![]() ![]() That includes things such as eradication of sexual violence and domestic abuse, unequal pay, a lack of women in positions of power, countless other issues of equalities. ![]() In the end, trans and cis women share experiences in a society that still doesn’t treat women as equal – and instead of wrongly targeting and excluding trans people, we should be standing together in solidarity and fighting for causes that still need campaigning for. ![]() It is only by standing together in solidarity against systems of oppression that we can bring about the change we need We don’t exist in society just as bodies – we exist as people, with diverse lived realities, nuances and complexities. Her words capture quite easily what being a woman is about – which is not just one thing or one experience and it was a reminder of how someone can clearly and concisely state their values of inclusion without getting dragged into a false debate that’s framed against trans people from the start. For us, transgender women are women and we want to share and celebrate their experience with them.’ Green summarised her view succinctly as ‘Being part of the WI is about the experience of being a woman, and that is a combination of both biology and lived experience. Now, however, a campaigning group called the Women’s Institute Women’s Declaration has said that their trans-inclusive policy puts the organisation in an ‘untenable position’ and has called for a moratorium on trans women joining. ![]()
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