Forwomen.scot
40 posts todayWho rules Scotland? #WomenAreWatching https://t.co/qY0sbH...
Forwomen.scot
40 posts todayBRACE YOURSELVES! The deadline for amendments to the Hate Crime Bill was earlier today and we are waiting for the full list to be published. When it is, we'll put out a newsletter with a call to action. Look out for it in your inboxes and we'll post ...
Forwomen.scot
40 posts todayRT @hightreebud: @ForwomenScot @HumzaYousaf @JohannLamont @JennyMarra @liamkerrMSP @ProfTomkins Women are calling out this sham loud and clear. But where are our representatives, our MSPs, the Committee members? Please do not let this go by. ...
Forwomen.scot
40 posts todayWe are still waiting for full publication of #HateCrimeBill amendments. When they are out, we will be sending a newsletter and call to action. Spread the word. #WomenAreWatching @_freetodisagree ...
Forwomen.scot
40 posts todayIf Carlsberg did political duplicity... @HumzaYousaf you never engaged, you never listened. We have a lot of these memes. #WomenAreWatching https://t.co/i6IIrw...
Forwomen.scot
40 posts todayYes, we think it is just those stake holders. #Witchhunt #WomenAreWatching https://t.co/j8NKr6... https://t.co/ce1mIb...
Forwomen.scot
40 posts todayReally? #GovernmentLies #WomenAreWatching #NoConfidence https://t.co/LVMVWh...
Forwomen.scot
40 posts today.@HumzaYousaf you promised to listen to external stakeholders. You gave assurance on the record that you would engage. We have heard NOTHING from you. We said we do not trust you and, it seems, we are justified. #WomenAreWatching ...
Forwomen.scot
40 posts todayWhat happened @HumzaYousaf did you think we were swayed by words, not action? #WomenAreWatching @JohannLamont @JennyMarra @liamkerrMSP @ProfTomkins Where is the representation for women unpaid by gov? Why were EN the only stakeholders consulted on ...
Forwomen.scot
40 posts todayRT @SandyDrawsBadly: When “stakeholders” is a single lobby group. Shameful. https://t.co/K3QgN6...
Forwomen.scot
40 posts todayHarsh but accurate https://t.co/8Y2exh...
Forwomen.scot
40 posts todayWell now, this is interesting and devious. Why would you not want to collect this data @HumzaYousaf? https://t.co/2aLcDS...
Forwomen.scot
40 posts todayThis from a man who has introduced a bill which would see women criminalised for talking about breaches to Equality Law (Becky Kaufmann in committee said a declaration based on CEDAW is "transphobic") All about women? Prove you care about women. ...
Forwomen.scot
40 posts todayThis was the basis for the prison policy now being challenged in England. https://t.co/AJtB2y...
Forwomen.scot
40 posts todayRT @AlisonJDowling: @ArchfeyRuse @JohannLamont @HumzaYousaf @ForwomenScot @mbmpolicy @HumzaYousaf this is the kind of authoritarian vindictiveness that your Hate Bill will legally empower. Do you think the Scottish people will stand for this when ...
Forwomen.scot
40 posts todayThe Lord Advocate shows the 'punishable' Scottish parliament where power really lies https://t.co/zHCDyW... via @spectator ...
Forwomen.scot
40 posts todayRT @mbmpolicy: The SG responded saying that they were "unable to provide information on the number of crimes where the victim was an individual who cross dresses". https://t.co/66hSOA...
Forwomen.scot
40 posts todayRT @mbmpolicy: A short addendum to this thread. As set out above, the Cabinet Secretary told MSPs on 2 February that "cross-dressers are also included because there is evidence to suggest that they experience hate crime". https://t.co/8Qx9Gg...
Forwomen.scot
40 posts todayRT @maggiemellon: @HumzaYousaf could you spare a minute from placating funded lobby groups to meet with critics of your Bill? To be very frank we want to be able to criticise male privilege in the frankest terms and fear they and you want to shut us ...
Forwomen.scot
40 posts todayRT @SmithScore: @HumzaYousaf Have you replied to @ForwomenScot yet? They have some brilliant points to make to you. Irony is, the inquiry you tweet about & the FM you claim to support is shouting about women being failed. So will you meet with a ...
Forwomen.scot
40 posts todayMeanwhile in England, the JR over the housing of trans prisoners in the female estate continues. https://t.co/NUdakj...
Forwomen.scot
40 posts todayRT @blairmcdougall: Maybe if Scotland wasn't the sort of country where the Justice Secretary spends all day tweeting about the politics of evidence given under oath to a parliamentary inquiry, we might not be where we are today.
Forwomen.scot
40 posts todayThat sounds sane and in no way sinister. Threatening an MSP with @HumzaYousaf's #HateCrimeBill? https://t.co/KzfjUp...
Forwomen.scot
40 posts todayIf @HumzaYousaf is at a loose end, we have some questions about the amendments to the #HateCrimeBill
Forwomen.scot
40 posts todayRT @DalgetySusan: Sturgeon wrapping herself in #MeToo movement and insisting she is a champion for women and girls hasn't impressed everyone... https://t.co/gJZuRU...
Forwomen.scot
40 posts todayIndeed we would! https://t.co/WxLkLB...
Forwomen.scot
40 posts todayHe should but perhaps there's no one working at the lobby groups today... https://t.co/pOwEgB...
Forwomen.scot
40 posts todaySo @HumzaYousaf is resistant to removing corroboration in cases of rape and sexual assault. However, he is happy to ditch this supposedly fundamental principle of Scots Law for part 2 of #HateCrimeBill to prove "prejudice" https://t.co/tIfaXV...
Forwomen.scot
40 posts todayRT @lazyjoolz: Getting pretty tired listening to FM talking about men in positions of power sexually harassing women when her govt won't define "women" and protects cross dressing men but not women in Hate Crimes Bill. Hypocrisy.
Forwomen.scot
40 posts todayRT @rattlecans: Embdy wantin tae by a @ForwomenScot badge? They're awfie pretty https://t.co/vWvVuC...
Forwomen.scot
40 posts todayThis is how policy capture happens. Also worth nothing that, recently, funded orgs tend to submit joint responses to consultations. Several groups, all funded by gov, with but one mind on almost every issue. There is a massive issue with civic ...
Forwomen.scot
40 posts todayRT @charlesworth102: Just look at the number of Scot govt working groups Engender is on. Putting aside the blatant exclusion of women's voices if you can, no one group should have this much influence. https://t.co/VnHHuH...
Forwomen.scot
40 posts todayRT @ChrisFalconer16: @ashmill1973 @ForwomenScot This Shirley A Somerville? Well that’s reassuring - NOT! https://t.co/zgvHbw...
Forwomen.scot
40 posts todaySee also Engender. Who at least are honest that they do not represent or consult with women, nor commission research. Strangely, however, Scot Gov seem to think them representative. https://t.co/zbrWKs...
Forwomen.scot
40 posts todayIf it actually were a skirt, of course, the answer is 'none' & 'have loads of protection'. "One of those examples is that a man who is not a trans woman who is dressed for say a drag performance...could be at high risk of transphobic hate crime.” ...
Forwomen.scot
40 posts todayRT @GeorgeWOxford: This puts other well-publicised questions about @scotgov’s integrity in the shade. Women’s rights are seen by ministers through the prism of Trans rights. It is morally corrupt. https://t.co/e2YU7b...
Forwomen.scot
40 posts todayRT @charlesworth102: FOI power! Scots govt consults on intersex conditions with intersex experts?? No! Don't be silly - they consulted the trans lobby. https://t.co/oez4ga...
Forwomen.scot
40 posts todayRT @AudreySuffolk: Policy makers should endeavour to hear a wide variety of voices and especially those, even small groups, known to have concerns, because of their protected characteristic. Otherwise they risk breach of PSED and/or indirect ...
Forwomen.scot
40 posts todayTwo more examples of #PolicyCapture and the reliance of Scot Gov on the lobby groups they fund. https://t.co/qEUuAI...
Forwomen.scot
40 posts todayIn answer to questions from @elainesmithmsp, Christine McKelvie confirms Scot Gov do not consult with range of orgs to seek the views of women. However, Engender (who say they do not represent or consult women) have a seat at multiple tables, incl ...