Oxfam used to have a women's rights program that understood that women are adult human females....
And which understood that women's economic and personal empowerment goes hand in hand with political and social organising and protection in law
It's new policy has thrown all that away
It now understands "transformative feminist leadership" as including men who who change their pronouns or perform feminine stereotypes
As a result it has dropped a children's game celebrating women's achievements from its stores because 1) it only includes female people and 2) some of those women like JKR and Chimamanda NA have questioned whether redefining "women" is really good for us dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1…
Will Oxfam similarly remove staff members who don't think men can become women?
What about resources to local women's groups that it supports?
Oxfam is just recovering from a safeguarding scandal and has adopted a policy which systematically enables the bullying of women; punishing them for speaking up and for recognising male violence.
People in the development sector who are paid good money to think big thoughts, and work on behalf of people whose lives involve much more risk:
We are back.
Naomi - The questions before you are 1) Is the Judicial College a public authority under FOIA 2) Does it hold the information for its own purposes
or 3) If it is the MOJ does it hold the information for its own purposes
Why it matters - your question - if a training director could dream up a course that could create a steady stream of work for a friend.
If it was treated solely as a matter for the judiciary, then without transparency there would be no way to check that sort of abuse.
This appellant's own story is powerfully important for why the Judicial College should be subject to FOI.
Ms Forstater worked for a think tank as a contractor on tax policy. Around the time the govt was consulting on the GRA 2004. Ms Forstater became engaged in that debate
We have permission to live tweet the case of Maya Forstater vs Information Commissioner and Ministry of Justice #OpenJudicialCollege
Tribunal panel is
Mark o Connor - Chamber President (J-MC)
Lynn Griffin - Tribunal Judge (J-LG)
Rosalind Tatam - Tribunal Member (J-RT)
Lawyers:
Naomi Cunningham - Counsel for the Appellant (C-NC)
Ravi Mehta - Counsel for MoJ and Judicial College (C-RM)
Katherine Taunton - Counsel for ICO (C-KT)
J-MC - does it matter if the judicial college is a public authority for FOIA?
C-NC - No the appeal can be disposed of in the appellant's favour even if it is not a PA under FOIA
I am struck by the contrast between this and the hostile, degrading, humiliating and offensive environment the likes of Kathleen Stock, Shereen Benjamin, Michele Moore, Jo Phoenix have just been expected to put up with.