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The personal is political
We need you to write to your MP. We want you to tell them our 5 demands and we want you to make your letter/email as individual as possible.
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Write to your MP
We want you to write to your MP about our campaign but we know mass, centrally-generated emails are often ignored or dismissed.
So we are asking you to write a personal letter to your MP with our five demands:
- Respectful and evidence based discussion about the impact of the proposed changes to the Gender Recognition Act to be allowed to take place and for women’s voices to be heard;
- The principle of women only spaces to be upheld – and where necessary extended.
- A review of how the exemptions in the Equality Act which allow for single sex services or requirements that only a woman can apply for a job (such as in a domestic violence refuge) are being applied in practice;
- Government to consult with women’s organisations on how self-declaration would impact on women only services and spaces;
- Government to consult on how self-declaration will impact upon data gathering – such as crime, employment, pay, and health statistics - and monitoring of sex-based discrimination such as the gender pay gap.
The personal is political
Then we want you to add a story from your personal experience that illustrates why you are calling for these commitments. Or you could just explain why one of those demands matters to you.
Getting a response
You can send it via email but you could also post a letter or send a card. Anything that will get our message noticed. You could tweet your MP politely and let them know a letter is on its way.
Share your example with us
• Send a copy to us at [email protected]
• Tweet us on @WomansPlaceUK
• Share on our Woman’s Place UK Facebook page
When you get a reply, share that too.
If you are not happy with the reply, write back challenging what has been said.
If you want more detail, look at our launch statement.
Losing these rights is something that will affect all women.
Let's make the personal political.
@WomansPlaceUK Woman’s Place UK [email protected]