Women's rights

Misogyny - A Human Rights Issue

Author / Creator: Helena Kennedy

Date published: 2023

Proposals for a new Misogyny and Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act

Misogyny and Criminal Justice Working Group recommendations: response

Author / Creator: Scottish Government

Media type: Discussion Paper

Date published: 2023

Government response to an independent report on how the Scottish criminal justice system deals with misogyny faced by women and girls. 

Misogyny – A Human Rights Issue

Author / Creator: Helena Kennedy

Date published: 2023

Establishment of an offence of misogyny as a criminal offence is needed.

The Nation Talks, episode 134

Author / Creator: Daniela Nadj

Date published: 2023

Law Academic. Senior Lecturer in Law at St. Mary's University. Interested in women's rights, human rights, politics & discussing constitutional issues.

Women, Gender, and Politics in Scotland

Author / Creator: Meryl Kenny

Date published: 2020

There has been uneven progress made for women as political actors and for gender as an issue in post-devolution Scottish politics.

Women of an Independent Mind: The Future of Women’s Equality in Scotland

Author / Creator: Angela O’Hagan

Media type: Policy Paper

Date published: September 2020

This policy paper outlines a series of proposals for how to work towards women’s equality in an independent Scotland