Statements and letters
August 2021 - CSW complaint letters
8 July 2021 - letter to the Argentinian UN representative from WHRC Argentina - in Spanish and English
2 July 2021 - statement from WHRC on NGO CSW's "Affirmation of Feminist Principles"
18 June 2021 - statement from WHRC HQ
WHRC is disappointed to see that NGO CSW continues in its inability to prioritise the sex-based rights of women and girls. In a mass email sent out on Thursday 17 June by NGOCSW, the GEF (Generation Equality Forum) Civil Society Advisory Group asks people to sign up to a letter demanding that everybody involved in the GEF makes “intersectionality a core principle of our collective work” and that “women, girls and gender-diverse people” must be centred. WHRC fears that the GEF will be used to promote an agenda that seeks to diminish the sex-based rights of women and girls by insisting that men who claim a female ‘gender identity’ are admitted into the category of women, in direct contradiction to CEDAW principles. Article 1 of the Declaration on Women’s Sex-based Rights, promoted by WHRC, states that the rights of women are based on the category of sex. States, delegates and NGOs must uphold women’s sex-based rights as determined in CEDAW.
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Events
Register for WHRC weekly Feminist Question Time here. Every Saturday from 3-4.30pm UK time.
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Research
WHRC UK has published its first piece of research into the provision of single-sex accommodation and same-sex medical practitioners in NHS trusts in England and Wales. Download a copy here.
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Consultations
WHRC, our country contacts and our founders regularly respond to consultations on issues involving women's sex-based rights.
WHRC Australia - Joint NGO Submission to the UN Status on Women - July 2021
WHRC response to UK consultation on women's health - June 2021
WHRC response to UN Special Rapporteur call for evidence on violence against women - April 2021
WHRC response to EU hate crimes consultation - April 2021
UK WHRC submission to the Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government on toilet provision for men and women - February 2021
WHRC submission to the UN Report on Gender, Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity - February 2021
Sheila Jeffrey's submission to the UN Report on Gender, Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity - February 2021
UK WHRC submission to the WESC on Gender Recognition Act reform - December 2020
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Videos
Dysphoric - a four-part documentary by Vaishnavi Sundar
Whose Body is it? - Kara Dansky
Watch several interviews with Kara Dansky at the WHRC YouTube channel.
Men's Sexual Rights vs Women's Sex-Based Rights - video talk by Sheila Jeffreys, 18 April 2020
Maureen O Hara on the eroding of child safeguarding principles
Webinars
From human bodies to digital identities - transgenderism, transhumanism & the 4th industrial revolution - talk by Lilian Hellwomon, WHRC webinar 30 November 2020. Download talk script here.
Link for other fantastic webinars: www.objectnow.org
WHRC Launch videos
South Korean Launch of Declaration, especially from 32 mins.
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Websites
European Women's Lobby in Spain on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook
Useful websites on the US 'Equality Act' here and here
Sex Matters - new UK website
Green Feminists Facebook page and mailing list
Gender Identity Challenge from Norway: Gender Identity Challenge
Articles, Presentations & Blog posts
Susanne Bischoff's talk on trans and sport from a German perspective July 2021 - in German and English.
Guide to CEDAW - March 2021 - download slides
Women's Rights in Portugal - download slides from Teresa Marques' talk at Feminist Question Time on 13 February 2021
The Power of the Powerless - Maya Forstater blog article
Rosa Borg's talk on the situation in Malta from WHRC webinar (in Italian)
Shining a Light on Stonewall's Activities by Legal Feminist
From Greece - sailing champion shares her experience of sexual assault
Check out the article in the Economist on gender identity: Putting trans women in female prisons sets up a clash of rights
Transpeople grooming young people, acting as "glitter Moms": The Secret Tactics of Glitter Moms: A Tale of Betrayal and Grooming
Link relating to Rosa's answer to a question about schools in Malta: Will children choose their gender now?
Feminist Post: FEMINIST POST Radfem Italia
How can we prove it when the proof is obvious and they do nothing but deny it? The 11th hour Blog Archives
Rich white men institutionalising Transgender ideology by Jennifer Bilek:The Federalist
Leeds Launch of The Declaration of Women’s Sex-based Rights – Speech by Dr Heather Brunskell-Evans
By: Heather Brunskell-Evans
Queer Politics - text of talk by Sheila Jeffreys at WHRC webinar 6 June 2020
Pronouns are Rohypnol by Barra Kerr
Fair Play For Women - Pronouns
Interview with Laoise Uí Aodha de Brún: It's easier to change your legal sex than to be Irish....
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Books
Gender Hurts
By: Sheila Jeffreys
Female Erasure (the book) :Female Erasure
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Lobbying resources
For use by any interested in carrying out lobbying activities:
WHRC letter to the UN, July 2020
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Academic Papers
Maureen O'Hara Compelled speech - gaslighting in the courtroom (2019)
Global Market Insights research into the sex reassignment market (2020)
Losing sight of women's rights: the unregulated introduction of gender self-identification as a case study of policy capture in Scotland
By: Kath Murray and Lucy Hunter Blackburn
Female Autonomy vs Gender Identity A critical analysis of gender identity in CEDAW jurisprudence and the Yogyakarta Principles
By: Tina Elaine Minkowitz
The impact of the Council of Europe upon trans inclusion: Judgements and Contradictions
Fairplay for Women
The queer disappearance of lesbians: Sexuality in the academy
By: Sheila Jeffreys
The politics of the toilet: A feminist response to the campaign to ‘degender’ a women's space.
By: Sheila Jeffreys
The transgendering of children: Gender eugenics.
By: Sheila Jeffreys
They Know It When They See It: The UK Gender Recognition Act 2004
By: Sheila Jeffreys
Gender Transitioning and Responsible Responses.pdf
By: Geoff Holloway
Trans and intersex equality rights in Europe – a comparative analysis
European network of legal experts in gender equality and non-discrimination: The EU’s policies and actions on transgenderism - 2018 outlined
Sex, not gender. A plea for accuracy
By: Christina Richie
Trans Rights Europe & Central Asia Index
By: Transgender Europe
The reality of sex , one pager The reality of sex
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