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We are a grassroots organisation of women in Wales working to protect and promote the rights of women and girls.

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@MerchedCymru
Merched Cymru
23 days
The headline gives a misleading impression, but good to see this article. The majority of speakers in the debate were supportive of the Cass Review and are clearly taking it seriously. @WGHealthandCare @Eluned_Morgan 's statement was encouraging, but more detail is needed.
@NationCymru
Nation.Cymru
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The Senedd has voted against a motion calling for the Welsh Government to accept the recommendations of a landmark report which found that NHS gender care for children has been based on weak evidence ✍️ @EPriceJourno
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@MerchedCymru
Merched Cymru
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We are disturbed to have learned that a disabled woman from Newport was arrested by Gwent Police yesterday after posting stickers in support of women’s rights. We understand that the woman was held for eleven hours without access to essential medication, her house was .. 1/3
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We are making a formal complaint to the Standards Commissioner about @PrifWeinidog 's disgraceful response to @LauraJ4SWEast
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2 years
.. searched, she was questioned and then released at 3.30am to find her own way home. Her phone had been confiscated so she was unable to contact her family or call a taxi. We are in contact with the woman and supporting her to ensure she gets the appropriate legal advice. 2/3
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We do not want to jeopardise or prejudice the legal process so will not comment any further at this stage. 3/3
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Merched Cymru
2 years
We are opposed to Drag Queen Story Hour. We object to children being used to validate adults & to the misogyny inherent in drag queen performances. It does not benefit children nor increase LGB or T acceptance. Thanks to @SafeSchools_UK for this overview.
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Merched Cymru
1 year
His angry dismissal of her concerns as ‘shrill’ was clearly discriminatory. This insult is reserved exclusively for women who men wish to silence or ignore. It is a sexist trope that has no place in the Senedd, and which we had assumed was now a part of history.
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@MerchedCymru
Merched Cymru
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How do you empower girls and young women by erasing them? This is incoherent, dehumanising, and beyond sexist. An organisation is 'breaking the taboo around periods' by setting up a taboo around the naming of girls & women. @WelshGovernment should be ashamed. @WGHealthandCare
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Merched Cymru
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We have submitted a formal complaint to the @SeneddWales Standards Commissioner regarding the conduct of @PrifWeinidog . The sexist and dismissive nature of his response to @LauraJ4SWEast shows contempt for women and for the democratic process.
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@MerchedCymru
Merched Cymru
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A Welsh Labour MP has accused the Welsh government of adopting Stonewall's misinterpretation of equality law. Does this mean that at long last the Welsh media is breaking its silence on the complex &anti-democratic relationship between Welsh Government >
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We can only assume that the category of ‘people like her’ include the many thousands of women who are fighting to retain our legal right to single-sex spaces, services and sporting opportunities – in Wales, in the UK and across the world.
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@MerchedCymru
Merched Cymru
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These are not ‘dog-whistle concerns’; they are fundamental human rights issues, including the right to not be discriminated against, the right to safety, dignity and respect, and the right to free speech in a democratic society.
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Merched Cymru
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The ad hominem linking of Ms Jones’ question on the meaning of the word ‘woman’ (which goes to the heart of our sex-based rights) with racism and attacks on asylum-seekers was highly disingenuous and a clear attempt both to avoid the issue and to discredit Ms Jones personally.
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@MerchedCymru
Merched Cymru
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This story is concerning not only for women's rights in Wales, but for democracy. @WelshGovernment is not denying that the leaked draft Bill is genuine, only that it is not the latest version. They claim that they aim to ensure equal representation ..
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@MerchedCymru
Merched Cymru
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These rights are under threat in Wales for women who do not subscribe to gender identity ideology. The FM's misogynistic behaviour discriminates against all women in Wales and reinforces our view that he is neither willing to listen to us, or to represent us.
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@MerchedCymru
Merched Cymru
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Mark Drakeford claimed to be focused on evidence and 'the science' as First Minister. But his track record on women's rights suggests the opposite. With no obvious successor at this point, there'll be some important questions for contenders. Bye Mark! 👋
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Merched Cymru
1 year
This is a shocking dereliction of duty and is utterly unacceptable.
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Merched Cymru
1 year
We also note Mark Drakeford’s comment that ‘…this member and people like her spent the whole of April trying to raise these dog-whistle concerns’.
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Merched Cymru
6 months
Tale as old as time. Man breezes in, airs his facile, ill-informed opinion, tells women to stop be so silly and selfish and then gets affronted at our lack of gratitude.
@KennyFarq
Kenny Farquharson
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I'm astonished, I say astonished, to find that my call for compromise in the trans debate means I'm getting pelters from both sides. I mean, honestly, who could have predicted that?
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@MerchedCymru
Merched Cymru
3 years
This #InternationalWomensDay we're launching our campaign to highlight the protections the Equality Act 2010 gives women & girls. Sex, not gender, is a protected characteristic & there are specific exemptions in the legislation that mean that providing spaces, teams & services >
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The amazing @SonyaDouglas . One of many Welsh women who has been silenced & further marginalised for believing that #SexIsReal , immutable and politically important. Time for @WelshGovernment @fmwales to listen. #CanThePlan #WomenWontWheesht #NiFyddMenywodYnDdistaw #DimDiolch
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The same applies to @WelshLabour It goes without saying that we stand with Tonia, who has been consistently brave and principled on this. The attacks on her by mostly young Labour activists have been absurd, the misrepresentation of her words grotesque. This nonsense has to stop.
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Joan Smith
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A group of Labour activists are trying to distort language & reality. They pretend to see offence in the mildest of sentiments, creating an intolerant & threatening atmosphere. @Keir_Starmer needs to say where he stands on intimidation of Labour MPs.
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The Feminist Society at @SwanseaUni is currently under attack. We condemn the irresponsible scaremongering, and the bullying and harassment of its officers and members by misguided activists. The statement from the Feminist Society is exemplary.
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Merched Cymru
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This is as unequivocal as you can get. Surely there cannot be any organisation left that thinks Stonewall's 'advice' is value for money? Surely @WelshGovernment @SeneddWales it's time to re-evaluate?
@tribunaltweets
Tribunal Tweets
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Social worker Rachel Meade has won her case against and Westminster City Council and Social Work England. A hearing has been scheduled on 12 - 13 Feb 2024 on financial compensation if the parties can't resolve the remedy between themselves. #OpenJustice
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Merched Cymru
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Let us be clear. Merched Cymru campaigns for the rights of women & girls, including our existing legal rights to single sex spaces and services where these are necessary for safety, dignity and privacy. We make no apology for this. #IStandWithSueLent
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Merched Cymru
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Not sure which is more startling - the arrogance of scolding the WRU for making a decision based on solid scientific and medical evidence, or the headbanging stupidity of asking why trans ID women are treated differently from trans ID men.
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Merched Cymru
3 years
The Wales LGBTQ Action Plan is a commitment to ending women's sex based rights. We do not consent to a society organized around the belief system of gender rather than the objective reality of biological sex.
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Merched Cymru
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The role of @EHRC as regulator is to ensure that the rights of all groups are balanced where conflicts occur. The bullying, authoritarian actions of gender identity activists show clearly that they believe there is a hierarchy of rights where they must always have priority.
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Maya Forstater
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Solidarity with @EHRCChair Kishwer Falkner who, like many, is facing a witch-hunt for trying to do her job.
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Appalling but only what we've come to expect from @WelshGovernment and @PrifWeinidog . Dismissive, arrogant, rude and blinkered.
@LauraJ4SWEast
Laura Anne Jones MS
1 year
I questioned the First Minister on where he stood on Sir Keir’s flip flopping on women’s rights. I asked if he agreed with Starmer that biological men can be women OR did he agree with him that women’s rights should not be rolled back. Sadly the FM failed to stand up for women.
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We support Professor Kathleen Stock. Here's our full statement in solidarity and sisterhood. We condemn the threats and abuse targeted at @Docstockk in the strongest possible terms. #WeStandWithKathleenStock #SafwnGydaKathleenStock
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Merched Cymru
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Powerful blog by an expert in her field. "Fellow social workers kept silent. Behind closed doors and in cars we discussed the ridiculousness of what was happening. Laughing at the sheer nonsense that we were confident would end soon. But it didn’t end."
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Merched Cymru
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We are appalled by the criminal damage caused to the @TaliesinSwansea over the weekend and stand in solidarity with event organisers @SGResisters and Taliesin Centre staff who face this harassment. We call on @SwanseaUni and @SwanseaUniSU to unequivocally condemn such ...
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Thread: We are concerned at the misrepresentation in this letter from @WelshGovernment ministers. 1. There is no 'rollback' of rights. If this perception is held by activists, then the fault lies with lobbying organisations who treated this significant legislative proposal 1/n
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As we analyse the content of @WelshGovernment 's draft LGBTQ+ Action Plan a few interesting facts, figures and omissions are being noted. Our LGB Alliance Cymru sisters are particularly concerned about exactly how much this plan represents their concerns and needs.
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Merched Cymru
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Completely agree. @WelshGovernment has paid Stonewall hundreds of thousands of pounds over the years. It's been one of the largest single funders of this unaccountable lobbying groups in the UK. And for what? Pressuring Ministers to mouth idiot mantras?
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J.K. Rowling
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Stonewall’s pernicious influence on public policy, the clear conflict of interest in taking money from the bodies it’s lobbying and its irresponsible dissemination of medical misinformation have gone on far too long.
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Merched Cymru
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Credit to Gower MP @ToniaAntoniazzi for providing the impetus for Priti Patel's directive to record the sex of perpetrators rather than their self-declared gender. "Data must be accurately sex-disaggregated in order to fully understand the impact of all crimes on women and >
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"Organisations ... are now falling over themselves in the race to dissociate themselves from Stonewall. It is remarkable that the Welsh government, oblivious to the fact that the edifice of gender ideology is crumbling, is doing its utmost to prop it up."
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Merched Cymru
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Very proud to be a part of #FiLiA2021 So many extraordinary, inspiring women here. Also, dinosaurs!
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Merched Cymru
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Women's sports. Fairness and safety for women, or inclusion for men? Spot the difference - England v Wales ... Nadine Dorries, UK Govt: "It shouldn’t need to be said, but in the vast majority of sports, asking women and teenage girls to compete against someone born male is ...
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Merched Cymru
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So, every @Plaid_Cymru candidate has to support male trans identifying prisoners in women's prisons. Every Plaid candidate rejects the legal right for a disabled woman or girl to insist on female only care workers, or the right to see a female doctor.
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Merched Cymru
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Another charming misogynist masquerading as inclusive. We stand with our lesbian sisters. There is no hierarchy of human rights. Forced teaming is coercion. #CottonCeilingIsRape #GetTheLOut #PrideCymru2022 #PrideCymru
@benhodgee
Ben Hodge 🇺🇦
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TERF cunts hijacking #PrideCymru2022 shows exactly why we still need pride. Trans women are women, trans men are men, non binary people are valid, end of story #PrideCymru We exist, and no dickhead can stop that 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️
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Merched Cymru
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We welcome the news that the @EHRC has cut ties with Stonewall. We hope that this will encourage @WelshGovernment & others to listen to calls to re-evaluate the largely uncritical attitude towards #Stonewall in #Wales .
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The misrepresentations are getting very tiresome. The stickers were not 'anti trans' and there were no sharps concealed behind them. @gwentpolice either need to come up with the evidence for this smear or make it clear that it has no basis in fact.
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Merched Cymru
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Please take note, @WelshGovernment How much civil service time and taxpayer money are you prepared to waste to push your regressive, unlawful bid to redefine 'woman'? You can still back down and salvage a modicum of dignity and public respect. Over to you... #section35
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For Women Scotland
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We welcome the news that the Equality and Human Rights Commission has cut ties with Stonewall. We exist because of explicit attacks on women’s sex-based rights. Our right to single-sex spaces, services & opportunities. Our right to speak, and to be listened to. Our right to >
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The social media coverage of #Plaid24 probably hasn't gone quite as @Plaid_Cymru 'd hoped. Like @FiLiA_charity we believe that women's sex-based rights are important, so we thought we'd remind everyone of what some of those rights are. #IStandWithFiLiA #SexNotGender
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Merched Cymru
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Many in Wales will be aware of the harassment of Dr @DilysDavies - a psychologist with expertise in gender issues & a founder member of @YesCymru . YesCymru's Central Committee wld be well advised to read the full judgment & commentary below. #SexMatters
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Merched Cymru
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So, there is little doubt. @MarkDrakeford and @WelshGovernment prioritise 'inclusion' for men over fairness, safety and the sex-based rights of women and girls. Aren't you ashamed to be shown up in this way by UK Govt's @NadineDorries , @Dawn_Bowden @WG_Culture ? Eng 1 - Wal 0
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Merched Cymru
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Today we were asked to comment in relation to concerns about the promotion of pronoun badges to children at the Urdd Eisteddfod. Our comment in full is below. While this may be a fashion among some young people we do not think it is an inclusive or helpful practice for children.
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Merched Cymru
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Political leaders must condemn the aggressive protesters who are attempting to drown out the speakers inside the #wpukmanchester meeting. 'Toxic on both sides' is a lie. All the violence, the threats, & the venom comes from one side who seek to silence women & deny us our rights.
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They say a week is a long time in politics, so imagine how long four years is! @PlaidCymru 's policy on transgender inclusion is a blast from the past - as if the legal clarification and policy shifts of the last 4 years hadn't happened. @SexMattersOrg
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Merched Cymru
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Lets hope that this isn't just a temporary hitch but the end of @WelshGovernment 's attempts to sneak self ID onto the statute books. They know that @SeneddWales does not have the legal competence and that the majority of the public would not support them... 1/
@NationCymru
Nation.Cymru
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The Welsh Government has unexpectedly postponed publication of a controversial Bill that would allow biological men to identify as women for the purpose of standing as candidates for the Senedd. ✍ @ShiptonMartin 👉
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Merched Cymru
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This lack of transparency is profoundly undemocratic. Women's rights stood to be significantly affected by self ID proposals. Open debate is absolutely essential to acknowledging and balancing conflicts of rights.
@SexMattersOrg
Sex Matters
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Crispin Blunt MP ordered to apologise for breach of parliamentary rules over attempt to make secret deal on gender self ID
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We are pleased to host the full statement from @SwanseaUni Feminist Society on our website. "We condemn the implied messaging of the Swansea University Student Union that academic freedom somehow makes other students feel harmed or unsafe ..."
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All approved @Plaid_Cymru election candidates must support mixed sex wards in hospitals, and trans identifying males playing in women’s rugby and football. They would also deny the legal rights of women who've experienced violence and abuse to safety, privacy and dignity.
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Merched Cymru
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It's Mr Menno. Having a @WelshGovernment Action Plan based on an ideological belief impacts negatively on gay men and all same-sex attracted people as well. #CanThePlan #SexNotGender #DimDiolch #RhywNidRhywedd #SexMatters #LGBRights
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Ask your Senedd candidates about single-sex hospital wards .. When in hospital female patients are unwell, vulnerable, in a state of undress, often scared or confused. The Equality Act specifically mentions single-sex wards. Women’s safety, > #SexInTheSenedd #Senedd2021
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Merched Cymru
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Providing single-sex wards in hospitals was high on the political agenda in Wales and across the UK for many years. This was reflected in law and policy. While we’re in hospital we’re unwell, often at our most vulnerable: in a state of undress, we may need additional support >
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Merched Cymru
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Wales next...
@fairplaywomen
FairPlayForWomen
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Self-ID for a GRC is dead! First stopped in the U.K. now stopped in Scotland. We did it! Well done to everyone 🎉🎉
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Merched Cymru
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Guest post: I wrote this because I don't think straight women always realise what a debt of gratitude we owe to lesbians. This is my attempt at saying 'thank you'.
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Merched Cymru
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Here it is ... With the help of members & supporters we asked candidates if they supported women's sex-based rights as set out in the Equality Act. Here are their responses. And their non-responses. Plus a link to the replies. #SexInTheSenedd #Senedd2021
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Merched Cymru
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... of a candidate's declaration that they are a woman is totalitarian and chilling. It also makes it transparent that this Bill is seen by Ministers and some activist officials as primarily a vehicle for getting 'transwomen are women' into Welsh law. Underhand & anti-women.
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Merched Cymru
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On the battlefield of institutional capture, we've been advancing for a while. But it feels like @StephenNolan has just turned up with a tank! Links to all the episodes of the podcast here:
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Merched Cymru
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How are @Plaid_Cymru and @RhunapIorwerth so unaware that these hard-line anti-women values have been ditched by so many others since 2020? Plaid is stuck with a toxic legacy. Out of touch and legally questionable. Four years is a long time in the 'gender wars'. @owenceredigion
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Merched Cymru
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A rousing speech from @ALLIANCELGB 's Kate. @WelshGovernment has a duty to listen to a plurality of voices & opinions. #CanThePlan #SexNotGender #RhywNidRhywedd #WomenWontWheesht #NiFyddMenywodYnDdistaw
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So @WENWales - that's the Women's Equality Network in Wales for anyone not familiar their work - has produced a toolkit for schools and youth groups to use with 4-11 year olds on International Womens Day #IWD2021 We had a look.
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One of the many Welsh women involved in the @LabWomenDec , Sue Lent, explains the importance of today's Rally. #CanThePlan #NoThankYou #WelshWomenWontWheest #WomenWontWheesht #DimDiolch #SexNotGender
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Our response to @PrifWeinidog @MarkDrakeford 's inadequate attempt at answering @LauraJ4SWEast 's question on the future of women's sports in the @SeneddWales yesterday. He is ill-informed on the guidance & evidence and misunderstands equality & inclusion.
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Merched Cymru
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> and Stonewall and how it is eroding the rights of women as well as other protected groups? It shouldn't be necessary to say this, but knowing the backlash women who speak up get, we commend @ToniaAntoniazzi MP's bravery in speaking out. #WeStandWithTonia #WomenWontWheesht
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Merched Cymru
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This would not be happening if women hadn't spoken up and challenged Stonewall's regressive, illiberal misrepresentation of the law and the erasure of the language women need to describe our lives and the discrimination we face because of our sex. Keep speaking up.
@Womans_Place_UK
Woman’s Place UK
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“Stonewall has dropped guidance advising groups on its workplace schemes to remove the word “mother” from their policies.” This is a significant change of direction by @stonewalluk Thank you to everyone who spoke out #SexMatters
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@cwknews @Womans_Place_UK And none of the very valid reasons we wanted and needed those things have gone away.
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The National recently published a broadside against Sue Lent. She retained her seat despite a vicious attack on her reputation. Sue has been supported by @LabWomenDec . Merched Cymru & our aims were seriously misrepresented in the article. We've responded.
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Merched Cymru
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New and refurbished school buildings across Wales are imposing mixed sex toilet facilities on children. These toilets are not compliant with the law, and present considerable problems, particularly for girls.
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Thank you everyone for the welcome!
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Our deputy ministers for equalities and sport @hannahblythyn and @Dawn_Bowden even had the brass neck to write to the @WelshRugbyUnion , scolding it for following the science and restricting the women's game to female players only. 'Captured' doesn't begin to cover it.
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Sharron Davies MBE
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60 national governing bodies here in the UK - including 6 combat yes combat sports have been running scared of stonewall & NOT centering female athlete safety or fairness in their own category! No longer…. Thank you ⁦ @KemiBadenoch
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At the end of November Merched Cymru and @Fairplaywomen held a briefing for MSs on the topic of sex, gender and inclusivity in sport. Read a summary of what our expert speakers, including @runthinkwrite and @rowinggeek covered.
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Merched Cymru
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ASK YOUR SENEDD CANDIDATES IF THEY AGREE ... The Equality Act 2010 gives women and girls sex-based rights. Self-ID – which a majority of the parties are committed to - threatens these rights and is already undermining them, in > #SexInTheSenedd #Senedd2021
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@MerchedCymru
Merched Cymru
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We are deeply disappointed to see this divisive language from the CEO of Chwarae Teg, and the failure to address the valid points raised in response to the organisation’s poorly worded tweet yesterday. 1/
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Merched Cymru
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Woman/girl: a female person. This includes transwomen and girls, as well as ciswomen and girls. So, the category of female people now include male people according to the Women's Equality Network Wales. That's going to make recording and analysing discrimination interesting.
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Our members undertook a survey of pupils, parents and teachers, to find out what they thought of mixed-sex / gender-neutral toilets. Unsurprisingly no-one liked them. Mixed-sex provision - in schools and in public buildings - is being brought in against the wishes of the vast >
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Merched Cymru
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@ForWomenScot @stonewalluk Experience suggests that Stonewall's definition of 'research' is considerably looser than most. They are the experts in policy-based evidence making.
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Merched Cymru
2 years
Seriously, @Eluned_Morgan , how absurd is it to claim that Wales is 'proud' of a bodily function when it can't bring itself to name the class of people who experience it? Welsh women have had enough. @WGHealthandCare @WG_Communities #GirlIsNotADirtyWord #WomanIsNotADirtyWord
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@MerchedCymru
Merched Cymru
3 years
We have a treat in store for you next Saturday morning. We're putting the finishing touches to the programme for our Sex, Sexuality and Reality webinar. We've some great speakers & panellists. Don't forget to book soon! #CanThePlan #SexNotGender #DimDiolch
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Merched Cymru
3 years
. @RCTCouncil is the 2nd council in the UK to be forced to review its ill-advised schools' transgender policies after legal challenges. Psychotherapist @stellaomalley3 describes this ‘high-handed, inappropriate behaviour’ as common in schools & councils.
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Merched Cymru
3 years
The @ALLIANCELGB is the UK's leading LGB charity with associate groups across the world (and in Wales @LGBAllies_Cymru ). They share our disquiet about @WelshGovernment 's LGBTQ+ Action Plan in terms of both process & content. "Despite claims that they >
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@MerchedCymru
Merched Cymru
3 years
One of the most worrying aspects of Welsh Government's membership of Stonewall's diversity champions and workplace index schemes lies in the extent to which it undermines democracy and accountability. For years now, women in Wales have been asking to be consulted on these >
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@MerchedCymru
Merched Cymru
3 years
We do not consent to @WelshGovernment 's efforts at the behest of Stonewall to delete the words that describe our identity, our bodies, our experiences, our lives. Woman is not a dirty word. Mother is not a dirty word. Especially not in a *Maternity* policy.
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Merched Cymru
1 year
@JustinOnWeb @SteveChalke @BBCr4today Diolch, Justin. These kinds of scaremongering distortions by Stonewall and their ilk have gone unchallenged far too often.
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Merched Cymru
3 years
A powerful blog: "I also hope that people take time to consider why those who are being dragged to the pyre are not just women, but in most cases, lifelong left-leaning, open minded, educated & tolerant women, often with a history of supporting minority >
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@MerchedCymru
Merched Cymru
2 months
An absurd decision by @Plaid_Cymru that does nothing to reassure voters that the Party is not a hotbed of misogyny, compelled speech and incompetence. Welsh #WomenWontWheesht . #NiFyddMenywodYnDdistaw #Plaid24
@FiLiA_charity
FiLiA
2 months
PRESS RELEASE - #FiLiA banned from @Plaid_Cymru conference In Feb, we booked a stand at #Plaid24 , to talk to delegates & politicians about our #grassroots campaigns. With less than *48 hours* to go, our booking was revoked @RhunapIorwerth Read why 👇🏼
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@MerchedCymru
Merched Cymru
4 months
Good article on our school toilets report. Interesting that @WelshGovernment is laying the blame squarely at the door of local authorities. What do you think @WelshLGA ? “Grants awarded are subject to compliance with all relevant laws and regulations as stipulated in the terms ..
@NationCymru
Nation.Cymru
4 months
Around 15% of secondary schools in Wales are breaking the law by not providing single sex toilet facilities for children, according to new research ✍️ @ShiptonMartin
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@MerchedCymru
Merched Cymru
3 years
Congratulations to @Jeremy_Miles on his appointment as @wgmin_education in @WelshGovernment . We'll be drawing key issues in relation to the curriculum to his attention & also ensuring that female learners' rights under the Equality Act 2010 & other legislation aren't ignored.
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Merched Cymru
7 months
... women's participation in public and political life. If declaring you are a woman is all it takes the Senedd may hit a numerical target without any benefit to equality or fair representation. Including a prohibition on any enquiry by a Returning Officer into the validity ..
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