We are also pleased to see this debate becoming more mainstream in public debate & mainstream media. This is what needs to happen if we are to come to a progressive solution. You don't get progress by silencing people. It's great that @guardian is doing more to engage. Thank you.
And one positive upside to that dreadful pledge and the deplatofrming of @selina_todd is that the fight for women's rights has been given a mainstream audience across lots of media platforms inlcuding most mainstream newspapers and several radio & TV shows.
So, maybe, at last, the mainstream media is doing its job and maybe, at last, the debate has moved to the public sphere which is where any debate which will impact the lives of everyone in our society should take place. Time for the policy makers and representatives to step up.
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This statement is in response to reports from Australia of members of the far-right National Socialist Network attending a Let Women Speak event in Melbourne today. 1/13
We stand in solidarity with women’s right to speak about the issues that affect them without the threat of violence. 2/13
We also stand in solidarity with Australian left feminists who have asked for clear differentiation to be made between women’s fight for sex-based rights and the organised far-right. 3/13
We then had the privilege of hearing the brilliant @akuareindorf speak about women's rights, human rights, free speech and academic freedom #Ed4WomensLib
#WPUK was founded in 2017 by grassroots volunteers in response to proposed changes to the Gender Recognition Act. Our campaign aimed to ensure that women's evidenced concerns were heard & our sex-based rights upheld. #WPUKfivetoday
🧵 🎂 Woman’s Place UK is 5 years old today 🎂
15,810 tickets sold
31 public meetings
8 webinars
1 Conference
438,924 you tube views
215 blogs
251 talks
Evidence submissions, consultation responses, campaigns & more
We can not begin to thank everyone who have supported - with time & money - our meetings & campaigns, especially the women who have volunteered to make them happen. Their passion, time, skills & insights have made this campaign possible.
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“To make legislation in a climate where women have been silenced, esp women of faith & women of colour? You will never get good legislation” @ProfAliceS
Equalities, Human Rights & Civil Justice Gender Recognition Reform
Prof Alice Sullivan responds to @kevin_guyan previous evidence that social scientists are split on the need of sex based data.
‘Guyan is a research fellow in Theatre Film & TV studies…he does not have peer reviewed work..’
Prof Sullivan's opening statement from today's hearing at the 🏴 parliament 🔻
We are hopeful that the discussion on issues around sex and gender is opening up. Such discussion is essential if we are to find solutions that meet the needs, and uphold the rights, of everyone.
Since November 2017, Woman’s Place UK has organised 30 public events and nearly every one has been hosted in the face of substantial obstacles including aggressive and intimidating protests. womansplaceuk.org/2021/10/27/rec…
The intimidation of women meeting to discuss their rights has gone largely unchallenged and so has been allowed to grow. The failure of civic and political society to facilitate this important debate demonstrates an abject failure to adhere to the Equality Act and the PSED. /3