Stonewall out of Welsh Government #stonewall #welshgovernment

[MerchedCymru]

More and more organisations in the UK are waking up to the fact that Stonewall appear not be acting in good faith in the guidance and advice it gives to members of its 'Champions' scheme.

We have been concerned for some time that the Welsh Government's uncritical acceptance of Stonewall's take on Equality laws in the UK will affect womens rights in Wales.

On Tuesday Merched Cymru wrote to Welsh Government to request formally that it ends its membership of the Stonewall’s Diversity Champions scheme and the related Workplace Equality Index amid concerns that the advice it provides is misleading and potentially unlawful.

We are asking our members (and anyone who is as outraged and concerned as we are) to contact their Senedd member, send them this information and ask what are they doing to support and protect womens rights in Wales, then tweet, share and get this out there!

Read our report here merchedcymru.wales/2021/06/09/merched-cymru-stonewall-wales/

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Is it worth people writing to David TC Davies MP, or asking for a meeting. I don’t know what position he holds in the Welsh Office but those with longer memories will know that he has been superb in this issue. Unlikely as it may sound he was the first MP of any party to put his head above the parapet, hosting a WPUK meeting in Parliament when they were banned from Millwall, standing outside during the Linda Bellos court case, calling the debate that had Layla Moran MP claiming she could look into people souls.

Now that the baton has been taken up by others he has gone quiet. However he will be onside and may have ideas of how to support Welsh women.