RT @LabWomenDec: Whilst peers were standing up for women in Westminster's @UKHouseofLords, some incredible women were speaking up in @ScotParl during the Hate Crime Bill committee hearing. Thank you @ForwomenScot & @mbmpolicy. #WomenAreWatching ...
Thank you Lachlan. https://t.co/A38J46...
RT @campervanwoman: Enjoy a Lachlan thread! https://t.co/JlOPQv...
RT @RalphieBag: #WomenWontWeesht #WomenAreWatching https://t.co/Kvln3H...
RT @_freetodisagree: Astonishing. Around 600 responses to the Justice Committee‘s short, emergency consultation on the FoE provisions. The Hate Crime Bill remains highly contentious. Parliament should not nod it through as it stands in a couple of ...
RT @Obsolesence: #WomenAreWatching FWS Women in Scotland are furious and frightened, recent amendments (now pulled) had MSPs stand up and state that saying there are two sexes were disgraceful, knows that some people will use this people to attack ...
RT @AlisonJDowling: Huge debt of thanks owed to @ForwomenScot and @mbmpolicy for their contributions to the Hate Crime Bill committee hearing (called at v short notice), and to @Obsolesence for the live tweet. #WomenAreWatching ...
RT @ClaytonEuan: Some incredible speeches from Lucy Hunter and Susan Smith on the provisions for free speech in the Scottish hate crime bill. Thank you @ForwomenScot and @mbmpolicy for bringing light to important issues. They would be fools not to ...
RT @hightreebud: @amoozeboosh @ForwomenScot https://t.co/2FWHbw...
RT @amoozeboosh: @ForwomenScot These men, what are they like? Tim from EN saying it's not criminal to say there are only 2 sexes but could be discrimination to point this out more than once in a workplace... ffs. Are there only 2 sexes? Yes. ...
RT @carolinmcmillan: @lauramarsh70 @GraceBrodie @mbmpolicy @ForwomenScot Lucy and Susan pushed me over the edge. These men are detached and dispassionate whilst women are increasingly angry and terrified over what is a daily deluge of hate and ...
RT @amoozeboosh: @ForwomenScot Tickell doesn't have a clue does he? What woman can just wait until she's dragged through the court to find out she's a criminal or not? #WomenAreWatching
RT @MsGiveZeroFox: @FionaKabuki @McgillMorven @crit_gen @ForwomenScot @Obsolesence @cazadams58 @EdithHiom @TJVRD @AWumman @sandcrankin @RalphieBag @GillGreeny @damilne1 @ChrisFalconer16 @Leadinglady0609 @GraceBrodie @SofonisbaAngui7 @kaymoonshadow ...
RT @campervanwoman: I’m so struck by the dryness of all the contributions to the discussion except for those from Lucy Hunter Blackburn of @mbmpolicy and Susan Smith of @ForwomenScot. The stakes just aren’t as high for anyone else. Women are not ...
RT @carolinmcmillan: #WomenAreWatching I am in tears listening to Susan Smith @ForwomenScot passionately plead for women to be heard in Scotland. The fear and anger we feel wrt #HCB is visceral and is not being allayed by political parties adopting ...
RT @mbmpolicy: SS: Convener, you said you were frightened. Consider how frightened women are. I am sorry to be so emotional about this but this is difficult and traumatic and been a horrific experience for lots of vulnerable women. Please please ...
RT @mbmpolicy: SS: as we go into an election, we are concerned that women arguing against GRA reform advocated by SG will be criminalised. We need those reassurances upfront. We are not getting any reassurance. Women are angry.
RT @mbmpolicy: SS: it is not a hate crime to hang a real woman in effigy in a town square but a woman who was tortured under Franco can be drawn into criminal justice system. We have very little trust that this will not be used to target, harass and ...
RT @mbmpolicy: SS: we know the SG says CEDAW needs to be at the heart of everything we do. Political parties in Scotland have drawn up definitions of bigotry that means it is bigoted to talk about people's biology or using the wrong pronouns.
RT @mbmpolicy: Susan Smith (For Women Scotland): women in Scotland are furious and frightened by implications of this bill. Amendments tabled at Stage 2 were denounced as shocking and transphobic. We have a real issue that there are people determined ...
RT @maliamum: Susan Smith from @ForwomenScot brilliant and very emotional. Championing women and telling the committee we are very, very frightened about the implications for us. #SexNotGender #WomenAreWatching ...
Hate Crime Bill - submission on FoE amendments - For Women Scotland
Our written submission on the Freedom of Expression amendments to the Hate Crime Bill is now on our website: https://t.co/wnpUYq...
The Justice Committee meeting on the Hate Crime Bill is due to start very shortly at 2:30pm, where our Susan Smith will be giving evidence. Watch online at https://t.co/0vDvvQ... #hatecrimebill #WomenAreWatching ...
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RT @SarahPedersen2: My submission to the Scottish Parliament Justice Committee can be found https://t.co/wxJI53... There are over 600 submissions despite a tight deadline. How can the Committee sensibly consider these submissions before meeting this ...
RT @amoozeboosh: I don't believe @ShonaRobison, @RhodaGrant and @RonaMackaySNP can be happy about this now-evident plan. I refuse to. They are intelligent women, not turkeys voting for an early Christmas. #WomenAreWatching. https://t.co/aAAxOw...
Gender row: SNP is emerging as the main threat to independence | Hera…
#WomenAreWatching https://t.co/d3WIWB...
RT @Womans_Place_UK: It is hard to see how such a session can properly enable the Committee to reflect on the potential impact of changes to the law, especially in relation to Article 10 of the Human Rights Act but we do hope they listen very ...
A timely letter from @WomensPledge https://t.co/qC0X8Z...
RT @lazyjoolz: @Yvonne_Biology @ForwomenScot @ProfTomkins @fultonsnp @RhodaGrant @Liam4Orkney @RonaMackaySNP @liamkerrMSP @ShonaRobison I think it always was. The Scot govt has been erasing sex and replacing with gender wherever possible for years ...
RT @Yvonne_Biology: . @ProfTomkins @fultonsnp @RhodaGrant @Liam4Orkney @RonaMackaySNP @liamkerrMSP @ShonaRobison Was this always there intention? Leave women unprotected in the bill then redefine sex as gender id in the misogyny working group? ...
#WomenAreWatching https://t.co/ypCOv7...
RT @campervanwoman: So Eddie here, in ‘girl mode’, will be protected because of his ‘transgender identity’ in the HCB, the misogyny working group looks set to protect him as a woman, and if I say, truthfully, he’s a man, in four weeks time I could be ...
RT @campervanwoman: . @ProfTomkins @fultonsnp @RhodaGrant @Liam4Orkney @RonaMackaySNP @liamkerrMSP @ShonaRobison Was this always there intention?Leave women unprotected in the bill, then redefine sex as gender identity in the misogyny working group? ...
RT @WeirAlison: @ForwomenScot @antibarbie I was pretty horrified to read the Guardian piece this morning. It’s looking very much like the definition of misogyny will be based on gender and not sex. It is vital, therefore, that sex is included in the ...
So some rape will presumably be off the table when the working group consider crimes against women. #WomenAreWatching https://t.co/9c3KKf...
A session to which @_freetodisagree and its supporters were not invited. A group that includes such diverse voice as @PeterTatchell, @NaeFear, @IndexCensorship, @ASI, @NatSecSoc and many more, were not given one seat at the table. #WomenAreWatching ...
RT @_freetodisagree: Previous amendments for new free speech provisions, supported by numerous stakeholders, were withdrawn at the eleventh hour, after a backlash from a small minority of activists.
Anyone watching the committee today, please tweet with #WomenAreWatching. Spread the word! ...
RT @leakylike: @GenderDissident @ForwomenScot @HumzaYousaf @SP_Justice whilst women who id as trans are unprotected... abusive middle aged men have being using this to control younger women in trans community claiming they are victims of ...
Scottish misogyny law must protect all women, says Helena Kennedy
So there it is. Women in Scotland will not be protected on the basis of sex. Some of the most horrific attacks on women come from so- called from trans activists. Will women who campaign to uphold UK law be protected? #HateCrimeBill #WomenAreWatching ...