Sex based rights Archives - Woman's Place UK

#16Days #DefendingWomensSpaces #NoExcuse

Last year, as part of the #16days of activism (between the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women and International Human Rights Day), nia and WPUK partnered....

Surrogacy Law Reform: WPUK meet with Law Commissions

Earlier this year, the Law Commission published proposals to update the existing laws on surrogacy. Currently, when a baby is born to a surrogate mother, the mother remains the...

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...

Labour Women’s Declaration & FiLiA: Women on the move

The women’s liberation movement in Britain today is diverse and strong. There are myriad voices in conversation – and sometimes disagreement – with each other. Our movement is the...

Abortion, Criminal Law & Crisis Pregnancies

Healthcare is a fundamental human right, yet as women we know our bodies have long been viewed as the property of men and of the state. This patriarchal notion...

‘But she was 30+ weeks?’ A response

If the aim of criminalising women for behaviour while pregnant (aka foetal homicide laws) is to protect foetuses and children, as this blog shows, they clearly they fail!

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 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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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 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.