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Apr 14 6 tweets 3 min read
The elections for the role of Police & Crime Commissioner are taking place on 2nd May. The incumbent @ASPolice PCC, @ShelfordMark is seeking re-election.
We call upon the women of Avon and Somerset to hold ALL their PCC candidates to account.
Ask him and all other candidates -
🚨Will they commit to single sex services for domestic violence and sexual violence victims?
🚨Will they commit to ensuring their Women’s IAG is just that – for women?
They are currently failing women.
#AskYourPCC #RespectMySex
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1/6Image The overwhelming majority of domestic violence and sexual violence victims are women.
The overwhelming majority of domestic violence and sexual violence perpetrators are men..

Yet not a single female-only support service exists in the Bristol area for women who have suffered domestic or sexual violence. Sadly, this is replicated in other regions.

It is unacceptable and scandalous.
Yet our police forces and PCCs are complicit in this.

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Apr 11 4 tweets 4 min read
What has the #CassReport got to do with sport?

While the focus of Cass is on the medical and surgical pathway of vulnerable children and young adults, it appears that sports NGBs may have been part of the problem. Our analysis of over 70 transgender sports policies reveals many which support the social transition of children - against the advice of Cass

Children who socially transition - being treated as the opposite sex, using pronouns and a name of their choice, being allowed to use the toilets and changing rooms of their choice - are more likely to undergo medical treatment later, says the Cass Report.

Over 50 sports allow males to self-identify into female categories for competition. We were shocked to find examples of sports encouraging participants - including children - to use preferred pronouns and names, and to use the changing rooms / toilets of their choice. It is not the role of any sport to facilitate the social transition of children and young people.


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1/4womensrights.network/sporting-body-…Image Take Sailing. The governing body, @RYA, exhorts club officials to ask members for their name and pronouns, stating that ‘other club members should use the right pronouns’. If anyone in the club makes a mistake, they should be ‘politely reminded if they accidentally forget to do so’.

The RYA changing room policy states: ‘trans people should be able to use the toilets, showers and changing rooms of their self-identified gender, whether or not they undergo gender surgery or retain the physical characteristics of their former gender.’

Reminder to all: self-identification is NOT the law in the UK.

‘The use of single sex facilities can be challenging for trans people,’ says the RYA.

Not worrying about the women and girls who might find it ‘challenging’ to share their facilities with any old Tom, Dick or Harry who fancies being female today.


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Apr 10 10 tweets 3 min read
The #CassReport has detailed what many of us have been warning for some time.
@NHSuk GIDS services have comprehensively failed vulnerable children and young people.
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1/10cass.independent-review.uk/home/publicati…Image #FirstDoNoHarm was ignored and instead activists were given free rein to promote a treatment pathway which encouraged young people to embark on life-changing medical and surgical treatments.
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Apr 4 9 tweets 2 min read
In January our report #StateSanctionedSexualAssault was published. Only days later, @PoliceChiefs withdrew the policy.

Did each force follow suit or carry on breaching the law? Here goes with a breakdown ……

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womensrights.network/wrn-police-rep… First up:
@CambsCops
@DerbysPolice
@LincsPolice
@NorfolkPolice
@syptweet
@SuffolkPolice
@sussex_police
@ThamesVP
All told us they were RETAINING the unlawful policy despite the ongoing review. Outrageous.
If you’re a woman living in any of these force areas, do let your Chief Constable, your PCC and your MP know your views.
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Mar 25 4 tweets 3 min read
Elite sportswomen fear for the future of women’s sport because lax rules allow males into female categories, says a @BBCSport survey of top-flight women in 28 sports.

Good to see a survey of this kind on the BBC. But, and there’s always a but, the survey was not all it seemed.

‘A questionnaire was sent to 615 athletes, including any applicable transgender athletes, in 28 sports,’ says the BBC. We don’t know what ‘any applicable transgender athletes’ means – is it males identifying as female or females identifying as males? Either way, the results are likely to be skewed.

When asked: ‘How comfortable do you feel about transgender athletes competing in female categories in your sport?’ 73% of the 143 respondents said they were uncomfortable (45) or very uncomfortable (59).

We’d say that's an overwhelming majority – and in line with other anonymous surveys of female athletes – but the BBC says: ‘while those uncomfortable on transgender participation in elite women's categories outnumbered those comfortable by 10 to one from the respondents, the results cannot be taken as representative of how elite British sportswomen feel across the board.’

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bbc.co.uk/sport/68564019 Women told @BBCSport: Having transgender women in female categories was like 'going back in time and putting women at the bottom of the pile again,' said one woman. Others said it created an 'unfair playing field' and could be 'harmful'.

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Mar 21 8 tweets 2 min read
Health systems are failing women in so many ways, as this important article in @bmj_latest highlights.
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bmj.com/content/384/bm… The Women’s Health Strategy published in 2022 pointed out multiple problems around menstrual and gynaecological conditions, HRT, pregnancy and maternity care.
But that’s just the tip of an iceberg of inequality.
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Mar 20 7 tweets 2 min read
It’s extraordinary that this was EVER up for debate, but we welcome the @MailOnline’s coverage of a new study confirming the drug-induced secretions of men are NO substitute for breastmilk.

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Image The study focuses on a man’s desire to ‘chestfeed’ the infant he fathered using sperm frozen before he started taking cross-sex hormones.
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Mar 15 5 tweets 2 min read
Both horse flesh and women's flesh are served up as entertainment for men at @cheltenhamfest
Heather Binning of Women’s Rights Network says:
‘The Women’s Rights Network has been concerned about Cheltenham festival for some time'.
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@BenQuinn75 @guardian
theguardian.com/sport/2024/mar…Image In October last year, some of our members attended a Borough Council Licensing Sub-Committee meeting to express our concerns about the safety of local women and girls in the area, especially during the racing festival.
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Mar 13 8 tweets 3 min read
What is happening at @BBCNews?

Yesterday afternoon, the Department of Health @DHSCgovuk announced the NHS @NHSEngland would no longer prescribe puberty blockers to children reporting gender confusion. Were the BBC all over this important story? No.

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bbc.com/news/health-68…Image The @Press Association X account announced this important breaking news at 3:26pm.
@SkyNews @itvnews @thetimes @Telegraph and others were also quick to cover the story. Where were the BBC?
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Mar 9 5 tweets 2 min read
We have highlighted just some of the outstanding women in the WRN network for #InternationalWomansDay2024. Each one is a #WRNWarrior, fighting to protect women and girls. Why not join us? #IWD24
1/4 Image Dawn has made an incredible impact. She supports the membership team and compiles the WRN Facebook page. She works hard and is unstoppable. She's an active member of @WRN_Manchester and is always thoughtful, fun, passionate and ready to engage. A #WRNWarrior
#IWD
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Mar 7 7 tweets 3 min read
On #InternationalWomensDay2024, we continue to celebrate our amazing members, our women across the world who work tirelessly to safeguard the rights of women and girls.
Let’s celebrate #WRNWarrior women! #IWD2024
1/7 Image Laura is a vital member of @WRNScotland. She is proactive getting stuck in, supporting and inspiring other members. She put a tremendous effort in gathering FOI requests on single-sex spaces in leisure centres and hospitals. She emails MPs & attends protests and women’s rights events.
#WRNWarrior #IWD2024
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Mar 7 7 tweets 3 min read
We continue to celebrate the incredible women in our network for #InternationalWomensDay2024.
They make the difference - resolute, defiant and truly inspirational. We are a thriving grassroots movement. Why not join us? #IWD2024
1/7 Image Beth @CrochetLady15 leads the women in the north of @WRNWales. She is an unstoppable force and recently linked with several groups to ensure all were represented at a local women's event where they had been refused a voice. She organises campaigns, membership, leafleting and letter-writing. Her humour and charm are as legendary as her crocheting skills. She is a #WRNWarrior #IWD2024
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Mar 6 6 tweets 2 min read
For #InternationalWomensDay2024 #IWD24, we continue to celebrate the incredible grassroots women, working so hard to make a real difference to the lives of other women now, and for the generations of women to come. Each one is a #WRNWarrior
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1/6 Image Georgina @UnrepentantGee writes letters to her MP, leaflets, signs petitions, attends meetings & rallies, takes part in prison protests, and took part in actions supporting our Iranian sisters.
She never misses an opportunity to raise awareness and amplify the voices of women. #WRNWarrior #IWD2024
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Mar 6 7 tweets 3 min read
The information in the HMI Prisons inspection report on Wetherby, with details of a teenage girl being repeatedly held down and stripped by male prison officers, is deeply shocking. The details behind this, however are even more so.

IT’S TIME FOR ACTION.
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theguardian.com/society/2012/a…Image Wetherby is a prison for boys, with many male officers. So why was a girl there in the first place? The answer is the appalling state of the custodial estate for children. Two mixed establishments, Medway and Rainsbrook, were closed because of multiple urgent safeguarding concerns.
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Mar 4 5 tweets 2 min read
For #InternationalWomensDay2024, we are celebrating our amazing members, the women across the world who work tirelessly to safeguard the rights of all women & girls. Every day leading up to #IWD2024, we will highlight incredible grassroots women.
Let's celebrate our #WRNWarrior women! 🔥
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1/4Image Zuliakha started @WRNAfghanistan.
She defied the Taliban, refusing to be cowed by their misogynistic edicts. In Afghanistan, she taught girls online and networked internationally to raise awareness of the true situation for women & girls in her country. She is truly courageous, an inspirational #WRNWarrior for #IWD2024. 🔥
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Feb 26 4 tweets 1 min read
Our judiciary didn’t believe him when he said he was innocent, because the evidence said he was guilty. So why do they believe him when he says he’s a woman, when all the evidence screams MAN?

Since so many media outlets are spreading misinformation:

Scarlet Blake is a man.

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His sex is relevant to his crime. At the sentencing, the judge cited “a clear sexual motivation for the killing” when listing aggravating factors. We know violent sex offences are overwhelming a male crime.

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Feb 24 10 tweets 6 min read
'Scarlet' Blake is the latest in a long line of violent men who claim 'women's identities' before or after committing a serious offence. He is, and remains a man, no matter what he calls himself.

These are #NotOurCrimes and we will not be silenced.
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1/10 Violent male offenders Blake killed, dissected and liquidised a cat before murdering Jorge Martin Carreno.

These are the acts of a cruel, sadistic MAN. Not a woman. These are #NotOurCrimes
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Feb 9 6 tweets 3 min read
Parkrun CEO Russ Jefferys broke cover on @BBC5Live to defend the removal of results listings from the @parkrunUK website. ‘The criticism we faced from the Women’s Rights Network and others is down to a total misunderstanding of what parkrun is. It is not a race. It is not a competitive event,’ he told the nation.

We weren’t invited to give our side so here it is… Not a Race?
For 20 years parkrun has listed results, publicised fastest finishers, applauded age-group ‘winners’. Thousands of parkrunners see it as a race and are bitterly disappointed that they will no longer be able to compare their results. If it’s not a race why are there world records? (as featured on @BBCSporthttps://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/67811741#)Image
Feb 6 13 tweets 5 min read
A 🧵on @TheLancet ‘study’ claiming transgender people are more likely to have long-term mental health problems.

This 'study' has more holes in it than a Swiss cheese.


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Image The authors claim to have no competing interests, and yet are affiliated to organisations that promote gender ideology.

🚨One is affiliated to the LGBT Foundation
🚨 Another to the Proud Trust and The Proud Place LGBT+ Community Centre.

This is a clear and blindingly obvious conflict of interest.
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Jan 19 9 tweets 4 min read
When the phrase gender pay gap was coined, it meant SEX pay gap.
Of course it did.

BUT - if you think it STILL means that, you need to read the latest government guidance👇

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#SexNotGender gov.uk/government/pub…
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It’s just that nobody told you.

Gender no longer means sex in government departments. Take a look 👇
 
#SexNotGender
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Jan 8 8 tweets 4 min read
BREAKING 🚨 - STATE SANCTIONED SEXUAL ASSAULT
A new policy has been implemented under the radar by the majority of police forces in the country.
This allows trans-identifying male officers (men who claim to be women) to STRIP and intimately search women.
If you object, you are guilty of HATE.
Read more in our report by WRN’s @JackMerched below 👇



#StateSanctionedSexualAssault
#PoliceFailWomenAgain
#ListenToWomen
1/7womensrights.network/wrn-police-rep…Image Following a lengthy campaign of letters, emails and FoI Act requests, we know that 35 out of 47 forces have ALREADY IMPLEMENTED or will implement the policy.
Check the status of YOUR force in our report.
#StateSanctionedSexualAssault
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