"If the category of biological females is erased or fundamentally decoupled from sex-based oppression, that oppression becomes increasingly difficult to identify and, thus, to combat. In sum, what is not defined cannot be protected."
We urge the committee to call on Canada to denounce and condemn any attempt to intimidate, threat, attack, silence and boycott womenโs groups and individual women for speaking up on the unique experience and needs of female born women and girls and remind Canada that the โAttempts to silence women based on the views they hold regarding the scope of gender identity and sex in law and in practice and the rights associated with these, severely affects their participation in society in dignity and in safety, as well as their countryโs prosperity and development.โ
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We are encouraged by those who spoke on the day in favour of our work and the political principles guiding us. As well, by the hundreds who expressed similar sentiments in their letters to council members. We are also grateful to the many who have donated to us, ensuring that we can carry on and even expand our public education efforts.
