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MNHQ We Have a Problem

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DioneTheDiabolist · 05/09/2018 17:33

In the past week, we have had the NSPCC pull out of a Web chat about their Speak Out Stay Safe (teaching children how to stay safe from abuse and what to do if they have any concerns) and PANTS (teaching parents how to talk to young children about staying safe from sexual abuse in an age appropriate way) programmes.

We have also had Stella Creasey MP pull out of a Web chat about making misogyny a hate crime.

As I am interested and invested in the safety and wellbeing of women and children, I am disappointed that these Web chats did not take place, seemingly because the views of the NSPCC and Stella Creasey regarding Trans issues do not align with some GC MNetters.

I want to ask MNHQ, what are you doing/can be done to prevent this from happening again? Plenty of women and parents here would like to hear what they have to say about keeping our children safe and legislation being drafted to protect women.

KateMumsnet · 12/09/2018 11:30

Hi there OP and really sorry we missed this.

We've been thinking about this a lot here and in fact we recently updated our webchat guidelines - we've added a couple of lines to let people know that, if one topic looks likely to dominate a discussion with a guest, mods might request that people don't continue to post what's effectively the same question/point.

Have a look over here - we've promised that if we do this, we'll be very clear with guests that the issue is one that many MNers feel really strongly about, and that the questions on the thread are only a sample. As ever, we'll encourage them to engage meaningfully with the topic in their answers.

We hope this'll allow other issues to get a look in, while still ensuring that guests understand the strength of feeling here.

Cheers

MNHQ

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