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Our statement on the ruling in For Women Scotland v v The Scottish Ministers, Judicial Review of the Scottish Prison Service transgender prisoner policy.
MurrayBlackburnMackenzie
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MurrayBlackburnMackenzie
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Edinburgh-based policy analysis collective, with a background in policy-making, research & communications. By @kathmurray1 @LucyHunterB & @lnmackenzie1
- Arguments being made in court on behalf of NHS Fife this week raise serious questions about what rights NHS Fife believes female patients, as well as staff, have to notice and name that a member of staff is male, whenever this matters to them, including in intimate healthcare.1/2
- Our statement on this morning's ruling by the UK Supreme Court. We welcome the unanimous ruling of the Supreme Court this morning that sex in the Equality Act is a lifelong, fixed biological characteristic./
- Along with 28 other individuals and organisations, we have today written to the UN special rapporteur on violence against women Reem Alsalem to welcome her recent intervention on the Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill. You can read the letter here: murrayblackburnmackenzie.org/wp-content/upl…
- Our new article in @TheCriticMag traces the rise of a broad 'hate crime' agenda in the UK that, like gender self-identification, goes beyond the law. We look at recent legislative & policy developments in Scotland, & implications for freedom of expression.
- We have written today to Iain Livingstone, Chief Constable of Police Scotland, following events in Aberdeen last weekend. @ForWomenScot
- We are dismayed at the ongoing attacks on UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls Reem Alsalem and the attempts to undermine her work. We were therefore pleased to sign this letter in support of Ms Alsalem. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…
- We have written today to @scotgov, @EHRC and @AmnestyUK, giving notice that we intend to lodge an application with the UK Supreme Court for disclosure of all unpublished submissions in the @ForWomenScot appeal case, due to be heard 27-28 Nov, and asking if they object.
- THREAD. On 6 July 2018, we submitted a FOI request to the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) asking for sight of the equality impact assessment undertaken on their trans prisoner policy. whatdotheyknow.com/request/equali…
- We are quoted in this article in today's Herald about a letter sent by a number of women's groups to Nicola Sturgeon regarding recent comments she made in the press about the nature of opposition to gender recognition reform.
- We welcome the recognition by the leader of Scottish Labour, Anas Sarwar MSP, that the 'capture' of organisations in Scotland has led to policies based on gender self-identification being adopted to the detriment of women's rights. 1/4
- This article in today’s Telegraph highlights that the Police Scotland ‘Transitioning at Work’ policy is in breach of employment law. We have been raising concerns about this policy with PS and the SPA since it was first published in 2019.🧵 telegraph.co.uk/gift/0e9c187b7…
- The @EHRC has written today to the UK and Scottish governments about plans for gender recognition reform in Scotland, highlighting the need to consider how this reform will interact with the Equality Act 2010. equalityhumanrights.com/en/our-work/ne…
