Equality Act
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Getting back on track: a new report
How UK law provides for separate sport for women and girls.
5th June 2026
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Sex matters in sport
Sport and physical recreation are one of the most obvious places where women and girls need dedicated provision and...
5th June 2026
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The government is “trying to rewrite For Women Scotland”
On 12th November 2025 the Prime Minister responded to a question in Parliament about the For Women Scotland case,...
17th November 2025
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Letter to the Minister for Women and Equalities
Sex Matters wrote to the Rt Hon Bridget Phillipson MP as the minister responsible for strategic oversight of the...
11th November 2025
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It’s time to TELL the civil service to follow the law
We’re calling on the government to take the three steps that are urgently needed to protect everyone who uses...
7th November 2025
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It’s time to COMMIT to fixing the data
We’re calling on the government to take the three steps that are urgently needed to protect everyone who uses...
6th November 2025
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It’s time to ACT to sort out the code of practice
We’re calling on the government to take the three steps that are urgently needed to protect everyone who uses...
5th November 2025
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Sex Matters intervenes on single-sex services guidance
Sex Matters has been given permission to intervene in the judicial review being brought by the Good Law Project...
5th November 2025
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Application to intervene in R (GLP) v EHRC
We have made legal submissions on the proper construction of the Workplace Health and Safety Regulations 1992, and on...
5th November 2025
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What is the real cost to business of ignoring equality law?
The government is stalling on laying the Equality and Human Rights Commission’s updated code of practice for service providers...
4th November 2025
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How to respond to your employer’s excuses
The law is clear but many employers are still denying women the privacy and dignity of female-only toilets and...
3rd November 2025
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Cracking the Code
Naomi Cunningham explains why, if government ministers have demanded a regulatory impact assessment of the Equality and Human Rights...
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The law is clear – providing single-sex services with confidence
On 16th April 2025 the Supreme Court concluded in relation to provisions enabling single-sex services that: “The plain intention...
31st October 2025
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Council of Europe Commissioner told to respect UK’s rule of law
The Home Secretary has strongly criticised Dr Michael O’Flaherty, the new Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, for...
22nd October 2025
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Ministers must not delay single-sex guidance
The Supreme Court ruling has made the law abundantly clear: sex-based rights must be protected, and Labour must not...
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Information signs for single-sex services
Editable health and safety signs for women's, men's, and mixed-sex facilities.
11th October 2025
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Graphics explaining the law on single-sex services
A series of five downloadable graphics explain how to provide single-sex services with confidence.
11th October 2025
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Schools model policy – editable
UPDATED FOR 2025: Our whole-school model policy on sex-based rules and record-keeping, formatted as a Word document for schools...
26th August 2025
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Model policy for schools: updated
Sex Matters’ model policy for schools has now been updated following the Supreme Court’s judgment in For Women Scotland....
29th July 2025
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EHRC consultation: justification
This is the fourth in a series of posts focusing in detail on individual parts of the Equality and...
29th July 2025
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EHRC consultation: sport
This is the third in a series of posts focusing in detail on individual parts of the Equality and...
29th July 2025
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The next EHRC chair must uphold the law
Sex Matters has written to two Parliamentary committees, the Joint Committee on Human Rights and the Women and Equalities...
23rd July 2025
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Letter to the Joint Committee on Human Rights and the Women and Equalities Committee
We wrote to express our dismay at the questioning of Dr Mary-Ann Stephenson during her appointment hearing for the...
22nd July 2025
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Ben Cooper KC’s analysis of FWS Supreme Court judgment – briefing for Parliamentarians
Five key points in a summary of the analysis by the lawyer who represented Sex Matters in our intervention...
17th July 2025
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The Scottish Government has offered to meet us
We have received a letter from the Scottish Government’s Director of People, Dr Nicola Richards, offering a meeting. Richards...
15th July 2025
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“Women-only” doesn’t mean single sex says Corporation of London
There are three swimming ponds on Hampstead Heath, managed by the Corporation of London: a mixed pond, a men’s...
13th July 2025
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Duty bearers under the Equality Act must act now
Ben Cooper KC of Old Square Chambers (who represented Sex Matters in our intervention in For Women Scotland) has...
8th July 2025
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Ben Cooper KC explains the implications of FWS
For Women Scotland v The Scottish Ministers: why the Supreme Court’s judgment does not remove, diminish or breach the...
7th July 2025
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The Scottish Government has stopped hiding behind the EHRC: now it must act
The Scottish Government has stopped hiding behind the claim that it needs to wait for the Equality and Human...
4th July 2025
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Second letter before action to the Scottish Government
The Scottish Government replied to our letter before action, and we wrote again to ask it to take urgent...
4th July 2025
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EHRC consultation: asking about sex at birth
This is the second in a series of posts focusing in detail on individual parts of the Equality and...
4th July 2025
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The EHRC code of practice should stick to the law
This is the first in a series of posts focusing in detail on individual parts of the Equality and...
30th June 2025