The CEO of a sexual assault support service in Edinburgh has stood down after a review found she (sic) failed to behave professionally.
Mridul Wadhwa – a trans woman – resigned after a Rape Crisis Scotland report established that she (sic) failed to provide women-only spaces for survivors for over a year and a half while head of Edinburgh Rape Crisis Centre (ERCC).
The review into the Edinburgh Rape Crisis Centre (ERCC) was put into motion after an employment tribunal found a counsellor had been unfairly constructively dismissed for her gender critical views.
Roz Adams won a claim of constructive dismissal, with the tribunal judge finding she had suffered harassment and discrimination.
The tribunal heard that Adams is supportive of trans individuals but believes that biological sex is real and not to be conflated with gender identity, beliefs which are currently referred to as “gender critical” or sex realist.
The tribunal heard that she felt it became more and more apparent that there were issues regarding the way that gender issues were dealt with in the organisation, which she described as “eggshelly”.
Ms Adams said she welcomed the employment tribunal ruling.
She has since been employed by Beira’s Place – a women-only support service for victims of sexual violence – partly funded by Harry Potter author JK Rowling.
Why is the Australian legal system operating from such a different jurisprudential position than the United Kingdom legal system?