CAMPAIGNERS welcomed a £5 million funding announcement today to support women and girls in Scotland who have suffered gender-based violence.
The Scottish government said that significant support will be given to organisations because of the increased demand seen for services during the pandemic.
The bulk of the funding, announced by equalities minister Christina McKelvie, will go to Scottish Women’s Aid and Rape Crisis Scotland.
NORMA AUSTIN HART reports from a conference on on the rights of women prisoners in the Scottish criminal justice system
Half a century after transformative laws reshaped Britain, women’s rights are again contested. This International Women’s Day is a call to remember how change was won, and to organise to defend it, says KATE RAMSDEN
Susan Galloway talks to ASH REGAN MSP about her “Unbuyable” Bill, seeking to tackle the commercial sexual exploitation of women in Scotland


