Category: Gender recognition • Page 8
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Are women’s rights human rights?
‘ legal change in a person’s gender is a significant and formal change in their status with potentially far-reaching consequences for them and for others, including the State.’ Mr...
21st October 2022
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Lisa Mackenzie: Speech at rally for women’s rights, Scottish Parliament. 6 October 2022
For over half a decade the Scottish Government has worked on its proposals to reform the Gender Recognition Act. That represents a third of the time the current Government...
6th October 2022
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GRA reform and the Equality Act: “not a single person who votes for that Bill will be able to say that they were not warned”
Yesterday, 4 October 2022, Lucy gave a presentation at an online seminar held by Woman’s Place UK, A Woman’s Place Is Working, on the importance of resolving the relationship...
5th October 2022
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Section 22: A missing jigsaw piece in the Gender Recognition Reform Bill
Section 22 of Gender Recognition Act 2004 (GRA) provides stringent privacy protections for Gender Recognition Certificate (GRC) holders, aimed at protecting the privacy of those whose transition would otherwise...
19th September 2022
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MBM supplementary note on the Gender Recognition Reform Bill to EHRCJ Committee
Following the conclusion of the oral evidence sessions on the Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill, we wrote to the Equality, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee to provide supplementary...
21st July 2022
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MBM response to evidence from the Cabinet Secretary on the Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill
Our response to the evidence from Shona Robison, Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Housing and Local Government on the Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill. The evidence from the Cabinet...
28th June 2022
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Stage 1 of the Gender Recognition Reform Bill: A Balancing Act?
On 28 June Shona Robison, the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Housing and Local Government will give evidence to the Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice (EHRCJ) Committee on...
25th June 2022
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Gender recognition reform in an international context
This week the Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee will take evidence from a number of witnesses who are likely to assert that international developments mean Scotland should...
20th June 2022
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Lessons from Denmark?
On Tuesday 21 June 2022, the Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee will take evidence from Dr Chris Dietz of the University of Leeds, whose research addresses the...
18th June 2022
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Gender recognition reform and data collection
At the next evidence session on the Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill (7 June) the Scottish Parliament’s Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice (EHRCJ) Committee will take evidence from...
5th June 2022