Forwomen.scot

 

18 February 2022

 

Forwomen.scot

41 posts today

RT @LabWomenDec: This. When it matters, women can make common cause across our political differences. One of the strengths of @ForwomenScot is that they bring together women of all political parties and none, and across the indy-union divide. Proud ...

February 18th @ 5:36 pm |

Forwomen.scot

41 posts today

RT @holyroodmandy: In another world, at another time, ‘lifelong feminists’ would applaud a legal judgement that recognises both women and trans women and how they could be represented. That appears to not be this time or this world or indeed this ...

February 18th @ 4:54 pm |

Forwomen.scot

41 posts today

Also, we couldn't have done today without the amazing women of @LabWomenDec @AlbaParty @CUPWomensPledge @CforWomenUK @LibVoice4Women @WomensPledge and women from EW & Scot Greens. There is so much more that unites us than divides us and we love ...

February 18th @ 4:51 pm |

Forwomen.scot

41 posts today

RT @F4bP4m: It is no exaggeration to say that the mothers and daughters and sisters and all those Women friends and lovers of not just Scotland but the whole United Kingdom can sleep easier tonight because of @ForwomenScot. A truly monumental legal ...

February 18th @ 4:45 pm |

Forwomen.scot

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RT @CallieMac88: @ForwomenScot @AlbaParty No, thank you. Credit where credit is due. This wasn’t easy with the potential for huge personal repercussions for you. Women across Scotland salute you. Marion, Trina & Susan-🥂#Sheroes 💚🤍💜 ...

February 18th @ 4:14 pm |

Forwomen.scot

41 posts today

RT @mara_yamauchi: So we are supposed to believe a mediocre male swimmer who was unremarkable in men’s swimming is suddenly better than a female world record holder & Olympian?! https://t.co/QCa53Y...

February 18th @ 4:12 pm |

Forwomen.scot

41 posts today

Thank you all so much for your support. This has been an awesome day and we are very happy that women have this victory. We couldn't have done it without the support of thousands of ordinary people. Women's right still matter in Scotland! #SOS ...

February 18th @ 3:38 pm |

Forwomen.scot

41 posts today

RT @PGtwweets: The work @ForwomenScot do is invaluable under this hostile Scottish Government. If I can pay £10 pm to a TV streaming service then I can do the same to help in the ongoing fight for women's rights. ✊ https://t.co/SI9rlF...

February 18th @ 2:33 pm |

Forwomen.scot

41 posts today

During the time Sturgeon was FM members of her party, including @joannaccherry & @JoanMcAlpine were subject to grotesque abuse from men in the party. Women's orgs like ours are regularly traduced by men in the party or officers of Gov funded ...

February 18th @ 2:31 pm |

Forwomen.scot

41 posts today

RT @campervanwoman: Raising a glass to celebrate ⁦@ForwomenScot⁩’s success in their appeal. Men aren’t women even if they have a lady name on their gas bill. Imagine that! Cheers everyone! https://t.co/trPx7o...

February 18th @ 2:00 pm |

Forwomen.scot

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RT @Womans_Place_UK: @scotgov @ForwomenScot We hope @scotgov will now honour its commitment to consult with women on any proposals to change the law. Last-minute (30 minute) meetings don't indicate serious intent in this regard - but we would like to ...

February 18th @ 1:53 pm |

Forwomen.scot

41 posts today

“Had this Act not been challenged, it would have allowed for the farcical position of Scottish public boards to comprise entirely of men, half of whom 'self-identify' as women." https://t.co/2eDIyl...

February 18th @ 1:21 pm |

Forwomen.scot

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RT @FeministRoar: Some highlights from the ruling today on @ForwomenScot's appeal re the definition of "women" and whether the Scottish Parliament were acting outside their competence in the Gender Representation on Public Boards (Scotland) Act 2018. ...

February 18th @ 10:16 am |

Forwomen.scot

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RT @DSanderson_85: Trina Budge, of For Women Scotland, says "unfunded volunteers" have been left to correct faulty legislation. “It would have allowed men who had not had to deal with pregnancy or workplace motherhood penalties to take advantage ...

February 18th @ 10:07 am |

Forwomen.scot

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RT @DSanderson_85: An attempt by SNP ministers to ‘redefine the meaning of women’ to include people born male has been ruled unlawful by Scottish courts. Appeal by @ForwomenScot over the definition of women in 2018 legislation is upheld at the Court ...

February 18th @ 10:07 am |

Forwomen.scot

41 posts today

RT @wornoutmumhack: Yesterday we had a woman’s verbal abuse dismissed as imaginary by a politician, today a newspaper wants people to imagine a woman never existed in the first place. And people wonder why women are “radicalised”. ...

February 18th @ 8:42 am |

Forwomen.scot

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RT @SarahPedersen2: There is clearly an appetite for discussions about gender-critical women in Scotland. Having been published for a week, my article is now on the 'most read' list for @ScottishAffairs - with some classy company @LucyHunterB ...

February 18th @ 6:59 am |

Forwomen.scot

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RT @CforWomenUK: Thrilled for the women at @ForwomenScot who fight for all of us, with no government funding, just the time, energy, and donations of thousands of ordinary women, horrified, as we are, to see the category of WOMAN being erased. ...

February 18th @ 5:34 am |

Forwomen.scot

41 posts today

RT @joannaccherry: Breaking News! @ForwomenScot have won their Inner House appeal on the Gender Representation on Public Boards Act. It turns out that #SexMatters & concerns about the undermining of the protected characteristic are valid. This ...

February 18th @ 5:33 am |

Forwomen.scot

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RT @TitaniaMcGrath: Yet another news story about a woman exposing her penis in public. There must be some explanation for this bizarre rise in sex crimes among women. For now, it remains a mystery. 🤷‍♀️ https://t.co/P6F00o...

February 18th @ 2:59 am |

Forwomen.scot

41 posts today

Like screening programmes that depend on a person's sex? Maternity? You can't plan for those now, can you? It's not a win for Scotland, Angus, just for a sexist ideology that says "woman" is a costume. https://t.co/HEbv3k...

February 18th @ 12:24 am |