We in Merched Cymru have long campaigned for children to have access to high quality, factually accurate, age appropriate RSE. The resources apparently in use in some parts of Wales, with children as young as 9 or 10, do not meet those essential criteria. Schools are often desperate for resources to support work with RSE; but this booklet produced by a social enterprise, is inappropriate, factually inaccurate and should not be in use in schools in Wales @AddysgEducation @PrifWeinidog.
The disclaimer on the last page is revealing.

Victor Madrigal Borloz praised the publication of @WelshGovernment 's skewed and ideological LGBTQ+ Action Plan as ‘an example of good practice in human rights policymaking.’

https://twitter.com/UN_SPExperts/status/1656681417152114695

This was the plan that was developed by a small group of gender identity activists, handpicked by Stonewall and chaired by a Labour Party member who regularly used her social media accounts to attack and slur any women who disagreed that men could not become women.

Rydym yn gwneud cwyn ffurfiol i'r Comisiynydd Safonau am ymateb gwarthus @PrifWeinidog i @LauraJ4SWEast

Roedd ei ddiystyriad crac o’i phryderon fel "shrill" yn amlwg yn gamwahaniaethol. Mae'r sarhad hwn wedi'i gadw ar gyfer menywod y mae dynion yn dymuno tawelu neu anwybyddu. Mae'n ystrydeb rhywiaethol nad oes ganddo le yn y Senedd. Roeddem wedi tybio ei fod bellach yn rhan o hanes.

Roedd cysylltu cwestiwn Ms Jones ar ystyr y gair ‘menyw’ (sy’n mynd at wraidd ein hawliau ar sail rhyw) â hiliaeth ac ymosodiadau ar geiswyr lloches yn hynod annidwyll..

We are making a formal complaint to the Standards Commissioner about @PrifWeinidog's disgraceful response to @LauraJ4SWEast His angry dismissal of her concerns as ‘shrill’ was clearly discriminatory. This insult is reserved exclusively for women who men wish to silence or ignore. It is a sexist trope that has no place in the Senedd, and which we had assumed was now a part of history.

So @hannahblythyn Deputy Minister for Social Partnership, has given an update on the Welsh Government's LGBTQ+ Action Plan today.
record.senedd.wales/Plenary/12878#…
Just to note, the responses to the plan's consultation still haven't been published 🤷‍♀️ The plan is due in the autumn but the Deputy Minister has not been idle. We can expect new guidance on trans inclusion for schools soon and the Deputy Minister is keen to stress that "...Welsh Government has not endorsed any third party guidance in this area."

Ar faes y gad o ran cipio sefydliadol, rydyn ni wedi bod yn symud ymlaen ers tro. Ond mae'n teimlo fel bod @StephenNolan newydd droi i fyny gyda thanc! Dolenni i holl benodau'r podlediad yma: bbc.co.uk/programmes/p09… Rydym yn un o nifer o grwpiau a gododd bryderon am y berthynas rhwng Stonewall a @LlywodraethCym. Ysgrifennom atynt yn gofyn iddynt adael y Cynllun Hyrwyddwyr Amrywiaeth dadleuol. Nid ydynt wedi ateb. #WomenWontWheesht #DimDiolch #NiFyddMenywodYnDdistaw merchedcymru.wales/2021/06/09/mer…

On the battlefield of institutional capture, we've been advancing for a while. But it feels like @StephenNolan has just turned up with a tank!

Links to all the episodes of the podcast here:
bbc.co.uk/programmes/p09… We're one of several organisations that raised concerns about the relationship between Stonewall and @WelshGovernment. We wrote to them asking them to leave the controversial Diversity Champions Scheme. They have not replied.
#WomenWontWheesht #DimDiolch
merchedcymru.wales/2021/06/09/mer…

Here's the inspirational Stephanie Davies-Arai's #CanThePlan webinar presentation:

"The substitution of ‘gender identity’ for ‘sex’ as the distinction between men & women, takes away the rights & protections of girls as the female sex. Gender identity ..> merchedcymru.wales/2021/10/10/lan… .. is not a protected characteristic under the Equality Act 2010; sex is."

"A political goal of adult activists should not be the basis for the education of children.

To believe that sex is immutable & cannot be changed is a protected belief under the Equality Act 2010. The ..

Mae ein hadroddiad #CanThePlan yn amlinellu pryderon ynghylch Cynllun Gweithredu LHDTC+ @LlywodraethCym, a pham rydyn ni'n meddwl bod angen iddyn nhw ei roi o'r neilltu a dechrau o'r newydd.

Wedi'i ddatblygu trwy ymgynghori â gweithwyr proffesiynol, > merchedcymru.wales/wp-content/upl… > adborth gan aelodau Merched Cymru, @LGBAllies_Cymru, chwaer-grwpiau o bob rhan o'r DU ac Iwerddon, a thrafodion gweminar a gynhaliwyd ym mis Hydref, gallwch ei lawrlwytho o'n gwefan.

Yn rhan 1, rydym yn dadlau bod y Cynllun drafft
• yn creu gwrthdaro hawliau >

Our#CanThePlan report outlines concerns around @WelshGovernment's LGBTQ+ Action Plan, and why we think they need to set it aside & start afresh.

Developed through consultation with professionals, feedback from Merched Cymru members, @LGBAllies_Cymru, >
merchedcymru.wales/wp-content/upl… > sister groups from across the UK & Ireland, & the proceedings of a webinar held in Oct, you can download it from our website.

In part 1, we argue that the draft Plan
• creates a conflict of rights
• that the language & methodology are flawed
• lacks an evidence-base >

Dros yr wythnos ddiwethaf rydym wedi tynnu sylw at rai o’r gwahanol ffyrdd gall Deddf Cydraddoldeb 2010 amddiffyn hawliau menywod a merched i fannau, cyfleusterau, chwaraeon a gwasanaethau un rhyw a pham mae diogelu’r gwasanaethau hynny yn bwysig. Mae amddiffyn diogelwch, > > preifatrwydd ac urddas menywod yn eu galluogi i gyrchu cyfleoedd a goresgyn rhwystrau sy'n bodoli oherwydd eu #RhywNidRhywedd. Mae hefyd yn ymateb i drais yn erbyn menywod sy’n bodoli o fewn cymdeithas.

Mae trais yn erbyn menywod yn y newyddion ar hyn o bryd ond mae'n >

Over the last week we’ve highlighted some of the different ways the Equality Act 2010 can protect women and girls’ rights to single-sex spaces, facilities, sports and services and why safeguarding those services is important. Protecting women’s safety, privacy and dignity > > enables them to access opportunities and overcome barriers that exist because of their #SexNotGender and is also a response to endemic Violence Against Women (VAW).

VAW is currently in the news but it affects millions of women and girls throughout the world even when it >

Roedd darparu wardiau un rhyw mewn ysbytai yn uchel ar yr agenda wleidyddol yng Nghymru ac ar draws y DU am nifer o flynyddoedd. Adlewyrchwyd hyn yn y gyfraith a pholisi. Tra ein bod yn yr ysbyty, rydym yn sâl, yn aml ar ein mwyaf agored i niwed: mewn cyflwr o ddadwisgo, > > efallai ag angen cefnogaeth ychwanegol gyda materion corfforol personol, yn teimlo'n ofnus ac yn ddryslyd ac yn methu ag amddiffyn ein hunain pe bai'r angen yn codi.

Mae'r Nodiadau Esboniadol sy'n cyd-fynd â Deddf Cydraddoldeb 2010 yn nodi’n benodol y gellir darparu >

Providing single-sex wards in hospitals was high on the political agenda in Wales and across the UK for many years. This was reflected in law and policy. While we’re in hospital we’re unwell, often at our most vulnerable: in a state of undress, we may need additional support > > with bodily functions, feel scared and confused and be unable to defend ourselves should the need arise.

The Explanatory Notes that accompany the Equality Act 2010 specifically state that single-sex services provided in a hospital or other place where users need special >

Mae'r Rheoliadau adeiladu ar gyfer ysgolion yng Nghymru yn nodi’n glir bod yn rhaid i blant dros 8 oed gael cyfleusterau un rhyw ar wahân. Serch hynny, mae pryderon bod llawer o ysgolion newydd yn cael eu cynllunio o’r cychwyn cyntaf gyda thoiledau rhyw-cymysg neu mae toiledau > > presennol yn cael eu hail-ddynodi’n ‘niwtral o ran rhywedd’ mewn ymgais gyfeiliornus i fod yn fwy cynhwysol. Mae'r datblygiad hwn yn aml yn cael ei yrru gan gost neu ddyluniad ac mae'n ymddangos nad oes unrhyw ymchwil neu dystiolaeth yn ategu honiadau bod cyfleusterau >

The Regulations for school buildings in Wales specify clearly that children over the age of 8 must have separate single-sex facilities. Nevertheless, there are concerns that many new build schools are planned from the outset with mixed-sex toilets or existing toilets are > > redesignated as ‘gender-neutral’ in a misguided attempt to be more inclusive. This development is often cost or design-driven & claims that such swish facilities reduce bullying don’t seem to be backed up by any research or evidence.

We conducted informal research into this >

Mae Deddf Cydraddoldeb 2010 yn cydnabod yn benodol yr angen am garchardai un rhyw – maent yn gyfreithlon ar sail #RhywNidRhywedd. Mae carcharorion benywaidd ymhlith y grwpiau mwyaf bregus ein cymdeithas: mae dros 60% wedi profi trais domestig neu rywiol; mae gan > > oddeutu 65% anaf trawmatig i'r ymennydd o ganlyniad i'r cam-drin hwn, ac mae gan dros 50% broblemau iechyd meddwl.

Ac eto mae Adolygiad Barnwrol cyfredol yn yr Uchel Lys yn herio polisi’r Weinyddiaeth Gyfiawnder o gartrefu gwrywod sy’n uniaethu fel menywod yng ngharchardai >

The Equality Act 2010 specifically recognises the need for single-sex prisons – they are lawful on the basis of #SexNotGender. Female prisoners are among the most vulnerable groups in society: over 60% have experienced domestic or sexual violence; around 65% have traumatic > > brain injury as a result of this abuse, and over 50% have mental health problems.

Yet there is a current Judicial Review in the High Court challenging the Ministry of Justice’s policy of housing males who identify as women in women’s prisons. Despite the legal framework >

Cydnabuwyd ers amser maith yr angen am wasanaethau un rhyw i gefnogi menywod sydd wedi profi cam-drin domestig a thrais rhywiol, neu i ddarparu lloches iddynt. Mae eithriadau penodol yn Neddf Cydraddoldeb 2010 sy'n golygu ei fod yn gyfreithlon darparu gwasanaethau o'r fath i > > ferched yn unig, ar sail #RhywNidRhywedd, ac i staff benywaidd gael eu cyflogi ynddynt. Noda arbenigydd yn y maes bod "Gwasanaethau arbenigol i ferched a phlant sy'n cael eu heffeithio gan drais dynion yn cael eu peryglu gan gamddehongliad o’r Ddeddf Cydraddoldeb. Mae >

The need for single-sex services to support women who have experienced domestic abuse and sexual violence, or to provide them with refuge has long been recognised. There are specific exemptions in the Equality Act 2010 which mean that it is lawful to provide such services for > > women only, on the basis of #SexNotGender, and for female staff to be employed in them.

A expert in the field states that "Specialist services for women and children affected by male violence are being jeopardised by the misinterpretation of the Equality Act. Funders >

Domestic abuse and sexual violence are endemic in our society and the lock-down has exacerbated the problem. The UK saw a rise of 49% in the number of calls to domestic abuse services and the number of deaths trebled in 2020 compared to 2019 figures. 1/10 There was already a serious shortfall in refuge spaces: six families are turned away for every four who are offered a place. The overwhelming majority of victims are female, the perpetrators are overwhelmingly male. 2/10