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Our article on gender self-ID and policy capture in Scottish public policy

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MurrayBlackburnMackenzie · 31/07/2019 16:35

We wanted to bring your attention to an article in the academic journal Scottish Affairs, which has been published today. It’s about gender self-identification, Scottish public policymaking and policy capture, a topic we’ve seen debated in FWR on more than one occasion!

We’re delighted to say the article is published on an open access basis, so you can all read the full text and share it as you see fit on social media and elsewhere.

www.euppublishing.com/doi/abs/10.3366/scot.2019.0284

We think Mumsnet is an important resource for women and we have definitely benefitted from following debates on here.

Like so many women involved in this debate, we have been doing this work in our own time on an unpaid basis, squeezed around work, childcare and other responsibilities. We do this work because we care very much about women's rights and we are pleased to be able to bring our skills to bear in analysing policy and practice.

You can read more about the work we’ve done to date on our blog. We welcome all feedback, so please do drop us a line via our contact form.

www.mbmpolicy.wordpress.com

Thank you!

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youllhavehadyourtea · 29/02/2020 20:13

truly in your debt. Thank you.

Chrysanthemum5 · 29/02/2020 20:01

Thank you! You are all doing great work

MurrayBlackburnMackenzie · 29/02/2020 19:56

Back again, as we have just reported on the work we've been undertaking these past few months (as supported by some wonderful Mumsnetters - THANK YOU!).

We're now preparing our response to the Scottish Government's consultation on GRA reform (deadline 17 March) which we'll post on our website soon.

This is what we've been up to...

www.crowdfunder.co.uk/sex-and-gender-self-identification-in-policymaking/updates/110230#start

Kath, Lucy and Lisa

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thewomanontheshore · 04/11/2019 18:22

Have you put this on the Scotsnet forum under Other Stuff?

MoleSmokes · 04/11/2019 18:16

Thank you @MurrayBlackburnMackenzie !! Will do! Smile

lionheart · 03/11/2019 02:38

Thank you.

Nippybutsweet · 02/11/2019 13:31

Bump, lets keep the momentum going with this post!
Thank you to @MurrayBlackburnMackenzie.

MurrayBlackburnMackenzie · 01/11/2019 22:44

Hi @MoleSmokes

Email us via our website and we will send you a PDF of the paper.

murrayblackburnmackenzie.org/

Thank you so much for your support of our work!

Kath, Lucy and Lisa

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MoleSmokes · 01/11/2019 19:16

Congratulations @MurrayBlackburnMackenzie !

I got an email Smile

"On 27th October 2019 we successfully raised £8,780 with 293 supporters in 56 days"

(Did anyone get/make a PDF from that article that they could send me, please?? I didn't cotton on that free access was for a limited time Blush )

euppublishing.com/doi/full/10.3366/scot.2019.0284

Nappyvalley15 · 06/10/2019 07:12

Thank you so much for your work on this.

MurrayBlackburnMackenzie · 05/10/2019 21:04

Thought we'd come on and bump this thread as our article will disappear behind the journal paywall in a couple of weeks.

The issues remain as relevant as ever. Sadly.

euppublishing.com/doi/full/10.3366/scot.2019.0284

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FairNotFair · 05/09/2019 18:41

Thanks for the really invaluable work you've done!

Antibles · 03/09/2019 22:13

Brilliant job. Thank you!

3mks · 03/09/2019 21:31

Thank you to everyone involved in this.

TheMostBeautifulDogInTheWorld · 03/09/2019 20:34

The Scottish Government is planning to issue a draft GRA reform bill for consultation during the session now starting - they announced this today.

Murray Blackburn McKenzie are one of the very impressive small groups of Scottish women researching, analysing and critiquing this area, and they are crowdfunding (link in tweet) to allow them to properly devote time to their work on that draft. As they point out, whatever goes on in Scotland is likely to have considerable importance for any similar proposals brought by the Westminster government too.

I know that links to fundraisers are not allowed (? or are strongly discouraged) here on Mumsnet, but there is a link in this tweet.

twitter.com/mbmpolicy/status/1168884498928459778

I think the point about the importance of this (Scottish) draft bill to the whole of the UK cannot be overstated. And women in Scotland have been doing some incredible work that we in the rest of the UK have been able to draw on. This is going to be such an important project, and MBM will make a brilliant job of it,.

ScrimshawTheSecond · 03/09/2019 19:26

Thanks for your work on this, MurrayBlackburnMackenzie.

Birdsfoottrefoil · 03/09/2019 18:28

Bump

MurrayBlackburnMackenzie · 03/09/2019 15:26

Returning to this thread to thank everyone for their kind comments on our paper. We've had an incredible response to the paper generally: the editor of the journal informed us last month that it was downloaded almost 5,000 times within 12 days of publication!

It's still available on an open access basis and will likely remain outside the journal's paywall for a few more weeks yet.

We're very much hoping to be able to develop our policy capture thesis and have already begun scoping out a follow-up paper.

We've just posted an update on our work on our website:

murrayblackburnmackenzie.org/2019/09/03/scottish-affairs-paper-on-policy-capture-update/

Thanks again for all your kind words.

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Melroses · 06/08/2019 22:05

Thanks - just read it again lol Grin

wacademia · 06/08/2019 18:52

bump read this folks.

InflagranteDelicto · 04/08/2019 08:19

Thanks for the link Smile

MrsSnippyPants · 03/08/2019 15:33

Thanks for that, the new link works fine.

Alicethroughtheblackmirror · 03/08/2019 08:54

Thank you for this report. It's phenomenal.

Hope that politicians etc start to realise that they have to face up to this now it's too blatant.

I did like the way the STV section pointed out that this went way beyond law and that none of these prisoners had a GRC or surgery.

howonearthdidwegethere · 02/08/2019 21:01

STV news story is here:player.stv.tv/episode/3t85/stv-news-edinburgh/

Shocking revelations from a prison service whistleblower about the way female inmates felt about being housed with TW.

You might need to put in a Scottish postcode to watch it.

GrouchyKiwi · 02/08/2019 20:08

There was also a write up in the Scottish Legal News on Wednesday (DH linked me to it today).

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