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4 December 2020

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Forwomen.scot

35 posts today

RT @chloeklassen: .@ZTScotland define gender as “the performance and/or expression of social and cultural constructions of ‘femininity’ and ‘masculinity’” Why on earth would a survivor of rape need a choice of medical examiner based on how much they ...

December 4th @ 6:09 pm |

Forwomen.scot

35 posts today

RT @wornoutmumhack: It comes to something when women have to fight to ensure a law is specific that rape survivors should be examined by women - female - examiners in one of the most stressful, traumatic, times of their life. 🤯🤯 ...

December 4th @ 6:02 pm |

Forwomen.scot

35 posts today

RT @chloeklassen: Please write to your MSPs this weekend. Using gender in this Bill risks re-traumatising women. Using sex protects women. Very helpful info from @ForwomenScot here: https://t.co/oIh8OY... https://t.co/IgGdbJ...

December 4th @ 6:02 pm |

Forwomen.scot

35 posts today

RT @BobBibBab1: @BlackIslePMD @theSNP @ForwomenScot Here’s the view of a woman who had the courage to speak up & share the horrendous experience she endured, so that others won’t have to. It’s an appalling betrayal of those women that Scotgov ...

December 4th @ 5:58 pm |

Forwomen.scot

35 posts today

Tonight has been emotional. The messages from people contacting MSPs have been moving, the gratitude of people who think we deserve thanks makes us feel unworthy. Thank you. We will always fight for women and we are proud to stand with @JohannLamont ...

December 4th @ 5:40 pm |

Forwomen.scot

35 posts today

Please contact your MSPs and ask them to support Johann's amendment to the forensic medical services bill. Brave women like Denise's daughter spoke out about how crucial this is. https://t.co/t6muMh...

December 4th @ 3:10 pm |

Forwomen.scot

35 posts today

RT @GraceBrodie: @lnmackenzie1 @JohannLamont Thank you Johann my daughter is in the survivors group she was extremely distressed that gender was being used instead of sex. She was given an assurance by @rapecrisisscot that they’d support ‘sex’ not ...

December 4th @ 3:08 pm |

Forwomen.scot

35 posts today

RT @GraceBrodie: The number 1 ask of rape survivors was to choose the SEX of examiners and counselors. But the Bill uses gender. Please, write to your MSP and ask them to support this amendment which would specify sex. https://t.co/uTtUud...

December 4th @ 1:28 pm |

Forwomen.scot

35 posts today

RT @campervanwoman: If you can, please support these fabulous women. If you need convincing, this tweet is the last of a thread showing the great work they've done, much of it unpaid. We're really lucky to have them. https://t.co/BqhxoL...

December 4th @ 1:18 pm |

Forwomen.scot

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RT @Leadinglady0609: Time to lobby your MSP on the Forensic Medical Services Bill. @JohannLamont has tabled a key amendment to the bill to ensure women's right to choose the SEX of the person who conducts the investigation. The SG insists on gender. ...

December 4th @ 1:12 pm |

Forwomen.scot

35 posts today

We are so proud to be mentioned in such company! Thanks to the indomitable @JohannLamont who, even on the day she lost a friend & sister, is battling for women's rights. We hope MSPs will support her amendment - it is so critical for survivors. A ...

December 4th @ 12:40 pm |

Forwomen.scot

35 posts today

RT @SoniaClimes: In 2013, I was forcibly removed from my home in the middle of the night by police, taken by force to @KingsCollegeNHS A&E and locked up for 5 days on a psychiatric ward because I didn't believe a man who said he was a woman. ...

December 4th @ 10:36 am |

Forwomen.scot

35 posts today

As @shonacraven says, this is a child protection crisis that requites an urgent healthcare review: "the SNP's new women's and equalities conveners understand this, but does the Government?" Let us hope, or this may become a national scandal. ...

December 4th @ 7:38 am |

Forwomen.scot

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RT @CPG_CSE: Prostitution survivors urge Holyrood to make buying sex a criminal offence. ➡️ Support them by responding to @scotgov's consultation by 10 December. It's simple & open to all: https://t.co/78BLpl... https://t.co/QVGoT8... @RBFMaguire ...

December 4th @ 7:07 am |

Forwomen.scot

35 posts today

These organisations have lost their way. Either Amnesty and Liberty are deliberately twisting the narrative or they fail to understand the ruling - either way, it is not good! https://t.co/UrziKR...

December 4th @ 4:59 am |

Forwomen.scot

35 posts today

RT @SafeSchools_UK: THREAD We have been sent these screenshots from a Facebook group of teachers unofficially affiliated with a major union. We are disturbed to see this misinformation and lack of understanding of safeguarding being circulated. ...

December 4th @ 4:57 am |

Forwomen.scot

35 posts today

Some of us are old enough to remember when our gay male friends were often at great risk in men's spaces. They didn't demand women be made less safe. @BBCPolitics why is "disadvantages" in quotation marks? The evidence proves women are more at risk ...

December 4th @ 3:52 am |

Forwomen.scot

35 posts today

How would it ever be possible to have classroom discussion if “ill-will, spite, contempt, prejudice, unfriendliness, antagonism, resentment and dislike” are reportable to police? This is in E&W - in Scotland, the hate crime bill would go even ...

December 4th @ 1:31 am |