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Engender
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We are Scotland's feminist policy & advocacy organisation. Find us on Linked & Instagram or get in touch via our website:
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This should mean also scrapping the benefit cap alongside abolishing the two-child limit, as doing so would increase the number of children impacted to 400,000 children lifted out of poverty in the UK, & 950,000 children living in less deep poverty.
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November 26, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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The limit is a form of sexist discrimination in social security design, which was recognised by the UN CEDAW Committee in its most recent examination of the UK.
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November 26, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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Today’s announcement is a welcome first step toward reversing years of harm. Scrapping the limit provides an opportunity to address the poverty imposed on women & their families as a direct result of this misogynistic, punitive policy.
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November 26, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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Since 2017, Engender & other women’s, anti-poverty & equalities orgs have been calling for the limit to be removed, highlighting how it systematically discriminates against women, forcing them to justify their reproductive choices & disclose traumatic experiences to access basic social security.
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November 26, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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📢 Women, their families, & campaigners have waited far too long for this day.

Today’s Autumn UK Budget announced that the two-child limit & barbaric associated ‘rape clause’ will be fully scrapped from April 2026. xx xx
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November 26, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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Today marks the start of #16DaysOfActivism, the annual campaign calling for action on gender-based violence.

Head to our website to find out how primary prevention of VAWG can help build a Scotland where women & men have equal access to rights, resources, decision-making & safety.
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November 25, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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Today we've joined over 100 organisations in calling for the UK government to fully scrap the cruel two-child limit.

We've waited long enough. Acting swiftly to support women & their families impacted by the limit is crucial.

Find out more & read the letter here: cpag.org.uk/news/107-org...
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November 12, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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We’re calling on political parties & the UK Government to embed meaningful change in selection & election processes to see gender equal representation become a reality at future elections.

🔗 Find out more & read the full report here: www.engender.org.uk/news/blog/en...
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October 27, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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The evidence is clear: PAMs work, but only when applied consistently, strategically & with a commitment to intersectionality, focusing on Black & minority ethnic, disabled & young women.
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October 27, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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One interviewee said, "It’s almost as if a [white] man has a clear lane, women, & people from different racial backgrounds, orientations, different genders, we’d all come together in the one lane competing against each other. Whereas the [white] man has a lane of his own to sail right through.”
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October 27, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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🔸 Quotas & positive action measures (PAMs) are effective
🔹 No party has achieved gender parity across all levels of government
🔸Parties should commit to long-term strategies for positive action in elections
🔹 UK Gov needs to enact Section 106 of the Equality Act to make candidate diversity available
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October 27, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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📢 Women bring essential perspectives to politics, but are still being pushed to the margins.

Our new report reveals the barriers women face & how parties can take action to get more women elected.

Check out the report here & read more below ⬇: www.engender.org.uk/news/blog/en...
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October 27, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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🗳️ We're sharing the final part of our interview series exploring women's political journeys.

In this last clip, Edinburgh candidate Sally Donald talks about the challenges & impacts of online abuse & what it's like to stand as a woman political candidate.
October 23, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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🗳 Nominations are now open for elections to Engender’s Board of Directors! 🗳

To nominate yourself, you must have become an Engender member by 16th October 2025.

🗓 Nomination deadline is 9am, Monday, 10th Nov.

➡ Find out more & access the nomination form here: www.engender.org.uk/jobs/?jobid=18
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October 21, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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📢 Change for the better happens when people stand together & demand it.

Join us & others from across the women's movement next Saturday at the Scotland Demands Better March in Edinburgh - look out for our banner near the ponds on Horse Wynd from 10.30am.

#WeDemandBetter @povertyalliance.org
graphic with an image of a group of women in discussion overlaid with an opaque filter and text that reads: Scotland demands better Change happens when we step up and demand it The March for all of us Edinburgh 25th Oct Scotland-demands-better.com Join others from across the women’s movement at the Scotland Demands Better March to demand better than poverty & the systems which sustain women's inequality. Look out for our banner near the ponds on Horse Wynd from 10.30am. The Engender logo is in the top right hand corner.
October 20, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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Women in Scotland need the Scottish Government to take bold action to tackle misogyny at a time of increasing threats to women's safety both online & on our streets.

Read our response to the consultation on adding 'sex' to the Hate Crime & Public Order Act here: www.engender.org.uk/content/publ...
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October 16, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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'If you don't see yourself, don't wait - just be the first person there.'

Aberdeenshire Councillor @fatima-joji.bsky.social shares her experiences of standing for election & the need to improve our political systems.

Read our report on women in politics here: www.engender.org.uk/news/blog/en...
October 14, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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📝 We’ve signed - have you?

We're proud to stand with over 200 women & organisations across Scotland who have signed the Women Against the Far Right Scotland open letter, rejecting the far right’s racist lies about “protecting” women & girls. 🧵⬇
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October 2, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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Hear more from Falkirk Councillor Laura Murtagh in our interview series accompanying our latest report exploring women's political journeys & what it's like to stand as a candidate.

Stay tuned to see more in the series soon & read more about the report here: www.engender.org.uk/news/blog/en...
September 23, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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Today Aberdeenshire Councillor @fatima-joji.bsky.social shares her experiences of being a woman in politics ⬇

Our report highlights the barriers & challenges women face & outlines actions needed to improve our political systems.

Find out more: www.engender.org.uk/news/blog/en...
September 18, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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📢 Women across Scotland have been sharing their experiences with us in a national series of workshops discussing their rights & where they most need change.
September 11, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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We are increasingly alarmed at the way women’s rights and safety are being weaponised to demonise minorities across the UK. This kind of distortion of the facts only causes harm to individuals and communities and does nothing to end violence against women and girls.
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September 4, 2025 at 12:57 PM
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💥LAUNCHED TODAY💥

'Investing in Women, Transforming Communities': Engender's Manifesto for Holyrood 2026.

Read it here: www.engender.org.uk/holyrood-2026/
August 27, 2025 at 8:28 AM
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'.. how missing women's voices were from decision making...'

We spoke with Laura Murtagh, about her experiences as a woman in politics.

Read our report - shorturl.at/kSQVa

#ScottishPolitics #WomeninPolitics

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August 26, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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🗳️ What's it like to stand as a woman political candidate?

We've spoken to candidate Sally Donald about her experiences of being a woman in politics as part of our work on women's political journeys ⬇
August 20, 2025 at 2:05 PM