Category: Gender recognition • Page 9
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Who is giving evidence to the Committee on gender recognition reform?
The Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee is currently conducting its Stage 1 examination of the Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland ) Bill. Written submisisons The call for written...
2nd June 2022
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Joint statement by MBM, Keep Prisons Single Sex, LGB Alliance and For Women Scotland
Gender reconition reform: evidence to the Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee, 31st May 2022 We were pleased to have the opportunity to give evidence to the EHRCJ...
31st May 2022
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Lucy Hunter Blackburn: Oral evidence to the Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee, 31st May 2022
“Think of it this way. If a GRC is a sort of key, and you are going to hand out lots more copies, to a more diverse group, the...
31st May 2022
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Joint note on Scottish Government handling of gender recognition reform
The note below was sent to Joe Fitzpatrick MSP, Convener of the Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee. The note highlights the Scottish Government’s inadequate policy processes, its...
30th May 2022
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Has the Scottish Government undertaken any further analysis on gender recognition reform since 2019?
On 2 March 2022 the Scottish Government published the Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill. On introducing the Bill Social Justice Secretary Shona Robison stated: ‘This Bill does not introduce...
20th May 2022
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MBM submission to Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee on the Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill
Our submission to the Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee on the Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill can be read below. A copy of the submission can also...
20th May 2022
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The potential for GRA reform to affect who can access single sex services: briefing for MSPs
The note below was sent yesterday to all MSPs on behalf of a number of women’s groups, following the first public session of Stage 1 of the Gender Recognition...
20th May 2022
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MBM submission on Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill
Our written evidence to the Scottish Parliament’s Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee can be found here. Our submission highlights that: The equality impact assessment (EqIA) of the...
16th May 2022
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How to submit evidence on the Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill
The Scottish Parliament Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice (EHRCJ) Committee is currently inviting written submissions on the Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill. The deadline is Monday 16 May...
27th April 2022
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Cross-border effects of GRA reform in Scotland: unanswered questions
We have written previously about the potential cross border effects of the Scottish Government’s proposals to introduce a self-declaration model of legal sex change. In 2003, the then Scottish...
27th April 2022