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Dec 19, 2024

The seven candidates for @IOCMedia president have published their manifestos. After the scandalous Paris Olympics which saw eight women boxers forced to fight males, a convicted child rapist allowed to compete, and the inclusion of several males in female football, we all look forward to the election of a president who will put fairness and safety for women at the top of the agenda.

We’ve read the all seven manifestos. Here’s our guide to which candidates are likely to protect women’s rights…

HRH Prince Feisal Al Hussein of Jordan

He says, he will: Drive gender equality in sport and unlock women's potential both on a off the field of play.

WRN says: Cut the waffle. Are you going to exclude males or not?

David Lappartient

He says: ‘As for transgender athletes, it is a complex matter that must be dealt with rationally to strike the right balance between the need to respect human rights and the obligation to ensure fair competition. We cannot ignore what female athletes are saying, but our decisions must also be grounded on solid scientific evidence.’

WRN says: A chip off the Thomas Bach old block. Prepare for the destruction of women’s sport.

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@WomensRightsNet

Nov 23, 2024

No woman should be strip searched by a policeman. No £5 piece of paper makes this any less unlawful and abhorrent @BTP.

The latest instalment is here 👇 in a long battle to ensure the police comply with the law, and respect women’s human rights, rather than degrade and abuse us.

#StateSanctionedSexualAssault
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telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/11/2…

Many will remember our report #StateSanctionedSexualAssault earlier this year, which laid bare the implementation of disgraceful guidance agreed to by @PoliceChiefs in nearly every police force in the land.

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This led to the guidance being criticised at a Home Affairs Select Committee in January 2024 and quickly suspended while a ‘review’ was carried out.

Our follow up report revealed that forces were STILL operating unlawful strip search policies.

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@WomensRightsNet

Nov 12, 2024

Why are women so angry about football? Some men have been musing on this ‘dressing room stuff’ @campbellclaret and are baffled. Here’s our handy primer for those at the back of the room who haven’t been paying attention @GaryLineker

We’ll start with the 17-year-old girl hauled in front of the @FA Serious Case Panel for asking the very reasonable question ‘are you a man’ when a bearded bloke walked on to the pitch to play in a female match.

Beardy man reported the matter to a charity @kickitout who then went squealing to the FA who, in turn, launched a full-on disciplinary and imposed a six-match ban on the weeping teenager. Safeguarding Fail 🚩
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Then there’s the Sheffield and Hallamshire Women’s League… remember the young woman whose leg was broken after a tackle from a male on the opposing team? The season-ending injury led to a boycott by some of the teams, rightly concerned about the dangers.

The only reason any male feels entitled to play in female football is because @FA rules allow them to self-identify into the female game. When WRN met the FA back in May 24 to discuss their misogynistic policy they told us that 72 males were playing in the female game already – but it was okay because it was hardly a dent on the 2.6 million women and girls who play football. We say how many would be too many? 720? 7200? We say one male is too many. The FA is failing women.
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@WomensRightsNet

Oct 4, 2024

This Saturday morning, WRN members will be joining the thousands of people heading to their local park to celebrate the 20th anniversary of @parkrunUK with a 5k run or walk. We’ll be there to highlight parkrun’s discriminatory policies towards women and girls, which allow males to self-identify into the female category. Why the campaign? 🧵

Until 2019 parkrun categorized runners by sex: male and female. Then, the categories changed to ‘gender’: Male, Female, Another Gender Identity, or Prefer Not To Say. Males started to self-identify into the female category. As men run, on average, 10-15% faster than women, a male identifying into the female category may set course times that can never be achieved by a woman. This is unfair.

On 210 occasions at parkrun women have been denied the accolade of first female finisher because a man has self-identified into the female category. Men hold more than 20 women’s overall and age category records. Every week participants receive the list of times set by the runners at their parkrun. If there is a male in the female category at your parkrun you will know about it.

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@WomensRightsNet

Sep 25, 2024

WRN fully support this campaign. We've known for a long time that upskirting, voyeurism & indecent exposure are indicative of a pattern of criminal behaviour that leads to more serious crimes. The Pelicot case in France is just one horrifying example. 🧵/1
dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1…

However it is hard to reconcile this with current police policy that tells female officers that any man who identifies as a woman, non-binary or gender fluid can use their facilities. If he exposes himself on the streets it's a crime but in a changing room it's all fine. It is also incorrect as the Eq Act does allow you to refuse males in female facilities. 🧵/2

These nurses in Darlington fell foul of the same issue. The male nurse wasn't arrested for indecent exposure, instead his female colleagues were told they would be 're-educated.' Indecent exposure in public is frightening, when you are more vulnerable because in a state of undress, it is even more so. 🧵/3
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@WomensRightsNet

Sep 16, 2024

After a long campaign against the so-called ‘Gender Quotas Bill’ in Wales, we are delighted that @WelshGovernment have finally now decided to scrap it.

This Bill was always an unlawful attempt to lever in self ID in Wales, a direct threat to the rights of women and girls, and would have inevitably ended up in the Supreme Court.

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bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

WRN and @WRNWales have been at the forefront of the campaign against the Bill.
An early version was leaked, exposing the intent to allow men to self ID without challenge.
And WRN gave evidence at the Senedd this year, after submitting our consultation response.
We are pleased the new @PrifWeinidog has listened - her predecessors have not.
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Our thanks to all the women who stood up for their rights, wrote letters, and who attended the Senedd hearing.

We hope that @WelshGovernment now listen to these tenacious women and engage fully with them in future.

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