Author: Lisa Mackenzie • Page 3
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Review of party manifesto commitments relating to women’s sex-based rights
Against a backdrop of active debate about women’s sex-based rights, this blog reviews the manifestos for the five parties represented in the last Scottish Parliament, as well as those...
28th April 2021
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For Women Scotland legal challenge to Gender Representation on Public Boards Act: putting the case in context
ForWomenScotland (FWS) announced earlier this week that they are seeking leave to appeal against the judgement in their case against the Scottish Government. Just as the Scottish Parliament went...
16th April 2021
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Stage 3 briefing on Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Bill (March 2021)
Circulated to MSPs on 8 March 2021 (also available as a PDF: Stage 3 MSP briefing final) Part 1 In line with the Bracadale Review, we agree that sex...
8th March 2021
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Closed doors and closing down debate: policy capture in the Hate Crime Bill (March 2021)
The Stage 3 debate on the Hate Crime and Public Order Bill will take place in the Scottish Parliament on Wednesday 10 March. The Bill has had an exceptionally...
7th March 2021
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ONS guidance for the sex question in the 2021 census in England and Wales
The next census in England and Wales will take place on 21 March 2021. For the past few years, both expert data users and feminist groups have been taking...
12th February 2021
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MBM submission to Law Commission on hate crime laws in England and Wales (January 2021)
This submission can also be downloaded as a briefing note. We welcome the opportunity to respond to the Commission’s consultation on hate crime legislation in England and Wales. Our...
8th January 2021
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Briefing for Stage 1 debate: Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Bill (December 2020)
We have prepared a briefing for MSPs ahead of the Stage 1 debate on the Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Bill which will take place on Tuesday 15...
14th December 2020
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Losing sight of women’s rights (again): A response to Cowan et al. Scottish Affairs
In August 2019, the peer-reviewed journal Scottish Affairs published our article ‘Losing Sight of Women’s Rights: the unregulated introduction of gender self-identification as a case study of policy capture...
13th November 2020
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Letter from Sir Bernard Silverman to Sir Ian Diamond (30 October 2020)
Letter sent by Sir Bernard Silverman, Chair of the Methodological Assurance Review Panel for the 2021 Census to Sir Ian Diamond, ONS National Statistician on Friday 30 October 2020....
2nd November 2020
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Letter to Sir Bernard Silverman, Chair of the Methodological Assurance Review Panel for the 2021 Census (22 October 2020)
Letter sent to Sir Bernard Silverman, Chair of the Methodological Assurance Review Panel for the 2021 Census sent by email on Thursday 22 October 2020
22nd October 2020