Nicola Williams
from Savage Minds Hosted by Savage Minds and Dorothea Delaney
Nic Williams, PhD, discusses her work as director of Fair Play for Women in providing advice to policymakers on how to fairly balance the rights of women and those who identify as “transgender”. Williams covers the push to keep women's spaces single-sex, detailing her work on prisons and sports from the grassroots level, to chatting with Martina Navratilova over the sports debate, and to having invited herself to a meeting hosted by World Athletics in Switzerland about the rules for trans athletes. Williams describes the climate over the past four years, which was when she was left ostracised and when she was oftentimes the only voice at the table speaking up for women’s rights. She also covers the triumphs, such as the recent high court victory against the Office for National Statistics (ONS) after Fair Play for Women took the ONS to court to stop them redefining sex in the census. Williams also expounds upon her concern for young lesbians, underscoring how being a scientist has informed her approach to this debate where evidence and facts matter. Get full access to Savage Minds at www.savageminds.co/subscribe
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