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Surely Mridul Wadhwa has to go now? Report into ERCC out.

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GargoylesofBeelzebub · 12/09/2024 12:12

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13842189/Edinburgh-Crisis-Centre-designed-protect-women-suffered-sexual-violence-condemned-failing-damning-report.html

Pretty scathing. Wadhwa cannot stay surely?

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SinnerBoy · 15/09/2024 16:23

Dear Daily Record,

Rape Crisis Scotland boss unaware° of calls to quit over support service scandal

There, I have fixed your headline for you.

CocoapuffPuff · 15/09/2024 13:46

Maggie Chapman again....Ol' Maggie is a regular swimmer in the cesspit of gender ideology. I wonder why? Why are some women so deep into it? Are they that power hungry? Or is there a female fetish involved? Women puzzle me far more than the men who are into it.

Lalgarh · 15/09/2024 13:44

Redburnett · 15/09/2024 11:00

https://media.ed.ac.uk/media/Mridul+Wadhwa+Video+Interview/1_ikak2ynz

Mridul displays very odd behaviour in this interview, seems to be avoiding eye contact, quite apart from the meaningless content of much of what is said. How on earth did the CEO job interviewers actually choose such a person for such an important role?

Intersectionality.... Background in ethnic minority advocacy *, being inclusive in ways more than just writing a paragraph...

I think the board saw the Sari and knew they had their top pick. (I nearly said had their man. Trans woman. Woman)

Does anyone know the Blocked and Reported podcast? It's run by 2 US journalists who have both been burned by peeking a little too closely into Good And Progressive Causes and the people who style themselves as Advocates and Activists. Not to say that they are right wing. Far from it.

Wadhwa in this context is a bit like Rachael Dolezal. And the tendency of self id-ers to take offence into background checks just helps an awful lot of grifters

  • Would the ethnic women's group he was claiming to have started out representing have known Wadhwas' Trans Joy? I doubt it.
ArabellaScott · 15/09/2024 13:43

To clarify, it was one of the board of Directors of RCS (a female) who described her job as CEO of a woman's rape crisis centre as her 'dream job'.

My point is that a job like that is not about how rewarding it is for the person doing it; an organisation like that is surely focused on the day it makes itself obsolete.

lechiffre55 · 15/09/2024 13:40

ArabellaScott · 15/09/2024 13:05

For what it's worth, I also find it somewhat jarring that the CEO of a Rape Crisis centre would describe it as her 'dream job'.

I understand people being passionate about their work, but there seem to be a lot of signs that Rape Crisis Scotland is not centering survivors.

www.rapecrisisscotland.org.uk/board-of-directors/

Dream job sort of depends on your motivations doesn't it?
I imagine a paedophile's dream job would be working with children from a position of authority.
We can only wonder what motivates a male who's dream job is working with vulnerable rape victim females from a position of authority.

ArabellaScott · 15/09/2024 13:05

For what it's worth, I also find it somewhat jarring that the CEO of a Rape Crisis centre would describe it as her 'dream job'.

I understand people being passionate about their work, but there seem to be a lot of signs that Rape Crisis Scotland is not centering survivors.

www.rapecrisisscotland.org.uk/board-of-directors/

ArabellaScott · 15/09/2024 11:55

Some seem to see this sector as a way to further their own ambitions.

To put it another way; they see vulnerable people as a useful resource. A means to an end.

When they accused women of 'weaponising trauma', it was DARVO.

Anastomosisrex · 15/09/2024 11:52

I wonder if in light of the report Brindley will roll back on her claim that rcs has been inclusive of transwomen for years with no problems or harm happening to women and girls

The trouble is that once you are talking about someone who has decided on an alternative faith based reality, they will just identify out of facts that they don't like. They will look directly at evidence and just claim they cannot see it; we've seen it happen many times.

Someone who is so heavily prejudiced and controlled by the limits of their beliefs however should be considered wholly unfit to hold any position of responsibility or service provision. The two things are incompatible.

Hoardasurass · 15/09/2024 11:49

I wonder if in light of the report Brindley will roll back on her claim that rcs has been inclusive of transwomen for years with no problems or harm happening to women and girls 🤔.
Somehow given her most recent statements and actions I doubt it.

Can anyone recommend the article about the meeting she had with rape survivors where she brought a lawyer and trans activist to bully and intimidate the survivors? If anyone Haa a link it might be worth forwarding it to the record for their updated/next article

Anastomosisrex · 15/09/2024 11:48

It is very grim to see the conclusion of the report basically being that women-only facilities need to be set up. Again. Because by permitting men in under the mixed sex definition of women has rendered the women-only ones useless for their intended purpose.

I'd like to know Sarah Owen's views on this, considering the day that the report came out, she was announcing how the mixed sex version of 'woman' was definitely wonderful and lovely and best for everyone and only silly immature people (by which I suppose she meant people like raped and traumatised women) said otherwise.

lechiffre55 · 15/09/2024 11:43

In an organisation supposedly dedicated to protecting and helping vulnerable women.

From everything I've seen, the needs of the vulnerable women have always, every time, been at the very bottom of the list of priorities, and I'm being kind in assuming that they even appear on the list at all. The actions of ERC, Wadhwa, the ERC board, what they did to Roz Adams, how badly they have let down the very women ERC exists to suppport, and now Brindley using victims to try to save her own ass, are unfathomably cruel and rotten to the very core. The whole lot should be fired. Another enquiry should be held to determine how such a toxic and diseased culture was allowed to fester for so long untreated.
I've just watched Shauny Boy's The Tartan Messiah, so I think I know the answer to my last point.
It is interesting though, that once the truth comes out, they all end up getting fired in disgrace. Sturgeon, Yousef, Wadhwa, and next up Brindley. It's almost like you can get away with ignoring and abusing women for a while, but it always ends in tears for the abuser. Maybe a lesson to be learned there.

RedToothBrush · 15/09/2024 11:26

'i was not aware of'

When it should be your job to be aware of and there were loads of people on here who were very aware of,

Shows you are either incompetent and therefore not fit for the job or that you are deliberately and willfully blind and therefore not fit for the job.

This isn't going to go away with a response like that.

There are receipts.

WarriorN · 15/09/2024 11:24

Excellent post @lechiffre55

It is an abuse of power

In an organisation supposedly dedicated to protecting and helping vulnerable women.

lechiffre55 · 15/09/2024 11:21

GargoylesofBeelzebub · 15/09/2024 10:34

Brindley said: “I didn’t see growing calls. Are you going to speak to some rape survivors, I think that would be an important voice if you are talking about me resigning from Rape Crisis Scotland, to include them?”

Within half an hour, the Sunday Mail had received multiple emails from survivors backing Brindley.

Jesus Christ how does she not see how inappropriate it is that she first of all HAD personal details of service users, then used them to get them to contact journalists?!?!

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This action in itself will finish her. The appearance out of the blue of unsolicited emails from victim survivors in a wave looks like a coordinated campaign to try and save her skin. No points for guessing who initiated it. It is an abuse of power to organise victims to take action on your behalf. It will probably result in other victims who were let down and treated disgustingly by ERC under Wadhwa's tyranny coming forwards to give their side of the story. This story will now snowball.

This is a last desperate throw of the dice by someone trying to save their own skin, and all it will do is add fuel to the fire. I am enjoying watching Brindlley's now inevitable public self immolation and humiliation in slow motion technicolour. These narcissists need to be removed from any position of power or responsibility, they are detrimental to the public good.

WarriorN · 15/09/2024 11:00

She's basically doing what Wadhwa did.

Used and manipulated the service users to further his own self interests.

Redburnett · 15/09/2024 11:00

https://media.ed.ac.uk/media/Mridul+Wadhwa+Video+Interview/1_ikak2ynz

Mridul displays very odd behaviour in this interview, seems to be avoiding eye contact, quite apart from the meaningless content of much of what is said. How on earth did the CEO job interviewers actually choose such a person for such an important role?

Mridul Wadhwa Video Interview

In this video, equality campaigner Mridul Wadhwa, who works in Scotland, discusses the findings from the perspective of having worked predominantly in minority ethnic women's organisations. She highlights the importance of collaborative working between...

https://media.ed.ac.uk/media/Mridul+Wadhwa+Video+Interview/1_ikak2ynz

WarriorN · 15/09/2024 10:58

Absolutely

GargoylesofBeelzebub · 15/09/2024 10:56

Also, rape survivors are not there to provide testimonials for an organisation. They are not a 'resource' to be exploited for PR. They are not a defensive shield. They are not to be called upon to shore up or repair the reputation of a woman who I am pretty sure is paid a lot of money to do her job.

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GargoylesofBeelzebub · 15/09/2024 10:55

lcakethereforeIam · 15/09/2024 10:54

I remember at the time he was arrested one of my managers telling me that his mum still thought Shipman was the best doctor she'd ever had. I can believe, assuming he didn't murder you, he could be an excellent GP. I can believe there were parts of her job, with some survivors that Brindley could be very good. It's irrelevant, mitigation at best. So she wasn't 100% shit.

This is why they get away with it. They are charming and charismatic so they're able to fool people.

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Theeyeballsinthesky · 15/09/2024 10:55

ArabellaScott · 15/09/2024 10:50

https://www.scottishlegal.com/articles/employment-tribunal-finds-woman-suffering-from-anxiety-unfairly-dismissed-from-rape-crisis-scotland

'“Ms Brindley appeared unable or unwilling to understand that her presence throughout both the grievance and disciplinary processes could have a bearing on the extent to which these were conducted in an impartial manner. It was clear to the Tribunal that Ms Brindley operated an invisible hand throughout both processes and her presence was not neutral.”'

I suspect there are a great many things sandy brindley is unable or unwilling to understand when it suits her

lcakethereforeIam · 15/09/2024 10:54

I remember at the time he was arrested one of my managers telling me that his mum still thought Shipman was the best doctor she'd ever had. I can believe, assuming he didn't murder you, he could be an excellent GP. I can believe there were parts of her job, with some survivors that Brindley could be very good. It's irrelevant, mitigation at best. So she wasn't 100% shit.

ArabellaScott · 15/09/2024 10:52

GargoylesofBeelzebub · 15/09/2024 10:48

Exactly. Consent is not transferable

Also, rape survivors are not there to provide testimonials for an organisation. They are not a 'resource' to be exploited for PR. They are not a defensive shield. They are not to be called upon to shore up or repair the reputation of a woman who I am pretty sure is paid a lot of money to do her job.

SquirrelSoShiny · 15/09/2024 10:49

Wadhwa sums up the disgusting misogyny, fetishism, totalitarianism and narcissism underpinning this ideology. Sunlight sunlight but the blind still refuse to see.

GargoylesofBeelzebub · 15/09/2024 10:48

WarriorN · 15/09/2024 10:45

Surely anyone working at a RC knows that you cannot speak for other women, including survivors speaking for other women, as each woman's experience is personal to them.

This is the epitome of coercive behaviour.

Exactly. Consent is not transferable

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