Not sure if this link will work. This is disgraceful. www.thetimes.co.uk/article/campaigner-joan-smith-sacked-over-concerns-about-trans-women-using-refuges-2czj9tqs8
Joan Smith said she was removed by City Hall after raising the issue on behalf of charities funded by the mayor that were said to be concerned about the prospect of vulnerable women and girls having to share the spaces.
Smith also believes that she fell out of favour after calling for improvements in how the Metropolitan Police identified sexual predators in its ranks, and repeatedly highlighting “endemic misogyny” after the case of Sarah Everard, who was raped and murdered by a police officer.
She has co-chaired the Violence Against Women and Girls Board, a non-paying role, since 2013. The board meets quarterly to draw up policy to tackle domestic and sexual violence in London, and to scrutinise the Met on its handling of the issue.