Forwomen.scot

 

29 August 2020

 

Forwomen.scot

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Report of our legal action in tomorrow's Sunday Times. "The petition argues that the redefinition of “woman” goes against the grain of the Equality Act 2010 and decades of anti-discrimination law." https://t.co/7kydjX...

August 29th @ 7:21 pm |

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RT @LucyHunterB: @ForwomenScot @fairplaywomen @freddymcconnell @jk_rowling @suzanne_moore And there was the public event organised by Engender in 2018 on GRA reform, where the panel itself was completely supportive of reform, which was oddly ...

August 29th @ 6:44 pm |

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RT @MenAtWork_MC: Please sign & RT this petition against the cynical weaponisation of child suicide and self-harm by @mermaids_gender We cannot - must not - let this pass. Thank You https://t.co/qQkVVn...

August 29th @ 6:39 pm |

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RT @rattlecans: @ForwomenScot are taken this hypocritical shower of a gender-punting govt to court o'er their nonsense #GRA pish That takes £ Make a wee donation Every £1 matters If that's a' ye've got tae donate, it'll make a difference. Got a bit ...

August 29th @ 3:07 pm |

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Speaking of which, we are still waiting for an answer from @benjamincohen of PN as to whether he would encourage his readership to use the bill to persecute women. Along with one from the Justice Sec as to whether it is possible to twist criticism of ...

August 29th @ 2:40 pm |

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RT @rattlecans: Right @ForwomenScot areng this hypocritical govt to court over their nonsense #GRA pish That takes £££ Ye can make a donation. Every £1 helps. If that's a' ye've got tae donate, it'll make a difference. Got a bit mair? Get a badge ...

August 29th @ 1:42 pm |

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RT @ForwomenScot: @maggiemellon @HumzaYousaf @scotwomensaid Of course back in the day when the women's sector was prepared to investigate such things, they overwhelmingly found that female only services and spaces were essential. Thread below: ...

August 29th @ 1:37 pm |

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RT @AlessandraAster: Minister responsible for forcing women to share spaces with males in prison is using refugee women to score a cheap political point. May he suffer the same loss of dignity he is forcing women to suffer. https://t.co/2v2mdf...

August 29th @ 1:19 pm |

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RT @KonstantinKisin: "One of the extraordinary trends in recent years has been the rapid substitution of meaning, whereby words we used to all know and understand take on a whole new significance." Me on the destruction of language in latest edition ...

August 29th @ 1:14 pm |

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RT @maggiemellon: @HumzaYousaf will you meet with women’s groups concerned about vulnerable women being forced to share with males in your prisons - forced to pretend to believe they are women even while they are sexually predators ...

August 29th @ 1:06 pm |

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RT @HotchkissRhona: @HumzaYousaf I am sorry to have to say that this is hypocrisy of the highest order. If any of those same women were sent to prison, you would with impunity, have them accommodated with men who can decide on a whim, to be women. ...

August 29th @ 12:27 pm |

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RT @ForwomenScot: @HumzaYousaf Can you remind us of your reply to your colleague, Kenny Gibson's PQ about male prisoners placed in the female estate? Women prisoners are also incredibly vulnerable - many have histories of abuse. @HotchkissRhona has ...

August 29th @ 11:48 am |

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RT @lazyjoolz: @HumzaYousaf I am so angry. I and many of us responding here work with female refugees and those seeking asylum. We know they need much much better treatment and access to services. But you serve in a govt which consistently tells us ...

August 29th @ 11:25 am |

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We'd hate to think @HumzaYousaf is only saying this to cynically exploit a political opportunity to knock WM. Scot Gov is as, of not more, culpable. Is he really believes this, he needs to step up and examine the situation in the shelter in Glasgow. ...

August 29th @ 11:23 am |

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We agree with @HumzaYousaf that vulnerable women should never be placed in mixed sex accommodation. We would love the Justice Secretary to ask his parliamentary colleagues to explain why this changes if these male bodied people declare they identify ...

August 29th @ 11:09 am |