Anna Varle BBC South West health correspondent BBC Experts say vulnerable women need to be in female-only accommodation A charity working with victims of sexual violence is calling for action to stop vulnerable women being housed in emergency accommodation with men. Devon Rape Crisis & Sexual Abuse Services said it was “deeply concerned” by reports...
Miles Davis BBC Devon political reporter BBC Councillor and retired police chief inspector Jane Taylor asked for a full review of the council’s policy A council has clarified its position over single-sex spaces in the wake of the Supreme Court judgment which ruled a woman is defined by biological sex under equalities law. Independent councillor...
Becky Morton Political reporter Carla Denyer calls for EHRC to withdraw trans guidance Interim guidance on single-sex spaces is “ill-considered and impractical” and should be withdrawn, the Green Party has said. The guidance, issued by the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC), followed the UK Supreme Court’s ruling that a woman is defined by biological...
The Equalities and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has released interim guidance on how organisations should interpret the UK Supreme Court’s ruling that a woman is defined by biological sex in law. The new guidance says that, in places like hospitals, shops and restaurants, “trans women (biological men) should not be permitted to use the women’s...