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It was certainly an interesting meeting! we had our first ‘disrupters’ who played us some music, told us that ‘female violence’ was the root of all the problems and wrote ‘LOLOLOLOLOL’ in the chat group. I have decided that this is a tribute to GRARG’s increasing profile and effectiveness; mainly due to the excellent #AskYourPCC …
PCCs are supposed to be the ‘voice of the people’. One might expect that any PCC would be able to easily agree that: Crimes should be recorded noting the sex of the perpetrator. Gender must not be substituted for sex in crime statistics. Victims of sexual assault should be able to request an interviewer of the …
Police & Crime Commissioner Election Results: Staying Politically Engaged Read More »
So, who to vote for? Based on the data we collated, GRARG have set out our recommendations below along with some selected quotes from their replies to our volunteers. These candidates were clear that VAWG should be a priority and that sex must be respected in reporting of crimes and the treatment of victims. Unfortunately, given …
GRARG soon came to realize: it’s a truth universally acknowledged that a PCC Candidate in need of your vote, would rather go around the planet 7 times than give a straightforward answer to the conflation of Sex and Gender in criminal statistics and the impact of this distortion on Women and understanding misogyny. Sex not Gender We specifically …
PCC Responses: The Good, The Fence Sitters and the Refuseniks! Read More »
The discovery of Sarah Everard’s body on the 10thof March, on a cold London night, as the Scottish Parliament debated the merits of a Hate Crime Bill which left out Sex as an aggravator in criminal offences, shocked and outraged UK citizens and re-sparked a national conversation on just what exactly could be done to …
On the Police Crime and Commissioner Candidate Trail Read More »
On April 7th 2021 GRARG member ArtlessFeckleblossom posed a question for all the would be Police and Crime Commissioners standing for election on May 6th. Her letter is here. Thanks to the efforts of many volunteers we were able to put these questions to the majority of the candidates across the country. We made it …
Police and Crime Commissioner elections are coming up. Do you know what your local candidates stand for? Do they, for instance, know the difference between a man and a woman? You can find who your local PCC is here: https://apccs.police.uk/find-your-pcc/ Kick up a fuss on social media using the hashtag #AskYourPCC Here is a letter …
Police and Crime Commissioners: If you don’t respect my Sex, don’t expect my X Read More »
Zoom link for meeting We need to make sure we are complimenting and not duplicating the work of other groups which are challenging the harmful conflation of ‘sex’ and ‘gender’ in official policies, advice and legistation. This may cause some tension when contacting other groups, as the fundamental founding principle of GRARG is that we …
GRARG Going forward. MEETING 18th MARCH 2021 8pm Read More »
Next meeting: FEBRUARY 18th 2021 Time 8pm Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86798717951?pwd=d2kzbnRUZGo1YitKRjJheDFjMy9KQT09 AGENDA Set short and medium term strategy Report on progress at next meeting. End the conflation of ‘sex’ and ‘gender’ in legal/policy/organisation’s documents. If this conflation can be removed, much of the difficulties with the current GRA will go. Members to examine submissions to the …
Dear Ms Rose I write to you as CEO of the NatWest Group to express a number of concerns arising out of NatWest’s response to the Women and Equalities Committee on 26th November 2020. This letter is signed by a number of others, some of whom are customers of NatWest and who have indicated this …
A letter to Ms Alison Rose, CEO of the NatWest Group Read More »
