I'm going to email my Labour PPC and ask if they'll be signing. And if not, why not. Because, honestly, which of these demands are unacceptable?
- Women and girls are subject to discrimination and oppression on the basis of their sex.
- Women have the right to freedom of belief, freedom of expression and freedom of assembly (Articles 18, 19 and 20 of the UN Declaration of Human Rights).
- Women have the right to discuss policies which affect them, without being abused, harassed or intimidated.
- Women have the right to maintain their sex-based protections, as set out in the Equality Act 2010. These include female-only spaces such as changing rooms, hospital wards, sanitary and sleeping accommodation, refuges, hostels and prisons.
- Women have the right to participate in single-sex sports, to ensure fairness and safety at all levels of competition.
- Women have the right to organise themselves, as a sex, across a range of cultural, leisure, educational and political activities.
- We condemn all attempts to undermine or limit the rights of women to self-organise and call on the Labour Party and the trades union movement to actively support these essential freedoms.
In my constituency, it's a run-off between Labour and the SNP, so I can handily ask the SNP PPC if they've signed the SNP Women's Pledge. And again, if not, why not.