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Sturgeon praises ‘courageous’ broadcaster Barbour for awards ceremony walkout

Nicola Sturgeon has praised a sports broadcaster who walked out of an awards ceremony in protest at “unacceptable” comments in a speech. Eilidh Barbour left the Scottish Football Writers’ Awards part way through the speech, and later said remarks by ...

12 May 2022 at 17:25

Constant expectation that women’s care can be ‘done on the cheap’ – MP

There is a “constant expectation” that women’s health services and care can be “done on the cheap”, an MP has said. Alicia Kearns, who told the House of Commons she was denied a Caesarean section until her husband noticed their unborn son’s heart ...

03 Apr 2022 at 11:25

Six-fold increase in traffic to incel websites in nine months

There has been a six-fold rise in UK web traffic to websites promoting “incel” culture, new analysis has found. The Centre for Countering Digital Hate found that UK web traffic data to three of the largest “incel” sites has grown from 114,420 ...

03 Jan 2022 at 13:55

Six-fold increase to incel websites in nine months

03 Jan 2022 at 13:25

Male football fans ‘openly sexist and misogynistic’ towards women’s sport

A study of football fan message boards has found “openly misogynistic” attitudes towards women’s sport among male supporters. Researchers from Durham University surveyed 1,950 male football fans who responded to a call for participants ...

20 Jan 2022 at 01:25

Scotland

Education Secretary to lead efforts to tackle gender inequality in schools

A drive to tackle gender inequality faced by girls and young women in schools is to be led by the Education Secretary. Shirley-Anne Somerville will serve alongside a yet-to-be-recruited young person as co-chair on the Gender Equality ...

07 Oct 2022 at 12:07

Ex-Pc awarded almost £1m by Police Scotland in sexism case

A former Police Scotland armed response officer who exposed the “ugly and rampant culture of sexism and misogyny” within the firearms department has been awarded a settlement of almost £1 million by the force. Former constable Rhona ...

13 May 2022 at 15:55

Football

SFWA apologises after guests exit awards night due to ‘sexist and racist jokes’

The Scottish Football Writers’ Association has apologised after an after-dinner speaker made offensive jokes that led to guests including sports broadcaster Eilidh Barbour walking out during its annual awards night. Barbour ...

09 May 2022 at 16:55

National News

Bacik calls for referendum to remove 'sexist language' from Irish Constitution

TD Ivana Bacik has called for "outdated and sexist language concerning women" to be removed from the Constitution. The frontrunner for the Labour party's leadership bid made the comments today (Thursday March 10) following ...

11 Mar 2022 at 13:33

Scotland

Police plan to tackle ‘incel’ culture to cut violence against women and girls

Tackling so-called incel culture is among the actions being considered by police in their strategy to deal with violence against women and girls. The strategy was presented in a report at the Scottish Police Authority ...

16 Mar 2023 at 16:17

Football

FAW says it takes disciplinary matters seriously in wake of investigation

Three Football Association of Wales council members have been suspended in the past 10 months following allegations of inappropriate behaviour. The allegations include misogyny and sexism, breaching confidence and ...

17 Mar 2023 at 13:42

Fraction of police officers and staff accused over treatment of women sacked

Less than one per cent of more than 1,500 police officers and staff who faced complaints about their treatment of women in a six-month period were sacked, figures show. Data published by the National Police ...

14 Mar 2023 at 00:01

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