The gumpf:
A Woman’s Place is at the Bar
Public Meeting in Reading
Tuesday 4 December 2018 (Venue to be announced)
Doors open at 6:30pm, for 7.00pm start.
Professor Rosa Freedman - International Human Rights Law expert
Julian Norman - barrister and writer
Ruth Serwotka - co-founder of Woman's Place UK
Sarah Johnson, Education Consultant - Chair
The meeting will discuss legal terminology and its impact on women's lives in light of the proposed changes to the Gender Recognition Act 2004 and the recent campaign to respond to the government's consultation which closed on 19 October.
In July 2018 the government opened a public consultation on their proposal to ‘demedicalise’ the process of changing gender, so that people can self-identify as the gender they choose, without any need for a medical diagnosis of gender dysphoria.
But what exactly is ‘gender’, and what will be the impact of self-identification on women and on women’s rights and legal protections?
Will this reform spell the end to single sex spaces and the provision of single sex services, such as those provided by rape crisis centres and women’s refuges?
Will the changes make it harder to gather accurate data on the pay gap between men and women; on domestic violence against women; and on the health services women require?
Come and have your say on this controversial proposal and discuss what should happen next.
Meeting hosted by Woman’s Place UK
womansplaceuk.org/