Women Of Dorset

Women of Dorset have contacted all those standing in the eight constituencies that cover Dorset, including Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole. Below is the response from Richard Drax (Conservative) - South Dorset. Answers for Women of Dorset from Richard Drax, candidate for South Dorset Women of Dorset was established to protect women’s  sex based rights & safeguarding in Dorset, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole. We're an eclectic mix of women who believe that a woman is an adult human female and that:- the law allows for single sex services and most people want to them but they are under attack; organisations and staff are afraid even though everyone knows the difference between male and female; language has become a battleground and everyone is walking on egg shells; no one wants to be the one to tell someone that their sense of gender identity cannot override rules that protect the safety, fairness and dignity of everyone. Confusion makes services less inclusive and...

Women of Dorset have contacted those standing as PPC 's in the eight Dorset constituencies.  These are the questions we have asked:- Women of Dorset was established to protect womens  sex based rights & safeguarding in Dorset, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole.  We're an eclectic mix of women who believe that a woman is an adult human female and that:- the law allows for single sex sevices and most people want to them but they are under attack; organisations and staff are afraid even though everyone knows the difference between male and female; language has become a battleground and everyone is walking on egg shells; no one wants to be the one to tell someone that their sense of gender identity cannot override rules that protect the safety, fairness and dignity of everyone. Confusion makes services less inclusive and less safe.  It creates conflict and it isn't kind, least of all to women.  It is up to the Government to put this right.  Therefore, we ...

There are four candidates standing in the Police and Crime Commissoner elections in Dorset on 2nd May 2024. The candidates are as follows: David Sidwick - Conservative,  Marianne Storey - Independant,  David Stokes - Labour and  Howard Legg - Lib Dem We asked the following questions on Twitter and via email:- 1)  What is your definition of the word woman? 2)  Do you agree with the College of Policing’s guidelines on searching that allow a trans identified male police officer with or without a gender recognition certificate to strip search a female detainee? If so, why? If not, why not? 3)  Do you agree with the decision of Dorset Police not to implement the College of Policing Policy? If so, why? If not, what do you intend to do about it? 4)  Will you ensure that all crime data is recorded by sex not gender?   5)  Will you ensure that sex, not gender, will be in all police policies and practices? Only one candidate responded, David Sidwick, w...