Women who know biology are not welcome apparently. Lets hope they have the best lawyers because they are going to need them.
Women Won’t Wheesht
https://twitter.com/WWWheesht/status/1745824625060446625
Unfortunately, yet again, women's voices are being unlawfully silenced.
This time by Dundee Women's Festival ( @dundeewomensfest ) who have rejected our event application to be included in the 2024 Festival because our organisation does not "allign with [the] Festival values"
A bit of background.
Dundee Women's Festival is a series of annual events in Dundee & takes place around IWD.
DWF is supported by DundeeCouncil & the UCD_ISSF (awarded to dundeeuni)
The Festival's criteria for inclusion is that events should be:
* Women centric
* Promoting/highlighting issues affecting women
* A woman only activity/delivered by a women-only organisation
* Promoting women achievers
Rather ironically the theme of this year's festival is
BLAW YER AIN TRUMPET because WEEMIN MAK IT HAPPEN
However, it seems Dundee Women's Festival do not want us to mak it happen, nor do they want us to blaw wur ain trumpets, & it seems, would rather like us to wheesht.
They also boast that they have a "broad range of events" and that it's "rare" for them to reject an event.
They have made an exception for our women-centric, woman-only organisation's event which highlights issues affecting women.
We asked Dundee Women's Festival which "values" they believe we hold which do not allign with theirs - we've received no response.
We asked Dundee Women's Festival for details of their Trustees - we've received no response.
We submitted an SAR - we've received no response.
So, yet again, we find ourselves in the position of having to, potentially, take legal action against an organisation for unlawfully discriminating against us.
We sent a letter to Dundee Women's Festival yesterday reminding them of their legal obligations & requesting that our event be included in both the online & printed programme.
We will, of course, keep you updated.
#WomenWontWheesht