Who Are We? We are a feminist group. We are a network of women from England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland with one main focus: to defend the sex-based rights of women. We are not aligned to any political party - we are women of all political persuasions and none.
Our position is "Respect My Sex" - we support candidates who understand the rights and needs of women, regardless of party. WRN has around 60 geographical groups and in the region of members. Our members are of all ages, sexual orientation, ethnicity, disability, employment status and socio-economic backgrounds. We have differing religious beliefs. But, we are all committed to free speech and to putting the sex based needs of women and girls first.
And we are all women - adult human females. Our groups offer a safe space to talk freely and compassionately. We provid e support to one another and campaign for evidence-based solutions to stop the erasure of our sex-based rights. Our Values. We discuss, propose and oppose ideas. We do not attack individuals. Disagreement does not equal hate. We do not condone, endorse, or encourage any abusive or discriminatory behaviour towards any group or individual.
Our approach is to consider the evidence to make informed decision and communicate in a factual and honest way. Legislation, policy and guidance must also be based on evidence. We uphold the legal and scientific definition of sex and sexual orientation. We reject the co-opting of rare medical Differences in Sexual Development DSDs in order to cast doubt on the binary nature of sex.
We stand with lesbians in rejecting pressure to accept as sexual partners, or admit into lesbian spaces, males who identify or define themselves as women. However, we do not, and will not, forge links with or accept funding from any organisation that does not share our values or whose aims we consider to be fundamentally hostile to the rights of women.
