‘Sex’ should be clearly defined as biological sex under the Equality Act, the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has told the Government. Over 100,000 people have already signed a petition by women’s group Sex Matters, calling on the Government to specify that references to ‘woman’ in the Equality Act be restricted to biological sex and not “sex as modified” by a Gender Recognition Certificate (GRC). Clarity and safetyIn February, Mrs Badenoch wrote to the EHRC asking for its “considered advice” on amending the current definition of ‘sex’ in the Equality Act 2010 (EqA). She also said that clarifying the definition would enable single-sex groups to restrict membership to biological women, as well as allowing employers to limit certain permitted roles, such as a warden in a girls’ hostel, to biological women only. Only 7,000 GRCsWriting in The Times, Lady Falkner said: “we have recommended to the government that it consider adopting a biological definition of sex in the Equality Act”.

Source: The Times April 06, 2023 09:29 UTC