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Use of statistics in the Scottish Government publication ‘Supporting Transgender Pupils in Schools’
Introduction This blog considers the use of statistics in the Scottish Government publication ‘Supporting Transgender Pupils In Schools’. The analysis raises serious concerns on grounds of accuracy, data quality,...
19th August 2021
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MBM submission to the Misogyny and Criminal Justice in Scotland Working Group (August 2021)
This submission can also be downloaded here Introduction During the passage of the Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Act 2021, we wrote extensively on the proposed legislation and...
6th August 2021
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Petition 1876: Next steps and further action needed
Our petition initially closed for signatories on 5 July, with 12,834 signatures (see update below). We are very grateful to all those who signed and shared it. All material...
23rd July 2021
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New crowdfunder: Keeping sight of women’s rights in policy and law
Over the past two and a half years, we have researched and written about women’s sex-based rights and gender self-identification across different areas of public policy in the UK....
2nd June 2021
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Letter to the Office for Statistics Regulation on criminal justice statistics: update (18 August 2020)
Many thanks for taking the time to speak to us last week, and updating us on the criminal justice statistics review. Thanks too for talking us through OSR’s proposed...
2nd June 2021
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Letter to the Office for Statistics Regulation on criminal justice statistics (22 June 2020)
22 June 2020 Dear We would like to raise our formal concerns about the reliability of some of the statistics published in ‘Criminal Proceedings in Scotland’. This is...
2nd June 2021
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MBM activity report: December 2020 to May 2021
Overview of our activity for the six month period from December 2020 to May 2021.
2nd June 2021
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MBM response to the UK Statistics consultation on inclusive data (26 March 2021)
(Sent by email, 26 March 2021) Dear Sir/Madam, Since 2018 we have undertaken extensive research and analysis on data collection in relation to sex and gender identity. Our work...
31st May 2021
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The exclusion of sex and extension of stirring up hatred (Stage 1 debate briefing) (December 2020)
This briefing can also be accessed here Introduction This briefing was prepared for the Stage 1 debate on the Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Bill. The briefing focuses...
30th May 2021
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Supplementary evidence on the Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Bill: the meaning of transphobia (November 2020)
This blog can be accessed as a briefing here Background On 29 November 2020 we submitted supplementary evidence to the Justice Committee in the light of (a) an open...
30th May 2021