🧵Today is International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. 30 years ago Edinburgh District Council Women's Committee, led by fierce feminist Margaret McGregor, established the groundbreaking Zero Tolerance campaign #IDEVAW2022
I was a very junior member of that committee and am proud to have been part of a Labour group that broke down the barriers around violence against women and girls, and led the way for the rest of Scotland. #IDEVAW2022
The @edinburghpaper was the council's partner in this campaign, and helped get the message out of the City Chambers and into people's homes. Here's a very good report by @cardiffuni on the campaign and its impact
orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/1427… #IDEVAW2022
30 years on, and violence against women and girls remains a global challenge. We must be ever vigilant. Only this week, @UNSRVAW warned that @scotgov plans for self ID could put women and girls at risk of male violence
Women with power, like @NicolaSturgeon @ShonaRobison owe it to their sisters, young and old, to do all that they can to eliminate violence against women and girls. No woman or girl should be put at risk of male violence. Ever. #IDEVAW2022
AMENDMENT: The report was by @UofGlasgow 🤭

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Nov 23
🧵I've read & re-read @UNSRVAW letter which sets out her concerns about @scotgov Gender Recognition Reform Bill (GRR). It's devastating in its critique, which I will try to summarise in a short thread. bit.ly/3tUpKCd
She says that the Scottish govt's Self ID proposals, as set out in the GRR bill, would open the door for violent men to abuse the process. This presents potential risks to the safety of women.
She adds that the Scottish government’s proposals do not offer sufficient safeguarding measures to ensure the self ID process is not abused by sexual predators and other perpetrators of violence.
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Jul 4
🧵 on self-ID. The Scottish govt's reaction to the news that the UK govt may have concerns about the Gender Recognition Bill and self ID drew a predictable reaction. Patrick Harvie says its because Wesminter doesn't believe Scotland has the right to make decisions. He's wrong.
There *are* serious cross-border issues around self-ID, not least for birth certificates, the administrative proof that someone has changed their legal sex. Remember, being able to change one's birth certificate without a medical check is the core demand of the self-ID campaign.
But under current Scottish govt proposals, if John, born in England but who now lives in Scotland, changes their sex, their birth certificate will NOT change. John will still be registered as male because the General Registrar in England has not yet agreed to recognise self-ID.
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Jul 3
Rightgeously angry 🧵When one of our sisters receives death threats, we are told, don't worry #BeKind
When a sister is forced out of her job, we are urged #BeKind bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan…
When our daughters, fearful of their changing bodies, are told they can change their sex, we are told: don't object, #BeKind cass.independent-review.uk
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Jun 25
1/6 🧵on hypocrisy. Gender critical women (TERFS) like me are often accused of being in bed with the US Christian far-right, Putin even. Only last night I was accused of "teaming up with fascists"
2/6 Yet, when self-proclaimed feminist Nicola Sturgeon - a passionate supporter of trans rights - recently met an ultra-conservative, abortion-banning, former Tea Party member, Rep. Robert Aderholt (Alabama), the TRAs were silent.
3/6 Sturgeon said the Supreme Court decision to ban abortion was, "One of the darkest days for women’s rights in my lifetime...Solidarity doesn’t feel enough right now - but it is necessary".
But where was her solidarity with our US sisters when she willingly met with Aderholt?
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Jun 24
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But surely she must realise that trans ideology has emboldened anti-women forces across the world. Yet she continues to argue that self ID, where anyone over 16 can change their legal sex, is the right thing to do, regardless of its consequences on women's sex-based rights.
Doesn't she understand that allowing a man to simply assert "I am a woman," and so become one in the eyes of the law, is appropriation of our sex, and our hard-won sex based rights. It is the oppression of women.
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Jun 7
🧵Today the Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice committee will hear evidence about how data will be affected by self-ID. Or will they?
As @EHRC wrote earlier this year to @ShonaRobison the collection and use of data is one are where they have very real concerns
But only two witnesses have been called to give evidence on data. Paul Lowe, head of National Records of Scotland, the man who has just delivered the worst census returns in living memory
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