28th April 2021

Safeguarding and #MayaAppeal

Single sex facilities in Schools

Single sex facilities should be a right we all have, especially for the safety and privacy of women and girls. Increasingly this is being removed. Some places are even making the female facilities unisex while keeping the male facilities single sex. Single sex toilets are particularity important when it comes to schools. In Ireland new guidance is going to mean only unisex facilities in new school builds and refurbished facilities.

For those in the UK, the Safe Schools alliance has a guide on how you can complain if your child’s school is not providing safe toilet and changing facilities.

Safe Schools Alliance @SafeSchools_UK

Parents #CheckYourSchools if they are not providing your children with single sex facilities they are breaking the law & you need to complain. This is a #safeguarding concern. Teachers, if the children in your care are being failed #WhistleBlow. #UKedchat

safeschoolsallianceuk.netHow to Complain to your Child’s School - Safe Schools Alliance UKA step-by-step, easy reference guide for parents which explains how to complain to your child’s school about a safeguarding concern.

For those in Ireland, The Countess didn’t fight for this group have put together an important resource for parents. There are template letters and information on how to lodge complaints to both your child’s school and Minister for Education.

The Countess Didn't Fight For This! @TCDFFT

We spent the weekend working up resources for parents & concerned citizens to join our popular campaign against mixed sex toilets. We have taken advice from a specialist barrister on this. These template letters set out your rights & schools' obligations.

thecountess.ieMixed Sex Toilets Template LettersDownload template letters to send to your child’s school and your TDs to raise your concerns about mixed-sex toilet provision in schools.

Stand with Maya

Maya Forstater’s appeal began yesterday. Maya’s case will be a landmark one and we wish her the best of luck.

Maya Forstater @MForstater

What is at stake? Why you should either condemn me or stand with me.

mforstater.medium.comWhat is at stake?Tomorrow the appeal on the employment tribunal judgment in which my views were judged to be “unworthy of respect in a democratic society” begins. It will go on for two days (the judgement may take…

There was positive news on day 1 with the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) saying the original tribunal got it wrong.

Helen Joyce @HJoyceGender

Quite the bombshell - @EHRC says unequivocally that Judge Tayler got everything completely wrong in the original tribunal of @MForstater - and that if he had taken the correct approach he would have concluded that Maya's belief was indeed protected under the Equality Act

Maya Forstater @MForstater

. @EHRC submission says that Employment Judge James Tayler got it wrong in his judgment on my case. You can read their submission here. Karon Monaghan giving oral submission now - follow @SexMattersOrg for live tweets https://t.co/zHQsaE2PGM

Call to Action

• If your child’s school is only providing mixed sex facilities or planning on new mixed sex facilities please contact the school and complain.

• You can show your support for Maya on social media #StandwithMaya and follow Sex Matters for live updates on the case.