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Outspoken Women: how campaigners for sex-based rights see their priorities under a new government
LYNNE WALSH reports on discussions among feminist campaigners and a recent Swansea University event
RECENT events have left women who fight for their sex-based rights in trepidation as to what will happen next.
Helen Joyce, director of advocacy at human rights charity Sex Matters, said after the election result: “We look forward to working to help Keir Starmer’s government strengthen sex-based rights in order to protect women and children.
“Labour has pledged to support a broad range of rights for women, but it will only be able to deliver if it has the courage to be clear that sex is real and that it matters.
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