This time last year, our article 'Losing sight of women's rights: the unregulated introduction of gender self-identification as a case study of policy capture in Scotland' was published in the journal Scottish Affairs. A couple of months prior to publication,…
Read More Statement about Edinburgh University Press and our Scottish Affairs article
We have submitted evidence to the Stage 1 inquiry of the Justice Committee of the Scottish Parliament on the Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Bill. Summary of key arguments: The argument is not convincingly made by the Bracadale Review…
Read More MBM submission on the Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Bill
The UK is losing robust data on sex and the framing of the sex question in the 2021 census is set to make the situation worse. The sex question in the 2021 census will ask whether a person is…
Read More Domino effects: the implications of the framing the sex question in the 2021 census
Over the weekend, it was reported in The Sunday Times that the UK Government is scrapping plans to allow individuals in England and Wales to change legal sex simply by making a statutory declaration (often referred to as self-identification). The…
Read More A fork in the road? Comparing plans for gender recognition reform across the UK
“The proposed 2021 census will probably be the most important for a generation. It will begin to show the devastating effects of Covid-19 on our communities and individuals. It is imperative that the largest number of our citizens are included.”Lord…
Read More A negligible effect? The untested assumptions behind plans for the 2021 census
Reform ‘under the radar’? Lessons for Scotland from the Development of Gender Self-Declaration Laws in Europe will be published in the forthcoming edition of Edinburgh Law Review vol. 24 (2): pp 281-289. May 2020 An advance copy is available here:…
Submitted to the UK Parliament Women and Equalities Committee's inquiry on the impact of Covid-19 on those with protected characteristics under the Equality Act 2010 The Covid-19 pandemic is impacting on different protected groups in different ways. It appears that…
That women remain under-represented in public life is largely uncontested. Campaigns to improve the representation of women enjoy support across the political spectrum, even if there are differences in opinion on how that might be achieved. In early 2018, the…
We welcome today’s formal statement on the Scottish Government’s plans in relation to the Gender Recognition Reform Bill. The government has confirmed that work on the Bill is being suspended, as part of its response to the current emergency. The…
On what now seems like a lifetime ago, 9 March, we met officials from the Scottish Government to discuss the consultation on the draft Gender Recognition Reform Bill. Our meeting was with a senior official responsible for this area and…
Read More GRA Reform: Meeting with Scottish Government officials 9 March 2020
