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Appointment of new EHRC chair: revisited
Introduction The Minister for Women and Equalities, Bridget Phillipson MP, last week confirmed Dr Mary Ann Stephenson as the next Chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC)....
2nd August 2025
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How the Scottish Human Rights Commission responded to the placement of men in women’s prisons
Correspondence with the Scottish Human Rights Commission In June 2023 we met with the SHRC to discuss our strong concerns about its submission (2022) to the Scottish Prison Service...
1st August 2025
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Who is responsible for the cost to the public purse of Peggie v NHS Fife and Dr Upton?
Introduction In this blog we try to answer the question of who is responsible for the decisions and costs to the public purse incurred in the case of Peggie...
30th July 2025
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A regressive step for Scottish policing: Police Scotland Interim transgender search guidance
Image: Progress flag at Police Scotland headquarters (posted on X 6 June 2024) 1. Introduction On 25 June 2025 Police Scotland published Interim guidance on Searching of transgender persons...
21st July 2025
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Pre-appointment scrutiny of the EHRC Chair: putting current events in context
Update 18 July: the Committees have today published their letter. We will now undertake an analysis of that. On 1 July Westminster’s Women and Equalities Committee and Joint Committee...
14th July 2025
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Prisons in Scotland: who is responsible?
On 25 April, following the judgment in the UK Supreme Court, we wrote to Angela Constance MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Justice, asking the Scottish Government to withdraw the Scottish...
11th July 2025
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Gender identity jargon vs inclusive communication: a case study
Image: Daily Mail 27 June 2025 Introduction Within the last decade, organisations have introduced jargon, derived from gender identity theory, that is hard to understand, inaccessible, or simply meaningless....
7th July 2025
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Response to the EHRC consultation: addressing confusion around the Code of practice for services, public functions and associations
The Equality and Human Rights Commission’s consultation on its Code of practice for services, public functions and associations closes later today. The EHRC is only seeking comments on those...
30th June 2025
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The threat to domestic violence support services for women in Edinburgh
Introduction This blog looks at a recent threat to funding provided by the City of Edinburgh Council to Edinburgh Women’s Aid (EWA). This arose from an objection to EWA’s...
16th June 2025
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Police Scotland and the Sullivan Review: getting data collection back on track
Introduction The recent publication of the Sullivan Independent Review of Data, Statistics and Research on Sex and Gender, to which we provided support, has thrown a spotlight on data...
9th May 2025