Honestly, women from all walks of life are able to go on marches and take trains. Unless the situation for the economically disadvantaged in Scotland (which I knew was bad), is so terrible they are now precluded from public transport and walking on ...
Lanarks WA lost funding to the "inclusive" SACRO https://t.co/pt4WLK...
RT @redmagzz: 3 women's aid groups in North Lanarkshire had all their local authority funding removed because they would not admit men to refuges or work with perpetrators of abuse. The contract for domestic violence services now sits with SACRO ...
Dear @BBCScotlandNews would you like to examine the legal and therapeutic objections to this guidance and issue a more balanced (as per charter) report. Thanks. https://t.co/CGIZbJ...
Women criticising the head of a rape centre have been accused (indirectly) of racism. So it is worth recalling what happened when the European Network of Migrant Women tried to support women attacked by someone found to be a sexist & racist. Who ...
Honestly, this lunacy was created because a Scottish QC suggested that centre bosses shouldn't suggest they were creating barriers for rape victims to accessing services. Follow links back from Jamie's post. https://t.co/5TbygI...
RT @colwight: If true, this is yet more madness from Scotland. Who can possibly think this is ok? The lunatics are running the asylum if this becomes policy. My boy was convinced he was Spider-Man at four, and still believed in Santa. š¤· ...
RT @LucyHunterB: @clarke_clarkej8 @ianssmart @ForwomenScot @ClaireShrugged @joannaccherry @millar_marion Nobody wants to take organisations to court when their resources already so stretched. What people do want though is for funders and regulators, ...
Sadly, we worry that parents will have to take Scot Gov to court to protect our children. @jfoster2019, is there anything UK gov can do to stop these breeches of law? https://t.co/9IEdcI...
Oh go on Iona. Tell us? Because we are tired, cross and unpaid. We'd love to know where the pay checks are. Unlike you, we think political activism and feminism is essential, grassroots and raw. We fight because no one else will and not for pay. ...
A very important point for all charity trustees. https://t.co/F6uFOR...
Of all the things in the School Guidance today, perhaps the worst is that @S_A_Somerville is happy to encourage a practice which has similar effects to breast ironing because it reduces mental distress (those who cut say the same). A thread of side ...
Thank you for this thread. The guidance issued by @scotgov and @S_A_Somerville is no less problematic than the previous one from LGBT Youth. This has the stamp of Gov, however. Foolish of them not to research and engage before, once again, issuing ...
RT @DalgetySusan: Scottish gov has issued school guidance for dealing with trans students. Section on breast binding has made me cry for those young women, fearful of their sexuality, fearful of their changing bodies. Is encouraging them to disfigure ...
RT @SafeSchools_UK: Shocking undermining of #safeguarding by @scotgov. Disturbing comments from @S_A_Somerville, has she even read this horrifying guidance? Marion Calder of @ForwomenScot is absolutely correct that this is a āfailure in ...
RT @_Leyanelle_: @HTScotPol Confirming that @ForwomenScot did not, in fact, misrepresent a thing. Also, see: https://t.co/pbnBYa...
Scottish four-year-olds can change gender at school without parents' ā¦
Our director Marion is quoted in this article on the worrying new guidance. āIt shows a failure in safeguarding and a removal of parental rights...children should be able to play and experiment with gender roles, with clothing, their likes and ...
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RT @fatblackcatspaw: If anything the ERC 'bigoted women' malarky has proven Gender Ideology is harmful to the most vulnerable women. Please do a regular donation to @ForwomenScot an entirely voluntary and donation led org to fight this ...
RT @ShonaghDillon: @dhothersall @LucyHunterB @ForwomenScot And the statements coming out around this debate are supported by the evidence in my research. My thesis is available in full if you want to read it. But here is a handy elevator pitch that ...
Our submission to the @ScotParl committee on conversion therapy. https://t.co/cCYdMy...
Very comprehensive article from @HTScotPol which reproduces the excellent analysis from @DrJessTaylor Also highlights that the current advert for a COO states it is women only but "says applications from trans women would be āespecially welcomeā." ...
We just want to know if a woman can be guaranteed female only support and spaces without having to make a fuss after she finds herself in a mixed-sex group. And what is the definition of "transphobia"? Does it incl women who wanted to request sex not ...
RT @gretabossetta: More gaslighting. A trauma response to a male body after rape is not bigotry. It is not us that need to reframe. It is you. https://t.co/OpYqqA...
RT @iseult: Where did the idea that trauma causes bigotry that must be unlearned come from? It is definitely not part of any trauma informed care or trauma support. If somebody tells you it is stay away from their service. I am calling bullsh*t on ...
RT @drgmlennox: 'Nervous' SNP politicians in last minute talks over Green deal plans- this has disaster written all over it https://t.co/mBeb5P...
RT @MenAtWork_MC: It saddens me that SO many men - straight, gay or bi - really, really donāt give a toss about womenās human rights. https://t.co/8L7RPb...
RT @rogdmum: @ForwomenScot @scotgov Iām not convinced they can. From my legal opinion re previous guidance where @ScotGov tried to distance themselves. They are even closer to this one by endorsing it. https://t.co/ej6RXh...
RT @Emily1Collins: All Wadhwa needed to say was: All our service users can choose the sex of their counsellor (before speaking to them) and we will not attempt to use our services for political campaigning. And sorry for ascribing your trauma to your ...
RT @K1rr1ly: It is NEVER a rape crisis support organisation's purview, and indeed it's utterly unethical practice, to "challenge" rape survivors on what anyone thinks are their "prejudices" when they are engaging for care & support That is NOT ...
RT @AcrossParents: @ForwomenScot @scotgov I agree with these comments, as a WA board member.
RT @LucyHunterB: Even if you are not particularly interested in this issue, if you are interested in how Scotland is run, and how public funding systems function, and how claims of representativeness at the national level are constructed, then you ...
Some great advice here for parents worried about the school guidance. https://t.co/JJYqGB...
Don't @scotgov employ lawyers anymore? Are they so frightened of LGBT youth etc that they will risk yet more illegal advice knowing that schools and local authorities will have to carry the can when it goes horribly wrong? https://t.co/02dww4...
Politicians like Mhairi Black and now Emma Roddick are trying to claim that there is a dangerous misrepresentation of these words. Nope, survivors object to the words MW said. defend them if you can, but don't pretend we can't hear or read! ...
RT @genspect: The @EuropeanPATH conference is on in Sweden today. There has been really heartwarming support from organisations all around the world as parent groups say #NoThankYouToEPATH. https://t.co/rjtHsc...
RT @jo_bartosch: Legitimate questions from survivors are not an attack, and a robust organisation with nothing to hide wouldn't frame them as such. Politicians should hold orgs like @rapecrisisscot to account, instead you're smearing rape survivors. ...
A thread. These women should be very proud: they did extraordinary things. Now they are being told by politicians like Black & Hunter that they cannot raise concerns about what the management class is doing to their legacy. Not good enough. ...
Schools should check with their insurers before they allow this. Especially if they do not tell parents. Are @scotgov trying to get schools and local councils sued? https://t.co/8RjEIa...
RT @WomenReadWomen: Education Secretary @S_A_Somerville and @ScotGovEdu are promoting the binding of young girls' breasts in Scotland's schools. This is self-harm and misogyny. https://t.co/kNrOzl... https://t.co/aaeJxB...
These concerns need to be addressed and investigated properly. @scotgov have pushed an agenda claiming the support of the women's movement. These comments show that concern is widespread. https://t.co/FfsP3t... https://t.co/PEz085...
RT @Darcy29127813: Why do trans people not build there own crisis centres? As Women have done. Why do stonewall not lobby for post operative specialists and clinics.Trans people need very different medical and mental needs from women. I'm sure ...
Hi Jamie are you claiming that this person's complaint was in relation to littering? Because it wasn't. https://t.co/9ogkQr...
RT @reel_woman: @ForwomenScot There needs to be a mass disaffiliation from SWA by Women's Aid Groups. They are risking women's safety in order to demonstrate their willingness to accommodate men. It is a kick in the teeth for all the dedicated ...
RT @lazyjoolz: @ForwomenScot This is monstrous. Staff bullied and nowhere for them to go. Their trade union if they are in one will no doubt be captured too. Will any elected member take it upon themselves to engage seriously with these women and ...
RT @VerdiMurray: Feminist organisations in Scotland are longer fit for purpose. I didn't think the CEO of Edinburgh Rape Crisis saying "bigoted" service users should be re educated could make me any angrier but then we have this today. The "girls ...
Reading the troubling responses to this blog and we are ever more concerned about what is happening in the sector. We really hope that someone follows this up. It needs to be reported and investigated. https://t.co/t93ooU... https://t.co/cDHykV...
RT @LucyHunterB: @scotgov I want to draw your attention to this by @Womans_Place_UK note, which provides a useful discussion on pronouns in the workplace. https://t.co/v2SuBi...
Excellent and robust response to RCS and SWA from @WG_Scotland #WomenWontWheesht https://t.co/f6jX4a...