Sex based rights
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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...
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WPUK evidence to the CPS Consultation: Gender deception, Rape & Serious Sexual Offences
WPUK evidence to the CPS Consultation: Gender deception, Rape & Serious Sexual Offences (RASSO), submitted December 2022. The CPS consultation refers to a proposed revision to its legal guidance...
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Response to the TUC’s letter to Kemi Badenoch
Read the TUC letter here. Response to the TUC’s letter to Kemi Badenoch about the Equality Act: The TUC’s letter demonstrates a worrying ignorance of current equalities law. It...
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New MoJ transgender prisoner policy: WPUK Statement
We believe no female prisoner should be forced to share prison space with male prisoners. The United Nations mandate to keep male and female prisoners separate is essential, not...
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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...
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Evidence to the Scottish Government: female participation in sport
'Girls and women need an opportunity to participate in physical activity in their own ways. The presence of males, as staff or participants, changes how girls and women participate...
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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...
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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Gender Recognition Reform Bill: Letters to Scottish Leaders
Gender Recognition Reform Bill Next Tuesday, the Parliamentary committee will spend another morning debating Stage 2 amendments to the Gender Recognition Reform Bill (Scotland). Ahead of the debate, Woman’s...
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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 statement makes clear the absolute...
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WPUK & Billy Bragg
When Billy Bragg implied women fighting for sex-based rights were akin to Nazis, we invited him to a public discussion. He declined.
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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...
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WPUK submission to Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee on the Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill
The latest in our submissions to the Scottish Government on Gender Recognition reform.
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We Belong Here: Raquel Rosario Sánchez
The closing remarks from Raquel Rosario Sánchez at ‘A Woman’s Place is With Women: feminism, birth and motherhood’ held at the University of Bristol on Tuesday 3rd May 2022,...
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WPUK: EHRC Guidance on single sex exceptions
Woman's Place UK welcomes guidance from the EHRC on the implementation of single-sex exceptions as set out in the Equality Act 2010.
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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.
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Sex is a protected characteristic
The Equality Act (2010) identifies 9 protected characteristics. They are age disability gender reassignment marriage & civil partnership pregnancy & maternity religion or belief race sex sexual orientation These...
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