In conversation with Ash Regan, Scottish Inpedendent MSP

Send us Fan MailHosted by Mary Howden of the Women’s Rights Network, this week’s special guest is Ash Regan, an Independent Member of the Scottish Parliament and fierce advocate for women’s rights.Ash’s Prostitution Bill seeks to criminalise the purchase of sex and provide support to help women exit prostitution.  Ash describes prostitution as ”… a system of commercial sexual exploitation that targets the vulnerable”.Ash takes us through the excruciatingly slow process of attempting to get her bill considered, likening it to ”… trying to push treacle uphill …”We also hear how Ash Regan spectacularly resigned in order to vote against the Gender Recognition Reform bill.Among her continued work to protect and remove barriers to sex class equality, Ash has rigourously defended the Cass review and submitted a motion in parliament which called for surrogacy to be banned in Scotland. Useful Links:Proposed Prostitution (Offences and Support) (Scotland) Bill: https://www.parliament.scot/bills-and-laws/proposals-for-bills/proposed-prostitution-offences-and-support-scotland-billIf you enjoyed listening to this podcast and would like to hear more, go to womensrights.network/wrn-podcast to listen, download and subscribe to more of our episodes.  And if you’d like to join our conversations, go to womensrights.network/join-wrn