Mary Howden 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 💚🤍💜

Feminism Adult Human Female #IStandWithSandiePeggie
#IStandWithSallGrover
#SexNotGender
1950s women pensions stolen

[Mary Howden 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 💚🤍💜 @MaryHowden]

I am concerned about gender ideology & it's impact on safeguards for vulnerable women & children.
I have written 3 blogs for @WomensRightsNet you can read them here👇
👩‍💻https://t.co/E7U5LOtZm9
👩‍💻https://t.co/X33Cv2pX3w
👩‍💻https://t.co/kWraHmRsMM

[Amanda Lindsay MSP @MandyLindsayMSP]

Honoured to recognise with a Motion in Parliament, @jk_rowling’s tireless work in defence of the rights & safety of women & girls, plus in her Essay, why aspects of trans activism pose risks to women’s sex-based rights and to freedom of speech and belief.

https://t.co/KqZ1Q66fD2

[Tess White @TessWhiteUK]

Thank you @hannahsbee for your superb journalism and reporting on the huge harm being caused to children. It looks like it is no longer being swept under the carpet and those showing massive courage raising the alarm, will be no longer bullied‼️⏰🔔

[Mary Howden 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 💚🤍💜 @MaryHowden]

@jane_mclenachan @ruslandvalley 😍💕💕💕😍

[WRN Scotland @WRNScotland]

So are we 🤦‍♀️

[Mary Howden 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 💚🤍💜 @MaryHowden]

@jane_mclenachan @CalumAM @JackLAllan So we are 😀

[WRN Scotland @WRNScotland]

Claire was irreplaceable — a steady source of wisdom, hard work, clear thinking, and quiet competence who helped shape WRN from its earliest days.

Her hand was in so much of what the organisation became, and so many of us relied on her considered feedback and support.

She faced illness with her typical good humour, courage, and grace.

Deepest sympathies to her husband Dave, her children, her wider family, her many friends, and her WRN group in Somerset & Dorset. She will be deeply missed.

Goodbye, Claire. Rest well. ❤️

[Mary Howden 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 💚🤍💜 @MaryHowden]

@WomensRightsNet Claire was one of a kind she offered her support & help readily She helped shape thinking about many issues

We did blogs on DQSH they were comprehensive covering all angles she ensured rigour

Claire's contribution to WRN was immense but I shall miss her friendship most 💔

[The Sunday Post @Sunday_Post]

Rank-and-file officers accused of gross misconduct will now not face the independent, legally chaired hearings that were ­originally promised. https://t.co/86EA6jMaTX

[The Sunday Post @Sunday_Post]

Despite her abuser being jailed, Liz Shanks continued to be terrorised by him, dragged through the court system for years arguing over who owned the sofa he tried to kill her on.
https://t.co/3Luml6n4hj

[WRN Scotland @WRNScotland]

"Mary Howden, of the Women’s Rights Network Scotland, condemned the move and said: “We cannot believe independent scrutiny is being ditched at a time when three serving officers have been convicted of rape in the past year, one died while accused, 45 others are currently suspended over serious allegations and thousands more are still waiting to be vetted. Whenever yet another rogue officer is exposed, the Chief Constable promises openness and transparency.

“Now we learn there will be no independent scrutiny for the majority of ­officers, only high-ranking ones. But it is frontline officers who have most contact with vulnerable women and abuse victims, and those are the ones who have been found guilty of abuse.”

[WRN Scotland @WRNScotland]

https://t.co/EjQ3gdg40q
Peggie, the nurse who was suspended after objecting to sharing a female changing room with a transgender doctor, has called for NHS Scotland to follow suit.
She said: “I welcome this common sense guidance from NHS England which makes clear that patients’ biological sex will determine which hospital wards they will be accommodated in.
The safety, privacy and dignity of female patients shouldn’t depend on where they are hospitalised in Great Britain.”

She added: “The rights of female hospital patients in Scotland must no longer be sacrificed because of gender ideology and NHS Scotland must now urgently commit to implementing similar guidance.”

We agree @NHSScotland can no longer ignore the right of women in hospital to privacy, dignity and safety

[The Sunday Post @Sunday_Post]

“Often, survivors beggar themselves paying for a private solicitor and wind up with bills for many thousands of pounds, or they represent themselves, trying to protect their children and themselves while confronted with the abuser and the abuser’s lawyer.” https://t.co/stwvetNqzb

[WRN Scotland @WRNScotland]

Please read 👇
#FreeAfghanWomen

[ScotPAG @ScotPAG]

Meanwhile in Scotland we’re still waiting!! 🎶 @WRNScotland @ForWomenScot @NHSScotland

[It's Time @ItsTimeCampaign]

It’s time for the independent panels that were agreed.

It’s time for full re-vetting and proper scrutiny of every officer.

It’s time to stop protecting the force’s reputation over public trust and the safety of women.
#ItsTime

[marion scott @ladymcbeth2]

In the week four rapist officers revealed within a year Police Scotland shelve independent misconduct reviews for all except top brass- a promise made six years ago following damning Angiolini review which they and gov agreed to adopt.Independent panels were to restore public confidence. Almost 80 officers currently suspended at £4m a year-some for six years! @RealStephenKerr @MaryHowden

[WRN Scotland @WRNScotland]

We wonder how long it will be before @NHSScotland will follow suit??

[Iain Masterton @iain_masterton]

Sandie Peggie urges NHS Scotland to ban trans women on wards

https://t.co/KW3nR6gbIq

[The Sunday Post @Sunday_Post]

As part of our It's Time campaign, MSP Amanda Bland shared her story of growing up around domestic violence.

https://t.co/SMWLEWYWa3

[WRN Scotland @WRNScotland]

Please support the vital work @RCCGlasgow do 👇