to ending violence against women (VAW). I’ve worked in frontline services in...

  • Response to Scottish Review of the GRA

    This is our response to the Scottish Government’s review of the Gender Recognition Act. Who we are We are a group of people from a range of backgrounds including...

  • Woman’s Place UK Oxford meeting

    Woman’s Place UK is facing an orchestrated attempt by Oxford University student activists to shut down one of their public meetings in Oxford tonight about changes to transgender laws...