Equality Act • Page 3
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For Women Scotland in the Supreme Court
What was the case about? For Women Scotland Ltd v The Scottish Ministers was heard by the Supreme Court...
3rd December 2024
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Gender recognition and the Equality Act 2010
A briefing analysing the debate on the interaction between the Gender Recognition Act 2004 and the Equality Act 2010,...
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Sex matters at the Supreme Court!
An important legal case will be heard in the UK Supreme Court this week (on Tuesday 26th and Wednesday...
25th November 2024
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Statement of case for the Scottish Ministers and the Lord Advocate
Statement of Case for the Scottish Ministers and Lord Advocate to the Supreme Court regarding the For Women Scotland...
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Sex Matters at the Battle of Ideas
The three Sex Matters directors, Fiona McAnena, Maya Forstater and Helen Joyce, all spoke at the Battle of Ideas...
25th October 2024
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Submission to Supreme Court re For Women Scotland v Scottish Ministers from Sex Matters
Sex Matters, represented by Ben Cooper KC and David Welsh, is intervening in the appeal in the case of...
24th October 2024
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Briefing on our intervention to the Supreme Court on the definition of sex
This six-page briefing looks at our key arguments why “sex” in the Equality Act 2010 should be construed as...
23rd October 2024
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Sex Matters’ intervention to the Supreme Court
Yesterday we lodged our intervention in the For Women Scotland appeal which is being heard in the UK Supreme...
23rd October 2024
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Submission to Supreme Court re For Women Scotland v Scottish Ministers from EHRC
Submission from the Equality and Human Rights Commission to the Supreme Court in the appeal in the case of For...
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Sex Matters responds to EHRC strategy
Sex Matters has responded to the Equality and Human Rights Commission’s 2025–2028 strategic plan. In 2021 we called on...
4th October 2024
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When child safeguarding meets gender ideology in sport, children are the losers
An organisation meant to protect children has built gender-identity ideology into its policies, putting children at risk. There is...
19th September 2024
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Anneliese Dodds must listen to women
Anneliese Dodds, the Minister for Women and Equalities, has said in response to a written question asking whether the...
9th September 2024
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What about pronouns at school?
Sex Matters has published a model policy for schools to help them communicate clear expectations to staff, pupils and...
6th September 2024
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A model policy that protects all children’s wellbeing
Teachers and pupils in England are going back to school this week, and are still lacking finalised guidance or...
2nd September 2024
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Stand up for single-sex services – why it’s time to make the Equality Act clear
Women and girls depend on female-only services, spaces, sports and associations for privacy, dignity, fairness and safety. The Equality...
29th August 2024
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The new deal for working people and the definition of sex
We expect the government to take action in the first 100 days on its new deal for working people,...
12th July 2024
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New poll finds voters want to make the Equality Act clear
As reported in the Telegraph, Daily Mail, Express and Sun today, voters across the political spectrum are more supportive...
1st July 2024
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It’s time to make the Equality Act clear
For the past 18 months Sex Matters has been calling for the government to make a simple one-line amendment...
3rd June 2024
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Will you ask your MP to support a bill to protect women and children?
This Friday a private member’s bill in the House of Commons presents MPs with a chance to discuss changing...
11th March 2024
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Is a GRC really a licence to search?
FairCop has published an advice from a KC on the lawfulness of the National Police Chiefs’ Council policy that...
1st February 2024
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Gender-critical civil society submits report to GREVIO on sex and the law
Sex Matters, Fair Play For Women and Transgender Trend, together with LGB Alliance, the Women’s Rights Network, For Women...
31st December 2023
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Sex and the law at the end of 2023
This blogpost is based on a briefing sent to the Women and Equalities Committee in advance of...
15th December 2023
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Sex and the law in December 2023 – a briefing
Briefing from Sex Matters for a meeting of the Women and Equalities Committee on 13th December 2023
12th December 2023
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Section 35 appeal rejected
The Court of Session has rejected the appeal by the Scottish Government against the UK Government’s Section 35 order...
8th December 2023
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Resisting violations of women-only spaces
The chair of Sex Matters’ board, barrister Naomi Cunningham, was asked to speak at a conference in Edinburgh on...
7th December 2023
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Kemi Badenoch brings sense to the sex and gender debate
The era of “No Debate” is finally over. And it came to a spectacular close in the most important...
6th December 2023
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It’s time to act
Following the judgment in the For Women Scotland appeal, it is time for the government to act.
2nd November 2023
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Court rules that GRC changes sex for the Equality Act
For Women Scotland’s appeal against the Haldane judgment that a GRC changes a person’s sex in relation to the...
1st November 2023
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Sex Matters at FiLiA
The Sex Matters team had a fantastic time at the FiLiA conference in Glasgow from 13th to 15th October....
17th October 2023
