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Engender has a vision for a Scotland in which women and men have equal opportunities in life, equal access to resources and power, and are equally safe and secure from harm.

Mainstream economics does not reflect the reality of women’s lives and contributions to society. Feminist economists have long called for gender inequality at the heart of our national and international economic frameworks.

Even before the Covid-19 pandemic, women’s health was being woefully under-served in Scotland.

Men are overrepresented in all of Scotland’s democratic bodies. There are multiple barriers to women – particularly women of colour, disabled women and LGBTI+ women – accessing politics.

Women’s rights are at risk in Scotland, as Brexit and challenges to the Human Rights Act threaten to undermine hard-won victories like protection from maternity discrimination.

Engender’s staff team is responsible for the organisation’s operations.

separate and distinct projects on sexual harassment which are being conducted by women’s organisations across the UK including Close the Gap, the Scottish Women’s Rights Centre, Fawcett Society, Chwarae Teg and the

worked on action research projects to identify barriers to service delivery for trans women, and have developed trans-inclusive violence against women services and specific support services targeted at LGBTI people. Our position is based on

In this post, Beth looks at how women and men experience public space and urban environments and how we can create gender-equal cities in Scotland.