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Gender equality and Scottish Labour's plans for more devolution
Many of the women that have been part of our independence referendum discussions, Feminists talk Scotland's Futures, have wanted to hear more from the Better Together political parties about their vision for the future of Scotland.
We celebrated IWD by talking about women's equality & Scotland's futures
Our International Women's Day conference on 7 March brought together 150 women to talk about women's equality in the context of the independence referendum. We were hosted at Glasgow City Chambers by Councillor Martha Wardrop, and in these lavish surroundings we launched our report on equality and the current division of power and responsibility between Holyrood and Westminster.
Engender launches a report on gender equality and the independence debate
Today we are launching our report 'Gender Equality and Scotland's Constitutional Futures', to coincide with International Women's Day.
Engender pays tribute to Professor Ailsa McKay: feminist economist, sister, and friend
The Engender staff and board are sad to have lost a sister, friend, and inspirational feminist economist in Professor Ailsa McKay.
Engender's Articulate project
Some of our Twitter followers may have noticed that we’ve been talking about sectarianism quite a lot recently.
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Engender Briefing: Pension Credit Entitlement Changes
From 15 May 2019, new changes will be introduced which will require couples where one partner has reached state pension age and one has not (‘mixed age couples’) to claim universal credit (UC) instead of Pension Credit.
Engender Parliamentary Briefing: Condemnation of Misogyny, Racism, Harassment and Sexism
Engender welcomes this Scottish Parliament Debate on Condemnation of Misogyny, Racism, Harassment and Sexism and the opportunity to raise awareness of the ways in which women in Scotland’s inequality contributes to gender-based violence.
Gender Matters in Social Security: Individual Payments of Universal Credit
A paper calling on the Scottish Government to automatically split payments of Universal Credit between couples, once this power is devolved to the Scottish Parliament.
Gender Matters Manifesto: Twenty for 2016
This manifesto sets out measures that, with political will, can be taken over the next parliamentary term in pursuit of these goals.
Scottish NGO Briefing for UN Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women
Joint briefing paper for the UN Rapporteur on Violence Against Women.
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