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Women in the UK, who were convicted or cautioned under any repealed or abolished offences relating to homosexuality, can now apply for a pardon. Earlier, the scheme only applied to gay men.
The government said the move is an attempt to address the "wrongs of the past."
The government said the move is an attempt to address the "wrongs of the past."
Plans first announced last year mean that those who were unjustly criminalised can be pardoned and their convictions deleted from official records.
Moves to make more people eligible to be pardoned for historical crimes linked to homosexual activity have come into force.