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Legal challenge over the word ‘woman’ concludes at Court of Session The inquiry looked at if the word ‘woman’ was being fundamentally changed (Jane Barlow/PA) A challenge over the legal competence of a new gender representation act has concluded at the Court of Session in Edinburgh. Campaigners For Women Scotland (FWS) raised concerns over the definition of the word “women” in the Gender Representation on Public Boards Act 2018, saying that the use of the term was an attempt to override the Equality Act 2010. The legislation, which was passed two years ago, aimed to increase the n...

Scottish Government ‘outside legal scope with new Gender Representation Act’ For Women Scotland say the Scottish Government is overstepping (Jane Barlow/PA) Sign up for our daily newsletter of the top stories in Courier country Thank you for signing up to The Courier daily newsletter Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up A group has sought a judicial review of a new Act, which aims to give public boards in Scotland 50/50 gender representation. For Women Scotland (FWS) have brought the Gender Representation on Public Boards (Scotland) Act 2018 under review at a hear...

Scottish Government can 'ride roughshod' over equalities law in row over definition of women in new Act The Scottish Government has breached equality law by expanding the legal definition of the word woman it was claimed, as a judicial review into legislation which aims to make public boards gender balanced got underway.

A KEY legal hearing is to go forward via video conferencing tomorrow as campaigners challenge the Scottish Government over the meaning of…

Direction. consider the fact california has the fifth largest economy in the world and yet 25% of their companies could do not have women serving on their boards. that's a huge problem. unfortunately the united states, which has a history of discrimination as we know, you have legislate equality. ainsley: rebecca, you are against it, why? >> i'm not going to say women shouldn't be on boards. of course we should be on boards. this is a very slippery slope takes me back to law school days start with something innocuous of course women should be on boards and equitable distribution of gender repr...