POSTED BY Campaigns IN Featured ON Sep 4, 2018

Women’s rights and safety at risk

“It was clear though that nobody knew about the proposals.” With less than seven weeks to go until the deadline for responses to thegovernment’s consultation on changing the Gender Recognition Act 2004, Fair Play For Women‘s volunteers hit the streets up and down the country last weekend to spread the word about how the proposed changes to the Act threaten female rights. Dressed in striking red Hands Off My Rights T-shirts, they shared thousands of leaflets and talked to...

POSTED BY Campaigns IN Featured ON Jun 12, 2018

Does your council say gender instead of sex

Sex is a protected characteristic. Not gender: sex. Two different things. The Equality Act (2010) identifies 9 protected characteristics. They are: age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, religion or belief, race, sex and sexual orientation. These protected characteristics exist to ensure that everyone is treated equally and fairly and to guard against discrimination. It is important that these protected characteristics are correctly...

POSTED BY Campaigns IN Featured ON Aug 7, 2017

Nuclear bomb ban: time to sign the treaty

History was made in 2017 when nuclear weapons were banned under international law. On 7 July 122 governments adopted a new treaty at the United Nations making the possession of these horrific weapons of mass destruction illegal, as were other related activities such as testing, using, developing, or assisting with nuclear weapons – which includes among other things financing or planning to use such weapons. The treaty also includes provisions for assisting victims of nuclear weapons use...