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Wales-Women’s Rights Network 💜🤍💚🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Profile picture
@WRNWales
Mar 25, 2023 • 7 tweets • 10 min read • Read on X
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In Wales @WelshGovernment ignore the voices of concerned women & plough on, intent on destroying our sex-based rights

But Welsh women will not be subdued, dismissed or ignored any longer

Hello Mr Drakeford @PrifWeinidog
#ShesBehindYou!

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#NoToSelfID
#WelshWomenWontWheesht
Women representing several concerned grassroots groups took their concerns in a silent protest directly to our First Minister today

@PrifWeinidog
@st_ideas

@GetTheLOutUK
@LGBAllies_Cymru
@SWWalesReSister
@SGResisters
@WRNWales
@MerchedCymru
@SafeSchools_UK
His talk was entitled ‘Wales: The Big Picture’

Well @PrifWeinidog your gender-addled plans will harm women & children in Wales

That’s OUR big picture

We say #NoToSelfID

#StDavids
#StDavidsFestivalOfIdeas
Welsh women say NO #NoToSelfID @PrifWeinidog @WelshGovernment

You have not learnt from the debacle of the Scotland GRR Bill

You are not reading the room

We do not want harmful gender ideology rolled out across Wales

NO
And so we are clear - NO to men in women’s sports, NO to men in women’s changing rooms, toilets, rape crisis, dv centres, prisons, NO to mixed-sex wards and intimate care. NO

Oh - and lesbians are same-sex attracted females too - never male

Add that to your ‘big picture’
Start listening @PrifWeinidog @WelshGovernment

Women aren’t going away anytime soon

@MailOnline
@Telegraph
@ewansomerville
@thetimes
@GBNEWS
@LBC
@TalkTV
@BBCWales
@NationCymru
@jo_bartosch
@helenstaniland
@polblonde
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Wales-Women’s Rights Network 💜🤍💚🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Profile picture
Nov 21
HERE WE GO AGAIN. 🚨
@WelshGovernment have released their voluntary Diversity & Inclusion guidance for political parties.
The consultation closes on 7th January 2025.

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Draft diversity and inclusion guidance for registered political parties [HTML] | GOV.WALES
The guidance is split into three parts for political parties:
1. Publication of a strategy
2. Collection of data
3. Quotas for women candidates
For obvious reasons, we are particularly interested in Part 3.

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The guidance refers to 'specified characteristics' which go beyond the Equality Act 2010.
Sex is referred to within this and IS linked to the Act.

HOWEVER. This section relates only to Parts 1 and 2. Strategy and Data. NOT quotas for women.
Guess what this means?
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Wales-Women’s Rights Network 💜🤍💚🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Profile picture
Sep 27
We’re pleased to UPDATE on our below interaction with @WalesOnline.

After a further complaint about inaccuracy, BOTH articles have been corrected, meaning that we don’t have to take this to IPSO.

It’s worth digging in . Accuracy matters in journalism. As does fairness.
1/5
After an email to the political editor, then the editor (no response) we made our complaint about inaccuracy.
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We have subsequently been informed that BOTH articles have been corrected.

This article of 26/9 (in which we are also now quoted), had used the word ‘female’ originally - when the Bill had avoided any such reference.

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walesonline.co.uk/news/politics/…

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Wales-Women’s Rights Network 💜🤍💚🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Profile picture
Sep 21
Is @WalesOnline an impartial and accurate news source?

On 18/9 they published this story, which is both factually inaccurate and biased.
We contacted both the reporter and the editor to offer balance and to correct the inaccuracies.
NO RESPONSE.
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1/8
The article reports on the response of several groups, who were all keen to see the ‘Gender Quotas’ Bill become law in Wales.

Their views are reported uncritically, along with their disappointment with Welsh Government at the scrapping of the Bill.
2/8
We didn’t share their enthusiasm. Neither did other women or groups.

The Bill attempted to introduce self ID.
It also allowed for at LEAST 50% of candidates to be ‘women’ on electoral lists.
It did NOT allow for a 50/50 split as claimed inaccurately in the article.
3/8
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Wales-Women’s Rights Network 💜🤍💚🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Profile picture
Sep 19
It’s a mystery why @RhysOwenThomas MS has proposed a specific set of amendments to the ‘Gender Quotas’ Bill as potential ‘corrupt practices’.

This of course is the very Bill that would have sneaked in self ID to Wales.

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The Bill is recommended for withdrawal, but will be debated and voted on next week at the Senedd.

The proposed amendments appear to us to suggest that anyone challenging a statement that a candidate is a ‘woman’ could be criminally liable.

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business.senedd.wales/documents/s153…
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We don’t buy that this is to protect female candidates from ‘force, violence or restraint’ or any threats.

Existing criminal law more than adequately covers that.

So is this MS seeking to silence any challenge to ‘gender statements’ instead via criminal law?

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Wales-Women’s Rights Network 💜🤍💚🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Profile picture
Sep 16
Self ID in Wales has been defeated (for now anyway).

The scrapping of the ‘Gender Quotas Bill’ concludes what has been an embarrassing and shoddy episode in the history of the Welsh Senedd. And a scandalously wasteful one too.
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1/9
bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…
Those who have been following this Bill will know that WRN Wales leaked an earlier version.

This version made it very clear that the definition of ‘woman’ for the purpose of the Bill, would include men. And that it could not be challenged.

2/9
This attempt to lever in self ID via a Bill, meant to be about improving the number of women on electoral lists, was always critically flawed.

The Bill failed to define ‘woman’.
And the lack of legislative competence was a recurring headache.
3/9
Read 10 tweets
Wales-Women’s Rights Network 💜🤍💚🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Profile picture
Jul 16
We don’t know if ANYONE is left at the #Senedd today, but we are here at least!

We’ll be listening to the debate on the Electoral Candidates Lists Bill.
Will Members support or reject it?
Either way, it’s looking like being kicked into the long grass to 2030.
#NoToSelfID
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Our letter following the release of the report of the Reform Bill Committee.
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Report of the Reform Bill Committee at Stage 1 is here.
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senedd.wales/media/k1kk33yx…
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