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Hosted by Mary Howden of the Women’s Rights Network, this week’s special guest is Ash Regan, an Independent Member of the Scottish Parliament and fierce advocate for women’s rights.

Ash’s Prostitution Bill seeks to criminalise the purchase of sex and provide support to help women exit prostitution. Ash describes prostitution as ”… a system of commercial sexual exploitation that targets the vulnerable”.

Ash takes us through the excruciatingly slow process of attempting to get her bill considered, likening it to ”… trying to push treacle uphill …”

We also hear how Ash Regan spectacularly resigned in order to vote against the Gender Recognition Reform bill.

Among her continued work to protect and remove barriers to sex class equality, Ash has rigourously defended the Cass review and submitted a motion in parliament which called for surrogacy to be banned in Scotland.

Useful Links:

Proposed Prostitution (Offences and Support) (Scotland) Bill: https://www.parliament.scot/bills-and-laws/proposals-for-bills/proposed-prostitution-offences-and-support-scotland-bill

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A fascinating interview hosted by Claire Loneragan of the Women’s Rights Network with this week’s special guest, Jo Brew, a founding member of Women’s Declaration International (WDI), an international network of volunteer women dedicated to preserving female sex-based rights throughout the world.

Jo takes us through her intriguing journey of feminist advocacy from her Cambridge university days, feminist magazine publishing, working in European academia and with Women in Development Europe, to the creation of WDI.

We hear extensively about the structure and work of WDI, with its international country contacts and weekly guest contributors. Jo touches on how geopolitical shifts distinctly promote or push back against gender ideology cuture and the disturbing cementation into EU policies a generation ago, by powerfully positioned ideologues in Brussels.

Jo Brew is a political commentator, podcaster and author with bestselling titles including Big Sister is Watching You! and, A New Operating System for Patriarchy … also, an enthusiastic gardener!


Useful links:

WDI website: https://www.womensdeclaration.com/en

WDI Statement on wars: https://womensdeclaration.com/documents/480/WDI_Statement_on_Wars.pdf

Feminist Question Time and, Radical Feminist perspectives: https://www.womensdeclaration.com/en/webinars

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Cathy Larkman of the Women’s Rights Network is joined by Graham Linehan direct from the USA for a no holes barred discussion about the cowardice of an entertainment industry that’s refused to condemn the abuse of children and vulnerable young people in a captured UK.

Graham talks frankly about the betrayal of advocate voices such as his, made possible by the pernicious embedding of manic cancellation of those speaking the uncomfortable truth about the harms of gender ideology, a men’s sexual rights movement.

Now residing in America, Graham explains why creative freedom to produce and perform comedic content comes far easier now he and his fellow writers are no longer constrained by the madness of gender cult worshipping.

Please be advised there are a few sweary bits!

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