Author: Lisa Mackenzie
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Who are the interveners in the judicial review of the UK Government’s use of Section 35?
The judicial review of the UK Government’s decision to invoke Section 35 of the Scotland Act 1998 in respect of the Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill will be heard...
11th September 2023
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MBM letter to EHRC Scotland, April 2023
We were invited by the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) to participate in an online roundtable to discuss the preliminary findings in Scotland related to the protected characteristics...
25th April 2023
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Police Scotland: Leaving the Stonewall Workplace Equality Index
On 20 February 2023 the Daily Mail reported that Police Scotland had withdrawn from the Stonewall Workplace Equality Index (WEI) scheme. The scheme is described by Stonewall as ‘the...
23rd March 2023
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Briefing note on SPS Gender Identity and Gender Reassignment Policy
On Wednesday 22 February, the Scottish Parliament’s Criminal Justice Committee will take evidence from the Cabinet Secretary for Justice Keith Brown MSP and the Chief Executive of the Scottish...
16th February 2023
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Lucy Hunter Blackburn: Speech to Forth Valley Feminists’ Women’s Festival, 4 February 2023
Women and the Scottish Parliament: what the Gender Recognition Reform Bill taught us So first of all thank you for inviting me to speak on behalf of the three...
6th February 2023
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Lisa Mackenzie: Speech at rally for women’s rights, Scottish Parliament. 6 October 2022
For over half a decade the Scottish Government has worked on its proposals to reform the Gender Recognition Act. That represents a third of the time the current Government...
6th October 2022
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MBM supplementary note on the Gender Recognition Reform Bill to EHRCJ Committee
Following the conclusion of the oral evidence sessions on the Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill, we wrote to the Equality, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee to provide supplementary...
21st July 2022
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The potential for GRA reform to affect who can access single sex services: briefing for MSPs
The note below was sent yesterday to all MSPs on behalf of a number of women’s groups, following the first public session of Stage 1 of the Gender Recognition...
20th May 2022
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MBM submission on Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill
Our written evidence to the Scottish Parliament’s Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee can be found here. Our submission highlights that: The equality impact assessment (EqIA) of the...
16th May 2022
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How to submit evidence on the Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill
The Scottish Parliament Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice (EHRCJ) Committee is currently inviting written submissions on the Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill. The deadline is Monday 16 May...
27th April 2022