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Select Committee
Community Policy Forum
 GIS0036 - Gendered Islamophobia

Written Evidence May. 21 2025

Inquiry: Gendered Islamophobia
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Women and Equalities Committee

Found: reflected in hate crime data.

Select Committee
University of Portsmouth, University College London (UCL), Institute for Strategic Dialogue, and End Violence Against Women Coalition (EVAW)

Oral Evidence May. 21 2025

Inquiry: Misogyny: the manosphere and online content
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Women and Equalities Committee

Found: As we have heard, there are products that I would put broadly as a grift bucket.

Select Committee
5Rights Foundation
 VAWG0053 - Tackling Violence against Women and Girls (VAWG)

Written Evidence Mar. 17 2025

Committee: Public Accounts Committee

Found: As children’s rights advocates, we are extremely concerned about the impact that the design of digital

Scottish Parliament Debate - Main Chamber
Supreme Court Judgment - Tue 22 Apr 2025

Mentions:
1: Somerville, Shirley-Anne (SNP - Dunfermline) trans woman with a GRC”—a gender recognition certificate—“as a woman for all purposes within the scope - Speech Link
2: Somerville, Shirley-Anne (SNP - Dunfermline) As further costs might emerge, at this point I am unable to give Jackie Baillie a number. - Speech Link
3: Thomson, Michelle (SNP - Falkirk East) It is ironic that sex was not included as a protected characteristic in the Hate Crime and Public Order - Speech Link
4: Somerville, Shirley-Anne (SNP - Dunfermline) I know that she is well aware of the work that has been undertaken towards a misogyny bill. - Speech Link

Commons Chamber
UK Democracy: Impact of Digital Platforms - Thu 03 Apr 2025
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Bobby Dean (LD - Carshalton and Wallington) : we have a big problem with content, we have a big problem with addiction, and, as the hon. - Speech Link
2: Leigh Ingham (Lab - Stafford) As a result, misinformation runs even more rampant. - Speech Link
3: Susan Murray (LD - Mid Dunbartonshire) This should not come as a surprise. - Speech Link
4: Ben Spencer (Con - Runnymede and Weybridge) letter that he sent me when I was elected as a new MP. - Speech Link

Scottish Government Publication (FOI/EIR release)
Justice Directorate

Feb. 18 2025

Source Page: Cabinet Secretary for Justice correspondence mentioning gendered law: FOI release
Document: FOI 202500447597 - Information Released - Annex (PDF)

Found: woman or a girl harm as aforementioned or is reckless as to whether the behaviour has that effect

Select Committee
Women's Resource Centre
 CCI0025 - Community cohesion

Written Evidence Feb. 26 2025

Inquiry: Community cohesion
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Women and Equalities Committee

Found: They saw it as the inevitable culmination of a shift to the right, with the normalisation of dog-whistle

Commons Chamber
“For Women Scotland” Supreme Court Ruling - Tue 22 Apr 2025
Department for International Development

Mentions:
1: Bridget Phillipson (Lab - Houghton and Sunderland South) That guidance stated that a woman in that Act bears the same meaning as a woman in the Equality Act 2010 - Speech Link
2: Bridget Phillipson (Lab - Houghton and Sunderland South) I agree that male violence remains a very serious challenge that we face as a country, and it is a challenge - Speech Link
3: Bridget Phillipson (Lab - Houghton and Sunderland South) It is important that it does that as quickly as possible but, as I have said, this is a complex area - Speech Link
4: Kirsty Blackman (SNP - Aberdeen North) An awful lot of people are hurting a huge amount this week as a result of the announcement. - Speech Link
5: Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi (Lab - Slough) , rather than being treated as a political football or a culture war issue? - Speech Link

Lords Chamber
“For Women Scotland” Supreme Court Ruling - Thu 24 Apr 2025
Department for International Development

Mentions:
1: None that Act bears the same meaning as a woman in the Equality Act 2010—and included trans women with a gender - Speech Link
2: Baroness Smith of Malvern (Lab - Life peer) As a Government, we will deliver a full trans-inclusive ban on conversion practices. - Speech Link
3: Baroness Levitt (Lab - Life peer) My Lords, once again I declare my interest as the parent of a trans child. - Speech Link
4: Baroness Jenkin of Kennington (Con - Life peer) As a result, the Civil Service committed to revise its guidelines. - Speech Link
5: Baroness Smith of Malvern (Lab - Life peer) My noble friend raises an important point around hate crime. - Speech Link

Select Committee
Not Buying It
 TVF0070 - Tackling Violence Against Women and Girls: Funding

Written Evidence May. 23 2025

Inquiry: Tackling Violence Against Women and Girls: Funding
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Home Affairs Committee (Department: Home Office)

Found: This is far more cost effective in terms of finances as well as the human cost eg a Nordic Decriminalisation