DESPICABLE! Police Scotland forced into humiliating apology after forcing women to walk home via Kelvingrove Park in the dark because of VIPs at COP26 reception. One woman said: “They don’t care about ordinary women’s safety, they care about the first minister and the duchess of whatever.” Dozens of women said they feared for their safety… Continue reading Police Scotland Ignore Women’s Rights
Tag: Women’s Rights
73 Year Old Sexually Assaulted
A great-grandmother was “shocked” after being repeatedly groped by a delivery driver in her own home. The 73-year-old woman was patted on her breast “three or four times” by Hermes employee Graham Kennedy, 40, at her flat in Glasgow’s Possilpark on November 10, 2020. The retired cook bravely confronted Kennedy who apologised and told her… Continue reading 73 Year Old Sexually Assaulted
Women’s Rights in Night Clubs
Our Pubs and Clubs have a responsibility to keep their patrons in a safe environment. The Risk Assessments will dictate that humans with alcohol can often be unpredictable, but when an incident occurs and particularly if a woman is involved, the policies and risk assessments should dictate that they address the issue in a protective… Continue reading Women’s Rights in Night Clubs
Spiked by a Needle
“I have genuinely never felt more unsafe to be a woman going out and about.” A BBC Question Time audience member says she does not feel night clubs are doing enough to keep customers safe, after a number of cases of women being spiked by needles. The SNP’s Kate Forbes calls for “cultural change” in… Continue reading Spiked by a Needle
Oct 2021. Sexual Discrimination in Police Scotland
Sexual misconduct is “widespread” within Police Scotland and other forces in the UK, according to an investigation carried out for a television documentary. It reveals in the past four years the service had 166 police officers and special constables accused of 245 counts of sexual misconduct. No officers were dismissed as a result. The film… Continue reading Oct 2021. Sexual Discrimination in Police Scotland
Oct 2021. The NHS Single Sex Wards
A nurse has claimed that NHS trusts are “gaslighting” patients with official policy documents labelling those who ask for single-sex spaces “transphobes” and “perpetrators”. Dr Sinead Helyar, a clinical research nurse, said NHS policies allowing transgender patients onto single-sex wards were “formulated and enacted to the detriment of women”. https://vk.com/video677203037_456239097
Sep 2021. The Taliban Rule in Afghanistan
The Taliban follow an extreme version of Islamic code and when they were last in power in Afghanistan – between 1996 to 2001 – they enforced strict rules which meant that women and girls couldn’t do a lot of things, like work or go to school. In the group’s first news conference since taking control… Continue reading Sep 2021. The Taliban Rule in Afghanistan
Sep 2021. Let’s Talk About the Cerfix
The Health Secretary has accused Sir Keir Starmer of a “total denial of scientific fact” after he claimed it is wrong to say only women have a cervix. The Labour leader was forced to intervene on a debate over transgender rights that has threatened to overshadow this year’s party conference, after MP Rosie Duffield said… Continue reading Sep 2021. Let’s Talk About the Cerfix
Aug 2021. Trans Competitor in Female Weightlifting
New Zealand’s Laurel Hubbard has become the first ever transgender athlete picked to compete at an Olympics, in a controversial decision. Officials have selected her for the women’s weightlifting team for Tokyo 2020, after qualifying requirements were recently modified. She had competed in men’s events before coming out as transgender in 2013. Critics say Hubbard… Continue reading Aug 2021. Trans Competitor in Female Weightlifting
Jun 2021. The Stonewall Crisis
How things have changed. Today, many lesbian, gay and bisexual people feel bitterly let down by the charity they once trusted. Stonewall stands accused of campaigning against women’s rights as defined in the Equality Act, and of bullying those with whom it disagrees out of jobs. More troubling still, many homosexual and bisexual people feel… Continue reading Jun 2021. The Stonewall Crisis