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Sex Based Rights Caucus
- Feb 9
- 3 min
Gender neutral drafting & the erasure of women in law.
Dear Mandu, We contact you urgently re the Ministerial Maternity Bill that is currently being rushed through parliament this week. WEP members are concerned that the bill uses gender neutral language, replacing woman, mother & female with person/people. WEP members are also concerned that the consequences of this language has not been subject to appropriate oversight due to the hurried nature of this bill. This language sets a UK precedence in terms of legislative wording an
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Sex Based Rights Caucus
- Nov 11, 2020
- 6 min
Trump's Out. Are Women's Rights In?
Our unity is our strength, our diversity is our power. Vice President-Elect, Kamala Harris Trump has been a disaster for women. The list of grievances is long. Just three women held cabinet positions in the Trump administration. That's the lowest number of women since George H. W. Bush’s presidency, effectively dialling women's representation back 30 years. In 2017, President Trump disbanded the White House Council on Women and Girls. Then, in another sinister move, his Depar
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