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New Slovenia country page

WHRC is growing as women from more and more countries join our campaign. This week we have added a new country page for Slovenia. 

WHRC joins Canadian prisons protest

Alongside many other Canadian women's organisations including CAWSBAR, PDF and We The Femals, WHRC Canada took part in a protest against men being housed in women's prisons. Watch some of the footage on the WHRC Facebook page and read this article from a CASWBAR member, 'Why are violent biological males being sent to women's prisons in Canada' . 

WHRC India and Raquel Rosario Sanchez in conversation

Vaishnavi Sundar, WHRC India country contact, recently recorded a webinar on the global North's indifference to the rights of women and girls with Raquel Rosario Sanchez. Watch on the WHRC India Youtube channel or listen here. 

WHRC Brasil protests about women's prisons

The Supreme Court of Brazil accepted the plea of "ABGLT", an "LGBT" organization, and decided that trans-identified men can choose between being incarcerated in a separated facility in men's prison or going to a women's prison. The decision might become a precedent to all actions that involve single-sex spaces,  such as bathrooms and locker rooms. WHRC Brasil asks everyone to follow their Instagram account, where they will write about it this week. They also ask everyone to send a personal message - see the WHRC Brasil page for email addresses and a template message. 

WHRC Germany uploads 'gender identity' answers from political parties

WHRC Germany has uploaded a list of the answers of the political parties who reacted to our election test questions ("Wahlprüfsteine") so far (selection criteria was parties that are currently represented in the German Bundestag).

WHRC webinars this week

This week's Feminist Question Time features speakers from Serbia, South Korea, Australia and the UK. Register here. 

WHRC Radical Feminist Perspectives on Sunday 26 September features Sheila Jeffreys and Madhulika Agarwal discussing Andrea Dworkin's book, 'Intercourse'.. Register here. 

WHRC merchandise

WHRC hoodies and t-shirts are on sale here - postage available to anywhere in the world. 

Sex-based rights around the world

Keira Bell case overturned on appeal

Last week the Court of Appeal in England overturned the landmark ruling against the prescription of puberty blockers to children, determining that it was up to doctors whether or not to prescribe these without parental consent. Keira is planning to appeal to the Supreme Court. 

IOC delays new guidance on trans-identified athletes

The International Olympic Committee has delayed publication of its new guidance on including trans-identified men in women's sports until 2022. The new guidelines are unlikely to be out before the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. 

NZ Women's Suffrage Day protest

A group of feminists in New Zealand protest in favour of women's sex-based rights on New Zealand's Women's Suffrage Day. 

UK Liberal Democrat leader can't say what a woman is

Watch Liberal Democrate leader Ed Davey in his interview with the BBC's Andrew Marr. 

UK MP unable to attend Labour party conference over threats

Rosie Dufffield, Labour MP for Canterbury, has announced she is unable to attend this year's party conference over threats to her safety. She incurred the wrath of trans rights activists after liking a tweet that said 'only women have cervixes'. Speaker of the House of Commons, Sir Lindsay Hoyle, has spoken out to condemn the abuse of Ms Duffield and other female MPs. Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has announced today that women-only spaces can be retained in some circumstances. 

Resources

Surrogacy in India: The Fallacy of Choice

'As of 2020, India has remained one of the biggest markets for surrogacy... Despite such untethered growth of an unscrupulous market, surrogacy has encountered little scrutiny or regulation.' Read Vaishnavi Sundar's article in 4W. 

Detailed history of women's rights in Slovenia

See our Slovenia country page to download a fascinating history of women's rights in Slovenia by Monika Jeric. 

Article 3 from the Indian Perspective - WHRC India blog

Read Madhulika's latest blog for WHRC India - 'Right to Physical and Reproductive Integrity: Article 3 from the Indian Perspective'.

WHRC Youtube channel

If you can't make our regular webinars you can find all of them online on the WHRC Youtube channel. 

Events

21 September 2021 - WHRC rally in Munich


One day before the federal election, the women's group of the German representation of WHRC is organizing a rally for sex-based women's rights and against laws for "self-identification" of sex. This will take place at 2 p.m. on Saturday, 25.09.21 at Wittelsbacher Platz in Munich. The group will clarify that a legal expansion around the concept of a "gender identity" is not compatible with the protection of women's rights and the integrity of minors. In particular, this refers to proposals from the election programs of the Green Party, SPD, FDP and DIE LINKE for a "self-determination law". Such a law would allow any person to be legally the opposite sex in a simple way. The consequences of such "gender identity" laws for the physical integrity of women and girls, for freedom of expression, for our language, for women's and girls' freedom of assembly, in sports and everywhere in daily life will be highlighted. The rally will be livestreamed on the WHRC international and German Facebook channels. 


Everyone is invited to download our press statement on our website and share it with journalists and others. contact: [email protected]

LGB Alliance conference - London 21 October

WHRC is looking forward to catching up with old friends and meeting new ones at the LGB Alliance conference on 21 October at the QEII conference centre in London, where we'll be attending as an exhibitor. WHRC signatories can book discounted tickets here.