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?

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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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 🚩
x.com/WomensRightsNe… 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.

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.

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

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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The @HMICFRS report into activism and impartiality in policing is out.

Its key findings are that the police are CONFUSED about the law and are NOT impartial because they DON'T UNDERSTAND what operational independence looks like.

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hmicfrs.justiceinspectorates.gov.uk/publication-ht… This flies in the face of the Government's assertion that they do not intend clarifying the Equality Act.

The HMICFRS report clearly states that clarification is needed. The Police recognise this. Why doesn’t the Government? @AnnelieseDodds
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telegraph.co.uk/politics/2024/…

We WANT to believe that the @metpoliceuk are listening to women.
We WANT to believe that they are serious about policing impartially.
But reality tells a different story.
We would like to update you now about the below response we received about extreme trans activism within the Metropolitan Police.
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Rewind to 21 July last year, when we released this short clip to illustrate our concerns about a ‘Trans Day of Visibility’ event that had been held by a member of Metropolitan police staff.

Officers and staff had been invited to attend.
We know there were at least 50 in the room and many more listening remotely. Speaking during this session were various activists. The messages given to officers and staff were disturbing.
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https://x.com/womensrightsnet/status/1682337544799678469?s=46&t=v-c-_XT3Lv6Ow-vgwIBPeA

How did @scotwomensaid end up in the sorry mess of advertising a key domestic abuse role for ‘women only’ but included men in that description?

The answer lies in their many years of shocking ideological capture and a total betrayal of the vulnerable women and families they serve.

A thread 🧵
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telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/08/2… This document ‘Stronger Together:
Guidance for women’s services on the inclusion of transgender women’ is available on the @scotwomensaid website.

Notably it states “Staff at LGBT Youth Scotland offered invaluable advice, including support with the drafting of the guidance and with the training package following the guidance”.

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Do women - their core customer base - actually even matter to @JohnLewisRetail?
Clearly not.

This powerful and heart breaking resignation letter from a former employee lays bare JL’s dismissive and abusive attitude to women in searing detail, and their lack of concern for the safety or comfort of female staff.

Along with many other women’s organisations, WRN have campaigned against the scandalous policy of companies like @JohnLewisRetail to allow men into changing rooms and toilets, whether staff or public ones.

We have written to them.
We have leafletted them.
We have carried out ‘mystery shopper’ exercises.
We have spoken to staff.
JL has not listened.

Not only do they neglect their employer safeguarding duties, they actively celebrate the fetishes of their male employees.

No wonder female staff feel so unsafe and so disregarded.

We stand with Lesley.
1/5 We’ve written to @JohnLewisRetail with our concerns.
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https://twitter.com/womensrightsnet/status/1485915555446108163

The Independent Office for Police Complaints IOPC is the police complaints watchdog for England and Wales. In June @policeconduct posted about their participation in Pride in London. Their Head of Comms at the time was also posting offensive & inflammatory messages.

https://x.com/policeconduct/status/1807055448149000207

Many WRN members complained & today we all received the same mealy-mouthed non-apology as a response. Whilst we are glad to learn that Smyth Harper no longer works as IOPC Head of Comms we are disappointed not to get any acknowledgement that his posts were wholly inappropriate.

As Valentina Petrillo of Italy takes a woman’s place at the @Paralympics we once again say #NonEGiusto.

This is a MAN. A man participating in women’s sport at the highest level and on the world’s biggest stage @Paralympics.
A man who acknowledges that the world sees a man’s body. Because he has, and always will have, a man’s body.
#SaveWomensSport
1/6 At the #OlympicGames , Angela Carini of Italy highlighted the appalling unfairness of being matched against a male opponent.

Yet in an ironic twist, her countryman Petrillo appears to have ignored the injustice faced by Carini and will instead himself compete against women.
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The #Paris2024Olympics were always going to be controversial. Bold claims to be the ‘Gender Equal’ Olympics didn’t stack up, even before the opening ceremony.

Little did we imagine that Paris could top the travesty of Tokyo which saw three male trans women selected for their countries in Archery, Cycling and Weightlifting, or the injustices of Rio and Tokyo which saw males with DSDs take medals in women’s athletics.

Paris pulled out all the stops when it came to shock value. When @ReduxxMag revealed that two male boxers, disqualified from previous women’s events, were due to fight in the women’s event at Paris there was worldwide revulsion.

That, coupled with the revelations that one of the Dutch athletes was a child rapist, and that coaches who had been convicted for child sex offences were also at the Games, brought the reputation of the IOC to rock bottom.

In the past 24 hours IOC President Thomas Bach has announced that he will not seek to extend his term of office. As we look forward to a new broom at @iocmedia we hope that whoever takes over has the nerve to instigate radical change before the LA Games in 2028.

Here’s what needs to happen to #SaveWomensSports 🧵1/ 1) Scrap the Olympic Framework that promotes the inclusion of males in the female category above the safety of female athletes, and fairness in their sport. The policy of ‘no presumption of male advantage’ is harmful to female athletes. 2/

As @IOCmedia President Thomas Bach settles down with his post-prandial Cognac this evening no doubt he will congratulate himself on a successful start to the ‘Gender Equal’ #olympics His officials have been at pains today to ‘big up’ the equality angle. Without wishing to rain on his parade (well only a little), we have questions. 🧵#SaveWomensSports #FairSafeEqual Q1. Why are two male boxers who had previously been disqualified from a women’s boxing championships for ‘having XY chromosomes’ listed to compete at Paris? That’s cheating. #SaveWomensSports

https://twitter.com/reduxxmag/status/1817263397706015193

In the light of the proposed conversion therapy ban, this harrowing 2020 article by Laura Dodsworth is more relevant today than ever. All of these women would have benefited from careful exploration of the real reasons for their bodily distress.
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thetimes.com/uk/society/art… Sinead would have benefited from careful exploratory therapy instead she was affirmed as trans immediately. A mastectomy & high dose testosterone have left her with irreversible effects on her body 2/7

News reaches WRN HQ: the new man at the top of @BBCSport is in post. A new broom! We’re thinking equal coverage of women’s sports, calling out the males in female categories, holding to account politicians and governing bodies allowing this to happen, accurate reporting of males with differences of sexual development in female sports?
bbc.com/mediacentre/20… We won’t hold our breath. Director of Sport @AlexKayJelski has previous when it comes to anti-female journalism. In a mastery of subconscious (or perhaps conscious) bias the BBC has appointed a man who will conform to the prevailing anti-female sentiment at the Beeb. How do we know?
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Another man admitting to holding serious indecent images is spared jail.

There is a growing concern our courts are no longer implementing sentences that reflect the level of threat and serious danger to women and children.

Courts are becoming too lenient under the guise of over crowded prisons and ‘extenuated circumstances’.

Every image represents a child who has been abused. These offences are very serious and damaging.
These men should be sentenced according to the guidelines.
Predators shouldn’t be allowed to prosper without fear or repercussion.

We are aware of a few number of cases over the last five months where women have been jailed for shoplifting while these men who possess child porn walk free.

These highly concerning cases must be urgently reviewed @AlexChalkChelt A quick google search reveals just how many of those cases there are

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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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1/6 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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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-… 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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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… #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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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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telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/01/1…