Category: Gender recognition
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Amnesty International UK: Rights and Wrongs Part 2. A troublesome audit trail
Introduction This blog updates our previous post, which archived material associated with Amnesty International UK’s decision to publish a report (titled A Growing Threat) containing defamatory material about a...
23rd July 2026
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Putting violent men in women’s prisons: where was Scottish civil society?
Introduction This blog details our first attempt, via an academic article, to alert Scottish civil society to the Scottish Prison Service’s policy of placing some male prisoners in female...
9th July 2026
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MBM statement on FWS v The Scottish Ministers Judicial Review of Scottish Prison Service transgender prisoner policy
We welcome today’s ruling in the Outer House of the Court of Session that the Scottish Prison Service policy on transgender prisoners is unlawful. For over a decade the...
19th June 2026
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Losing focus: Women’s charities and the UK Supreme Court ruling
Women’s charities and the UK Supreme Court ruling Our latest report focuses on charities whose objects, as set out in their governing documents, state that they should benefit solely...
16th April 2026
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Why does the Scottish Prison Service hold men convicted of murder in the female prison estate? A policy timeline
Introduction On 3 and 4 February, the Scottish Government is heading to court to defend the Scottish Prison Service’s policy (2023) on the management of transgender prisoners. In a...
26th January 2026
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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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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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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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Giving women a voice: the Supreme Court and the STUC
Introduction The Scottish Trades Union Congress (STUC) was founded in 1897. Its stated purpose is to co-ordinate, develop and articulate the views and policies of the Trade Union Movement...
1st May 2025