Who am I?
I am Emma Bateman, recently re-elected for my third term as Co-Chair of Green Party Women (GPW). This is the group which exists to empower and connect women members of the Green Party of England and Wales (GPEW).
I was first elected in 2019 and during 2020 GPW ran an active group keeping women positive and connected during lockdown.
I was re-elected Co-Chair in 2021 but was almost immediately given a no-fault suspension for speaking up about women’s sex-based rights. I was reinstated, even though the issue is still unresolved, but the rest of the Committee were not willing to work with me because of my views – in short, I am of the opinion that sex and gender are different and that humans can’t change sex.
On 21 January 2022 I was elected as Co-Chair for the third time – with a substantial majority. The GPW Committee held its first meeting on 3 February and on 4 February I was again given a no fault suspension. This was beginning to look like a pattern.
What will my legal action achieve?
Some people may wonder why I am taking this action against the Green Party at a time when climate change should be at the centre of everything we do, and I understand that. But if our policies are not founded on objective reality, we will have no credibility with the wider public. This renunciation of science-based policies at the very moment that evidence-based solutions are crucial to address climate change is reckless.
It is clear that the disciplinary processes of the GPEW are skewed towards measures that remove and silence gender critical members, and it saddens me that the GPEW has repeatedly failed to uphold women’s sex based rights.
I am raising funds to instruct expert lawyers to investigate my complaints of discrimination and to enter into pre-action correspondence (the first steps in the Court process) with The Green Party. I will of course keep you updated throughout the case.