Motion #09
Sex refers to biology which is immutable, gender is a social construction
Discrimination against women may be based on their perceived sex , however there are aspects of discrimination females face based on sex not gender.
To address discrimination it is imperative that accurate sex- segregated data is collected.
Insert RR540
Women’s Rights
The Green Party calls for a review of the language used in law, in government bodies and NGOs to ensure that sex and gender are not conflated.
Gender is a term that cannot easily be defined in law, whereas sex has a clear meaning, and as the basis of female oppression is essential to be recorded in many circumstances.
Therefore when data is being collected and analysed to form policy in relation to women, attention should be paid to whether the data is segregated by sex or by gender, and sex segregated data must be collected in order to monitor the effects of biological sex with regard to women’s position in society.
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Change numbering to PA860
Delete:
“used in law, in government bodies and NGOs to ensure that sex and gender are not conflated.”
Replace with: “by government bodies and NGOs when collecting data to ensure different understandings of sex and gender are not conflated.”
Delete:
“Gender is a term that cannot easily be defined in law, whereas sex has a clear meaning, and as the basis of female oppression is essential”
Replace with: “The terms gender and sex are used interchangeably in law, and it is essential for consistent and accurate data”
Delete:
“women, attention should be paid to whether the data is segregated by sex or by gender, and sex segregated data must be collected in order to monitor the effects of biological sex with regard to women’s position in society.”
Replace with: “sex and gender, attention should be paid to exactly what data is being collected, and clear guidance to respondents as to what data is being requested, with clear definitions and distinctions explained.”
Insert: PA862 Where practical and proportional, data such as sex assigned at birth, sex as recorded on legal documents (such as passport, birth certificate or gender recognition certificate) and/or gender identity may be collected, in order to ensure that conflations between different understandings of sex and gender in key statistical data does not take place. Any monitoring of special category data must be done within a lawful bases provided by data protection legislation.