The Latest Breaking News from For Women Scotland

The Observer view on Equality Act ruling: A dignified compromise that respects the rights of everyone

The supreme court judgment gives protections to women at the same level as other groups

The Guardian - UK · Apr 20, 2025

Scottish ministers want urgent meeting with UK Government on gender ruling

Scotland’s Social Justice Secretary plans to make a statement on the judgment at the Scottish Parliament next week.

Evening Standard · Apr 18, 2025

Trans women aren’t legally women: What the UK Supreme Court ruling means

The ruling concluded a long-running dispute between feminist advocacy groups and the Scottish government.

Al Jazeera · Apr 17, 2025

UK Supreme Court Declares Transwomen Are Not 'Real Women': JK Rowling, Other Celebrities Likely Support The Ruling

The UK Supreme Court has ruled that under equality law, a woman is defined by biological sex, a decision following a case brought by For Women Scotland.

International Business Times UK · Apr 17, 2025

Trans community ‘worried people are coming after their right to exist’, says MSP

The Supreme Court handed down its judgment on the definition of a woman in the Equality Act on Wednesday.

Evening Standard · Apr 17, 2025

Thursday briefing: ​What a landmark supreme court ruling on biological sex does – and doesn’t – mean

In today’s newsletter: ​Both jubilation and trepidation followed a judgment on trans rights – here’s how to understand the ruling really means

The Guardian - UK · Apr 17, 2025

UK Supreme Court Rules Legal Definition Of ‘Woman’ Is Based On Biological Sex Only

“This is a huge blow to some of the most marginalised people in our society."

Pedestrian.tv · Apr 16, 2025

‘A huge reset’: gender-critical activists and trans rights campaigners react to supreme court ruling

Ruling brings relief and ‘vindication’ for some but others see it as a damaging attack on their rights

The Guardian - UK · Apr 16, 2025

What does the UK supreme court’s ruling on definition of ‘women’ mean?

Top court’s ruling that ‘sex is binary’ in law has implications for trans people and single-sex spaces

The Guardian - UK · Apr 16, 2025

How did the UK Supreme Court define a woman and what happens now?

The U.K. Supreme Court has ruled that a woman is someone born biologically female and that transgender women are excluded from that legal definition

The Independent UK · Apr 16, 2025