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 number of women on public boards.
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.
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