New CEO of Edinburgh Rape Crisis

[TheFleegleHasLanded]

I struggled to even come up with a title for this thread as I am so enraged I know I will get deleted and even banned if I say what I really think.

twitter.com/EdinRapeCrisis/status/1389112490215288832?s=20

[Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g]

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/womens_rights/4071477-Mridul-Wadhwa-and-Rape-Crisis-Scotland

Escapeplanning posted this on that thread.

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Wadhwa was invited to contribute to Maria Miller's 2016 enquiry.

See page 31 where they said the genuine occupational requirement that allows women only jobs is

"discriminatory to transsexual people especially trans women. I genuinely believe that there is no space for it in the gender-based violence sector and that it has no place in violence against women work. I was unaware of its existence until a few weeks ago. I have worked in the violence against women sector since 2005 and have never known for it to be used. I am disappointed to think that someone has the right to refuse work to me and others like me in my sector just because they think that I might not be a woman."

Link to document here.
//publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201516/cmselect/cmwomeq/390/390.pdf

This isn't on the Twitter thread.

[WarriorN]

The fact that this individual is unable to see the concerns some women have about this appointment, and put themselves forward, indicates they're unable to fully see the female perspective.

It also indicates that the people hiring have no true understanding of women's perspectives either.

[R0wantrees]

The board are surprisingly young and there appears a distinct lack of professional skills or experience in areas such as nursing, social, care, law, police, criminal justice, victime support etc

www.ercc.scot/about-us/meet-the-team/

[ItsAllGoingToBeFine]

studentnewspaper.org/article/an-insight-with-mridul-wadhwa-into-working-in-a-rape-crisis-centre

"The Student asked Wadhwa if she believes a man could be a successful rape crisis centre manager. She does not: “I don’t think men are ready to go out and set up services of this nature. Women’s aid organisations and rape crisis centres have been set up with the blood, sweat, and tears of women. It’s about the women’s experience of sexual violence. Our workforce is reserved for women only.”

[R0wantrees]

From thread above, Sunflowergirl03 wrote, Thu 01-Apr-21

"I know this is an old thread, but having my own negative experiences with this person has led me here. I think some of the main questions that should be asked are: what experience do they have of managing and managing charities specifically? What experience do they have of the VAWG sector? What qualifications do they have? Because I believe they are actually inexperienced for the role which begs the question why were they hired? When MW did “counselling” with me, she had no qualifications for this. And not only that, but she was poor at it anyway, she regularly yawned and looked at her phone. She is not a professional person. She has a huge following and support base but when you scratch the surface there is little substance to her knowledge or experience. How she got a job as a manager when she has never been a manager is bizarre."

[PlanDeRaccordement]

[quote R0wantrees]The board are surprisingly young and there appears a distinct lack of professional skills or experience in areas such as nursing, social, care, law, police, criminal justice, victime support etc

www.ercc.scot/about-us/meet-the-team/[/quote]
I noticed that too. I would be very concerned if living in Scotland. There is every chance they are going to mismanage funds, implement stupid policies that harm victims instead of helping them, prioritise PR sand activism over helping victims...etc.

[Tibtom]

Does that men their last fraudulently obtained position is now free for a women?

[Tibtom]

Ah no, confused by an old thread

[PlanDeRaccordement]

@R0wantrees

Thanks for posting that about MW and Sunflower. Especially where she says:

When MW did “counselling” with me, she had no qualifications for this. And not only that, but she was poor at it anyway, she regularly yawned and looked at her phone. She is not a professional person

So it’s clear MW was hired as a box ticking exercise ignoring completely the fact that they are grossly incompetent and unprofessional.

[Ereshkigalangcleg]

It's part of teaching us that we are not allowed to have boundaries.

This. This is what is is. This is the endgame of trans activism. Women are not allowed to be uncomfortable or have a female space. Even if abused by males, even when traumatised.

[ArabellaScott]

[quote R0wantrees]The board are surprisingly young and there appears a distinct lack of professional skills or experience in areas such as nursing, social, care, law, police, criminal justice, victime support etc

www.ercc.scot/about-us/meet-the-team/[/quote]
One of them former co-convenor of the Scottish Green Party, wth Patrick Harvie.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maggie_Chapman

It's all so political.

[SuperLoudPoppingAction]

Oh their COO was co-head of the green party until recently.

[SuperLoudPoppingAction]

X posts, arabella - sorry

[Alicethroughtheblackmirror]

ODFOx, Wadhwa may be experienced, may even be a good person (although I am dubious about that), but they have no right or business to apply for a job which is reserved under schedule 9 of the Equality Act as this one was.

Wadhwa has admitted not having a GRC on a Pink News podcast and has claimed that no one asked about trans status so Wadhwa didn't tell.

In evidence to the Women's and Equality committee, Wadhwa claimed the GOR was discriminatory.

Of course, it is discriminatory and that is the entire point. It is legal discrimination to ensure that jobs which require intimate care or counselling can be reserved to one sex. Wadhwa and RCS have no right to decide the law does not apply to them. Or worse, to cite it when it suits and ignore when convenient.

What they have now done is indirectly discriminate against other male people and they may run into legal issues for falsely claiming to survivors that their jobs are reserved under EA.

Rape Crisis can, of course, decide not to use the exception, but they cannot use this Schrödinger's version of the GOR. You, and they, may assert that MW has no malign intent, but that is irrelevant, it opens the door and the consequences may not be to their liking. Sadly, though, it is vulnerable women who will suffer.

archive.ph/UErrk

[Trappedonanisland]

This is the person who did not disclose that they were trans when initially joining Rape Crisis Scotland ? So once their gender status was discovered ,RCS thought to promote them up the career path. How many other candidates tell fibs in employment and keep their jobs? I'm appalled . So sad and angry about this.

[JustTurtlesAllTheWayDown]

The best person for the job is never going to be someone who dismisses one of the most common trauma responses in rape victims because their personal beliefs indicate that response is bigoted.

[JustGotHere]

Those are porn categories of women.

[Ereshkigalangcleg]

Mridul Wadhwa has been working within the women's shelter system for years. She is eminently experienced and completely suitable for the post.

This isn't a case of trans tokenism causing disadvantage for women. This is someone with all the correct qualifications and experience getting a job they can do well.

So naive. Wadhwa left the SNP in a tantrum because they unexpectedly voted in favour of female rape victims being able to specify that they wanted to be examined by someone of the same sex rather than the same "gender". This person does not centre women.

[WarriorN]

This is a personal move and is the utmost of validation.

It's also clearly political.

[ItsAllGoingToBeFine]

According to twitter (it'd be great if anyone could verify)

The new CEO of Edinburgh Rape Crisis, a transwoman, laughed at a survivor while she stood up in a meeting at the Scottish Parliament to talk about how she needed single-sex spaces; this mockery is abusive & was witnessed by MSPs. Today, @ChristinaSNP congratulated that abuser.
twitter.com/Leyanelle/status/1389176879035342850?s=19

Wadhwa sniggered and eye-rolled during a conversation about MVAW. Later MW tried to claim this was a "trauma response". If Wadhwa's uncontrollable reaction to women talking about MWAV is to giggle, perhaps this is an incredibly inappropriate job for them to take?
twitter.com/ForwomenScot/status/1389178314854703104?s=19

[highame]

I wonder if it's worth referring this to the Charity Commission regarding the lack of expertise in the organisation and the lack of expertise of the applicant who is now the CEO.

I have posted this on another thread because I am sure the Charity Commission have a duty in this respect to ensure expertise is high in an organisation where the most vulnerable are being cared for

[Alicethroughtheblackmirror]

This is a day after this outrageous, gaslighting answer from Sturgeon to questions about the GRA in which she essentially said that women were ignorant or bad.

The whole thread is breath-taking but this bit stands out - especially as I am sure she knew about this appointment:

"And one of the other misconceptions at the heart of this is that simplifying the process of gender recognition takes away the protections and the safeguards women have under the equalities act- for example, access to single sex spaces. That is not the case."
(wonder if it was Sturgeon or the journo who didn't know the name of the legislation)

Which sort of makes horrible sense, Sturgeon doesn't think GRA will affect women's single-sex rights because she and her chums have already destroyed them.

twitter.com/chrisdeerin/status/1388862559659376640?s=20