Posts Tagged ‘women’s sex based rights’

UN expert: Allow women and girls to speak on sex, gender and gender identity without intimidation or fear

Written By: - Date published: 6:05 am, May 24th, 2023 - 155 comments

“I am deeply concerned at the escalation of intimidation and threats against women and girls for expressing their opinions and beliefs regarding their needs and rights based on their sex and/or sexual orientation”

– Reem Alsalem, Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls

New misogyny same as the old misogyny

Written By: - Date published: 12:38 pm, October 17th, 2021 - 140 comments

At the largest feminist conference in Europe, with a major focus on male violence against women, gender identity activists chose to protest with sexualised violent language and imagery.

Revisiting sports, trans inclusiveness and women’s sex based rights

Written By: - Date published: 2:41 pm, October 1st, 2021 - 86 comments

The UK Sports Council has released new guidance on trans inclusion in sports, including in relation to biological women

The problems for women with sex self-ID in law and society

Written By: - Date published: 10:57 am, September 13th, 2021 - 105 comments

What should have been be a straight forward attending to the documentation needs of trans and non-binary people has become a political mess of conflicts with women’s rights. There is still time to make a submission to the BDMRR Bill in order to protect women’s rights (last day for submissions is Tuesday).

Women, the Taliban and sex based rights

Written By: - Date published: 10:38 am, August 16th, 2021 - 66 comments

What is being done to women in Afghanistan by the Taliban is sex-based oppression.

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