FiLiA Webinar – The Conversion Practices Bill: Everything You Need To Know

This is a Bill that everyone concerned with women’s rights, children’s wellbeing and safeguarding needs to understand. The Draft Conversion Practices Bill will have far-reaching consequences for women, children, families, healthcare professionals, therapists, teachers, campaigners and organisations – yet its implications are not always well understood. This is your opportunity to hear directly from four expert voices bringing very different perspectives to this crucial debate. Sonia Sodha, Stephanie Davies-Arai, Dr Louise Irvine and Sarah Vine KC will unpack what the Bill actually says, examine what it could mean in practice, and explore the questions that must be asked about women, children, healthcare, safeguarding and freedom of belief and expression.

• How could the Bill affect your freedom to speak up for women’s rights?

• What could it mean for your child’s school, healthcare and safeguarding?

• Could the Bill affect what you are able to say, question or challenge?

• What does it mean for women, children and families in everyday life?

Whether you are a feminist, parent, professional, campaigner, or simply want to understand what is being proposed before it becomes law, this is a conversation you cannot afford to miss.

SPEAKER DETAILS:

• Stephanie Davies Arai is the founder and director of Transgender Trend, a UK organisation advocating an evidence-based approach to children who are distressed about their sex. With a background in education and parenting, Stephanie was awarded the British Empire Medal for services to children in 2022.
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• Dr Louise Irvine, co-chair Clinical Advisory Network on Sex and Gender (CAN-SG). CAN-SG is a network of clinicians concerned about the science and ethics of sex and gender issues in medicine and health care.
  
  

• Sarah Vine KC is a barrister at Doughty Street Chambers, practising largely in criminal law. She specialises in defending allegations of sexual misconduct, and wider legal and reputational issues arising from criminal investigations. Sarah has particular expertise in the area of sexual consent and deception. She is a member of the collective Legal Feminist, has written and spoken extensively on the difficulties of gender identity as a legal concept in criminal law, and regularly provides input for parliamentarians on proposed criminal legislation.
  
  

• Sonia Sodha is a broadcaster and columnist who writes for The Times and The Independent, presents documentaries for Radio 4 and appears on ITV, the BBC and Sky News as a political commentator.
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