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For Women Scotland was formed in June 2018 amid growing unease about how women’s rights would be affected by the Scottish Government’s plans to reform the Gender Recognition Act to allow for self-declaration of sex.
Our concerns were recognised in June 2019 when the Government announced that further public consultation was necessary before making any changes to the law. Analysis of the responses to this consultation has been postponed due to Covid-19 and no further action will be taken until after the Scottish election in May 2021.
However, many organisations are acting as though self-declaration of sex is already law, bringing in policies that encourage men to enter women’s and girls’ spaces. Examples include hospital wards, refuges, changing rooms, toilets, school and girl guide overnight accommodation, hostels, university rooms, and prisons. Medical treatment and research, crime statistics, programmes for women in politics and STEM subjects, and women’s sports are also adversely affected.
We have grown considerably in number over the last few years and we will all continue to speak up for women’s rights, however we can, to challenge the ongoing push from Government funded lobby groups to overwrite sex-based rights in legislation and public policy with the undefined and unscientific gender identity.
Our concerns were recognised in June 2019 when the Government announced that further public consultation was necessary before making any changes to the law. Analysis of the responses to this consultation has been postponed due to Covid-19 and no further action will be taken until after the Scottish election in May 2021.
However, many organisations are acting as though self-declaration of sex is already law, bringing in policies that encourage men to enter women’s and girls’ spaces. Examples include hospital wards, refuges, changing rooms, toilets, school and girl guide overnight accommodation, hostels, university rooms, and prisons. Medical treatment and research, crime statistics, programmes for women in politics and STEM subjects, and women’s sports are also adversely affected.
We have grown considerably in number over the last few years and we will all continue to speak up for women’s rights, however we can, to challenge the ongoing push from Government funded lobby groups to overwrite sex-based rights in legislation and public policy with the undefined and unscientific gender identity.
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