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Further details on the plans to reform the Gender Recognition Act can be found in the Scottish Government document "A fairer, greener Scotland" gov.scot/publications/f… (on page 50) #PFG #PfG
"While the COVID 19 pandemic delayed our work to establish a more straightforward system for obtaining legal gender recognition, trans people should not have to go through a degrading, traumatic and intrusive process to be legally recognised in their gender."
"Within the next year we will bring forward the Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill, removing the current medical requirements and reducing the time that applicants for gender recognition need to have lived in their acquired gender from two years to three months."
In today's #PfG @NicolaSturgeon confirms "in this first year of the parliament, we will introduce the Gender Recognition Reform Bill." She said:
"Presiding Officer, I understand that some have sincerely held concerns about this legislation. It is therefore worth stressing I think what it will do, but also what it will not do. It will make the existing process of gender recognition less degrading, intrusive and traumatic."
"In other words, it will make life that bit easier for one of the most stigmatised minorities in our society. I think that is something any parliament should feel a responsibility to do. But what it will not do, is remove any of the legal protections that women currently have."
1.Sexual harassment in academia is a serious and systemic issue that is too often left unchecked. I spoke with @IrishTimes about my experience of sexual harassment by a colleague @ucddublin
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Everyone deserves to study or work in a safe environment & we need to have conversations and cultural change in order to properly address this problem 2/n
We have no concrete statistics on the occurrences of sexual harassment involving staff in third level institutions in Ireland, but internationally studies have found that 58% of women faculty and staff have experienced sexual harassment (NAP, 2018) 3/n
A wee bit of a closer look at some of the #PFG content that's of personal interest to myself. All taken from the pdf version of the full document at this link. gov.scot/programme-for-…
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Hydrogen.
£6.9m for a scheme in Fife using Hydrogen for domestic heating. I'm a bit surprised about this one, as it's a strange choice for heating houses, but let's see.
Hydrogen Action Plan and Policy Statement promised by end of this year. I'll be keenly awaiting this one.
£6.9m for a scheme in Fife using Hydrogen for domestic heating. I'm a bit surprised about this one, as it's a strange choice for heating houses, but let's see.
Hydrogen Action Plan and Policy Statement promised by end of this year. I'll be keenly awaiting this one.
Hydrogen cont:
" invest in the establishment of a zero emission drivetrain
testing facility in 2021, with a focus on hydrogen
fuel cells to accelerate the development of these
vehicles." This is welcome, wonder where it will be located?
" invest in the establishment of a zero emission drivetrain
testing facility in 2021, with a focus on hydrogen
fuel cells to accelerate the development of these
vehicles." This is welcome, wonder where it will be located?
The First Minister today published the @scotgov Programme for Government setting out our plans, focused on tackling Covid-19 and supporting new, good, green jobs.
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In her statement to Parliament, the FM said: "Today’s programme is clear that suppressing COVID is our most immediate priority - and it will remain so for some time."
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"Put simply, if COVID runs rampant again, our economy will sustain even deeper, longer lasting damage.
"This Programme faces up to that inescapable fact.
"However, we will not simply hunker down and wait for the storm to pass.
"We can’t afford to do that."
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"This Programme faces up to that inescapable fact.
"However, we will not simply hunker down and wait for the storm to pass.
"We can’t afford to do that."
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so many #homeless, so many empty property in #Corkcity this home has a lot of character & potential #socialcrime #homeless @CorkHealthyCity @corkcitycouncil #pfg #programmeforgovernment #Cork
here is another, great location too, someone's home, piece of history just boarded up @CorkHealthyCity @corkcitycouncil #socialcrime #homeless #cork #inequality #programmeforgovernment
& another, this one looks Dutch influenced, beautiful aesthetic, someone's #home, sadly ready to collapse #Homeless #socialcrime @CorkHealthyCity @corkcitycouncil #inequality #programmeforgovernment
