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Last modified on Fri 5 Mar 2021 23.36 EST The Salmond inquiry is having a significant impact on the momentum for change brought about by the #MeToo movement, according to experts and campaigners on workplace harassment. They have told the Guardian the political crisis convulsing Holyrood has also had a “chilling” and “demoralising” effect on women in terms of their confidence in reporting unacceptable behaviour. The handling of sexual harassment complaints made against Salmond by two fe...

Nicola Sturgeon and Tory MSP Murdo Fraser PEOPLE have reacted furiously to a demand by Murdo Fraser for Nicola Sturgeon to say sorry to the people of Scotland for asking them to trust Alex Salmond. During the committee hearing today the Tory MSP asked the First Minister if she "owed an apology" to Scots. Sturgeon said: "I trusted him and I am not going to apologise for the behaviour of somebody else. If I have things in my behaviour to apologise for, I will apologise. "But I do not thin...

© Shutterstock / maxbelchenko A new report has been published on the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on women. MPs have warned the UK Government it risks “turning the clock back” unless it starts assessing the impact of the pandemic on women. The publication of the report comes ahead of a Holyrood members debate by Aberdeenshire East MSP Gillian Martin on Thursday to discuss the impact of Covid-19 on women and women-led businesses. MPs on the Westminster committee have made more than 20 re...

Baronness Helena Kennedy will lead the group (John Phillips/PA) Sign up for our daily newsletter featuring the top stories from The Press and Journal. Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up Legal, gender and human-rights experts have been appointed to a working group to consider whether misogynistic behaviour should become an offence under Scots law. The Scottish Government’s Hate Crime Bill would allow misog...

The Scottish Government has released details of a taskforce created to consider whether misogynistic behaviour should be a standalone offence under Scots law. Legal, gender and human-rights experts are among those appointed to the group, including human-rights lawyer Baroness Helena Kennedy, lawyer and former criminal investigator Susan Kem and Mona Rishmawi, head of the rule of law, equality and non-discrimination branch in the United Nations human rights commissioners office. The Scotti...

Legal, gender and human-rights experts have been appointed to a working group to consider whether misogynistic behaviour should become an offence under Scots law. The Scottish Governments Hate Crime Bill would allow misogynistic harassment to become a standalone offence while also adding age prejudice to existing aggravating factors. Human-rights lawyer Baroness Helena Kennedy has been asked to lead a taskforce that will examine the case for making misogyny an offence. Members of the group have...

© Shutterstock / Alexandros Michai Staff members arrive to remove the United Kingdoms flag from the European Council building in Brussels on Brexit Day. Sign up for our daily Politics briefing for political exclusives, analysis and debate. Thank you for signing up to our Politics newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up “Brexit is just going to add to this perfect storm for women that’s raging at the moment”, according to Engender director Emma Ritch. Tho...

Updated: January 25, 2021, 9:18 pm © Shutterstock / Alexandros Michai Staff members arrive to remove the United Kingdoms flag from the European Council building in Brussels on Brexit Day. Sign up for our daily Politics briefing for political exclusives, analysis and debate. Thank you for signing up to our Politics newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up “Brexit is just going to add to this perfect storm for women that’s raging at the moment”, according t...