Petitions and activism
Women Uniting Call On The Government To Protect Our Sex-Based Rights
MoleSmokes · 17/06/2020 17:30
Women Uniting Call On The Government To Protect Our Sex-Based Rights
www.change.org/p/the-rt-hon-elizabeth-truss-mp-minister-for-women-and-equalities-women-uniting-call-on-the-government-to-protect-our-sex-based-rights
Women and girls have sex based rights. 'Sex' must not be replaced with 'gender identity'.
We call upon the government, specifically the Rt Hon Elizabeth Truss MP, Minister for Women and Equalities, to commit to the following;
Clarify and further enshrine in law the legal definitions of 'Woman' and 'Sex' in order to make current legislation clear and unambiguous and ensure data used to inform government policy is correctly recorded.
Publish guidance explaining and enforcing the single sex exemptions in the Equality Act 2010.
A new statutory Code of Practice must help everyone be clear on what “single sex” means, as recommended by the Women and Equalities Select Committee in July 2019.
Ensure all new laws, amendments, and policies are assessed for their impact on 51% of the population, women and girls.
(If this has already been posted, apologies but I could not find it.)
Kahiki · 21/06/2020 01:53
I’m surprised you’ve not had any answers on here. Have you shared it on the feminist chat board?
BaronessSnippyPantsofCroneArmy · 23/06/2020 12:55
There has been a great response to this petition in the last couple of days, no doubt due to the 'JK Rowling' effect but also to WU publishing a press release pointing out the hypocrisy of the BBC and the Independent reporting on the 'extraordinary' collaboration of LGBTQWERTY groups in writing a letter to Liz Truss. 'Unique' apparently.
Nice try guys, women have been working cross party for 2 years!
filia.org.uk/resources/2020/6/21/women-uniting
MoleSmokes · 23/06/2020 16:43
Kahiki - yes - I shared the link to this page on the relevant FWR thread:
Feminist Petition News
www.mumsnet.com/Talk/womens_rights/3645590-Feminist-petition-news?msgid=97549178
Mumsnet does not allow Petitions to be posted on the FWR Board directly although sometimes the Mods miss them. If they do spot them then they get moved to this Board. The only official way to flag them up on FWR is to include a link in the "Feminist Petition News" thread.
There has been repeated and interminable toing and froing with Mumsnet about Petitions that you would expect to see on FWR and this workaround was the outcome.
Petitions are also banned from other Boards - it's not an FWR thing.
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