A Week in the War on Women: Monday 1st August - Sunday 7th August GOOD NEWS SUPPLEMENT

Just a handful of good news stories from the gender beat this week. Enjoy!

Stonewalls Are Crumbling

Following Allison Bailey’s legal victory, it looks like public sector bodies will soon be under pressure to withdraw from Stonewall’s membership schemes.

Allison Bailey @BluskyeAllison

I very much hope this succeeds. #StonewallOut

dailymail.co.ukNew push to stop Stonewall getting taxpayers’ cash after legal battlePublic sector bodies are to be told to stop giving money to Stonewall after a legal battle raised fears over the group’s influence. Whitehall have been told to cut ties.

Both contenders in the Tory leadership race are said to be opposed to Stonewall’s influence over taxpayer-funded bodies. A source close to Liz Truss told The Daily Mail, “Liz has long believed public sector organisations should withdraw from the Stonewall diversity champions scheme”. A spokesperson for Rishi Sunak commented, “Stonewall has become an organisation that no public sector body should associate with”.

Furthermore, law firms are being urged to leave Stonewall’s ‘workplace’ schemes in light of the ruling in Allison Bailey’s case.

Womans_Place_UK @Womans_Place_UK

“Many joined Stonewall’s schemes hoping for guidance on how to make their workplaces fairer & more inclusive. What they got was encouragement to write equality.. policies that are in themselves discriminatory.” @legalfeminist thetimes.co.uk/article/ec592c…

thetimes.co.ukLaw firms ‘should quit Stonewall advice scheme’ after Allison Bailey rulingVictory for the Lionesses in the Euros at the weekend temporarily quelled the debate over what a woman is — they are footballers who win trophies for England.

Naomi Cunningham said that the outcome left participation in Stonewall’s schemes “Looking more like a source of legal risk than an insurance policy”.

First Do No Harm

The Psychologist published a letter signed by a number of clinicians. In the wake of the The Cass Interim Report and planned closure of the Tavistock, it calls for the psychology profession to move away from defensiveness and to investigate and acknowledge the mistakes that were made.

The Psychologist @psychmag

Time for honest reflection, not defence… 14 signatories call for ‘recovery and redemption’ around the announcement of a new model and Early Adopter services by NHS England following recommendation from the Cass Review. bps.org.uk/psychologist/t…

“Defence, not reflection, has been a theme throughout the story of GIDS… Rebuilding trust requires accountability, honesty and reflection. We must not retreat into the comfort of defensive denial at this crucial moment.”

A Step In The Right Direction

Justice Secretary, Dominic Raab, is expected to announce that pre-operative trans-identified male prisoners will not be accommodated alongside female inmates without ministerial sign-off.

FairPlayForWomen @fairplaywomen

“the Justice Secretary directed changes so that transgender prisoners with male genitalia are not housed with other biologically born women in the female prison estate, unless specifically signed off by a minister.”

telegraph.co.ukTrans prisoners ‘will not be housed with other women’Ministers would have to approve transfer of a male-bodied inmate to a women’s prison irrespective of whether they self-identify as a woman

A source for Rishi Sunak’s campaign said that he would implement the policy were he to become prime minister. “Rishi agrees it is right to have even tougher rules around male-bodied prisoners entering women’s jails”, the source told the paper.

Wonderful News From Kansas

Voters in a Kansas referendum turned out in huge numbers to ensure that the state’s constitution continues to protect abortion rights.

The New York Times @nytimes

Abortion rights supporters won a huge victory in Kansas, one of the most conservative U.S. states, with voters rejecting a constitutional amendment that would have let legislators ban or significantly restrict abortion. Here's a look at what happened.

nyti.msHere’s how abortion rights supporters won in conservative Kansas.Turnout was high for a referendum that drew national attention.

Over 900,000 Kansas citizens cast their vote in the primary elections and, even in one of the US’s most conservative states, the majority voted to protect abortion rights.

Graham Speaks To The Nation

Don’t miss our Graham on Free Speech Nation with Andrew Doyle [from 30.00].

And Finally…

Paul Bastard Bronks @SlenderSherbet

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Science girl @gunsnrosesgirl3

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