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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Libby Brooks Scotland correspondent

Edinburgh Rape Crisis Centre boss resigns after review finds ‘damage’ to survivors

Mridul Wadhwa
The report said under Mridul Wadhwa’s leadership the Edinburgh Rape Crisis Centre had lacked focus on its core requirements. Photograph: SNP

The chief executive of Edinburgh Rape Crisis Centre has stepped down after a review found that it caused “damage” to survivors by failing to protect women-only spaces.

In the independent review, published on Thursday, Mridul Wadhwa, a transgender woman, was found to have “failed to set professional standards of behaviour” and “did not understand the limits on her role’s authority”.

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