The medical director, said: “We are keen to remove barriers and work closely with communities to encourage the uptake of the vaccination.
"By working with XXXX and other local women’s networks, we can spread our message and information about the vaccines to parts of the local population which may not have access to the facts surrounding the vaccine and the vaccination programme.
"We are willing to work with everyone and create spaces that are sensitive to people’s cultures and beliefs to ensure there are no barriers to vaccine take-up. Our team tomorrow will be an all-women team of vaccinators and admin volunteers.
"This is the most successful vaccination programme ever and we are determined no communities will be left behind."
I must admit I hesitated to post this (not wanting to alert the monitors) but it is quite well publicised in the area and I think they are well enough supported in the wider community that they could avoid too many issues.
I thought it might be a helpful point for some of the recent new posters on here Welcome new Posters to understand the wider impacts of gender ideology.
However, this demonstrates perfectly how we need to consider the needs of all people. Many women in that area were not engaging with the Covid vaccination programme due to cultural issues ie. if there were men giving the vaccinations, they could not access them. If male people are allowed to self-id into that space, these women would not be able to access it.
This could be a matter of life and death for some women. Many of the policies that public service bodies like the NHS, local councils , the police, schools, employers etc have allowed Stonewall to influence only consider the 'Equality' of one protected characteristic when creating their Diversity policies and training.
In most cases they have used Stonewall's false information relating to the law so that one protected characteristic (Gender Reassignment) not only has full protection from discrimination and bullying but also acquires access to single sex spaces reserved for the opposite sex (and in doing so, removes those exact single sex spaces from the women).
The policies incorrectly place the perceived rights of the person with the pc of Gender Reassignment above people with other protected characteristics (Sex, Disability, Religious Beliefs).
There was a lady on here recently who was upset to find that her workplace was allowing male people to self-id into the female toilets. This meant that she and the other women with religious beliefs that prevented them from sharing that space with male people (regardless of how they identify) are potentially excluded from working there.
Young girls from a Muslim background who go to university are at risk of being excluded because many universities have effectively removed single sex facilities and even sleeping arrangements (shared rooms/flats etc) are put at risk because many universities allow students to self-identify their sex so it is entirely feasible that a girl will be placed in a shared room with a male bodied student. If she protests - she will be accused of transphobia by the university as they have put that policy in place in full knowledge of the consequences. That is not a good start to a young student's academic career.
We need to ensure that all policies give equal weight the needs of ALL protected characteristics in the Equality Act 2010, not just one.
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This is Really Good! Women only Covid Vaccination Clinic to Overcome Cultural Barriers in Predominantly Muslim Community
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gardenbird48 · 19/03/2021 10:45
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