We reject the far right’s racist lies about “protecting” women and girls. They are not defenders of women—they exploit violence against women to fuel hate and division. Standing up for women’s rights means rejecting racism and division, and building unity to demand real action to end violence against women and girls.

Join the over 200 women MSPs, cultural figures, campaigners and organisations in signing the open letter below to show that we will not let the far right speak in our name.

Organisations

Abortion Rights Scotland

Amina: Muslim Women’s Resource Centre

Close The Gap

Educators for Peace

Engender

Equality Network

Falkirk For All

FOSS Falkirk

Glasgow Girls Club

Glasgow Students For Choice

Glasgow Uni FemSoc

LGBT Youth Scotland

MILK Glasgow

Mothers Against Genocide Scotland

Pro Choice Scotland

Rape Crisis Scotland

Safespace Tayside

Scottish Green Party Women’s Network

Scottish Teachers for Positive Change and Wellbeing

Scottish Women’s Aid

Scottish Women’s Budget Group

St Andrews Trans+ Rights Activists

Stand Up to Racism Scotland

STUC Women’s Committee

The Collective

The Young Women’s Movement

Zero Tolerance

Individuals

Aekus Kamboj, Climate Justice Practitioner

Afifa Khanam, NASUWT Scotland, STUC Black Workers Committee

Ahlam Al-Bashiri, Campaigner for Refugees

Alex Mayer, Stand Up to Racism Scotland Steering Committee & Women Against the Far Right

Ali Hendry, musician

Alice Faye, musician

Andrea Ford, University of Edinburgh

Angela Chitzanidi, University of Edinburgh

Dr Angela Massafra, Learning and Access Curator at Glasgow Museums

Cllr Anne Hannah (Falkirk) (Labour)

Anne McLaughlin, former MP

Dr Annika Bergman Rosamond, SPS Director of Students and Senior Lecturer in International Relations and Gender, The University of Edinburgh

Cllr Alys Mumford, Edinburgh City Council (Green)

Amna Saleem, Screenwriter and journalist

Andrea Bradley, EIS General Secretary

Anna Ritchie Allan, Exec Director, Close The Gap

Ann Swinney, Perth against Racism

Anne Thomas, Scottish Greens candidate

Dr Anupama Ranawana-Collie, Research Specialist

Becky Luff, Activist

Bethany Thompson, Printmaker

Dr Bridget Bradley, Lecturer, University of St Andrews

Caitlin Ripley, Scottish Green Party candidate

Cara McKee, Scottish Green Party candidate

Carmen Martinez, Scottish Women’s Budget Group

Carol Wood, NASUWT Scotland & STUC Disabled Workers Committee Chair

Dr Carole Jones, University of Edinburgh

Cat McKay, Perth against Racism

Catherine Murphy, Executive Director, Engender

Cecile Menard, UCU Scotland Vice President

Ċetta Mainwaring, University of Edinburgh

Chantelle Gomez, Photographer

Professor Charlotte Bosseaux, University of Edinburgh

Charlotte Millar, Strategist and Campaigner

Cheral Govind, STUC Black Workers Committee Chair

Chitra Ramaswamy, Writer and Journalist

Chloe Henderson, Coin-Operated Press

Chrissie Cvetković-Hirst, Third Sector Professional and Volunteer

Claire Duncanson, Professor of Global Politics, University of Edinburgh

Claire Williams, SGP Councillor, North Lanarkshire

Clare Grogan, Musician and Actor

Cllr Claire Miller, Edinburgh City Council (Green)

Danielle Jam, Actor

Cllr Davena Rankin, Labour

Denise Mina, Author

Dr Diljeet Kaur Bhachu, musician, trade unionist, and academic, Musicians’ Union, Scottish-Asian Creative Artists’ Network

Cllr Dorothy McHugh, Dundee City Council

Elaine C Smith, Actor

Elena Whitham MSP

Eilidh Dickson, Feminist

Cllr Ellen Forson, Leader of Clacks Council (SNP)

Elena Soper, Young Women’s Movement

Ellie Gomersall, Scottish Greens candidate for Glasgow

Ellie Hutchinson, Director, the dots

Ellie Wilson, Ellie Speaks Out

Elspeth Maclachlan, Scottish Greens candidate

Emma Hutton, CEO, JustRight Scotland

Erin Farley, Writer, Storyteller and Local Historian

Farah Saleh, Artist, Choreographer and Lecturer

Felicity Tolley, Activist and Environmentalist

Cllr Fiona Law, Clacks (SNP)

Fionnuala Doran, artist

Frances Guy, Chief Executive, Scottish International Development Alliance

Cllr Fatima Zahra Joji, Aberdeenshire (SNP)

Cllr Fiona Glasgow, Edinburgh City Council (SNP)

Dr Gabrielle Hodge, Senior Lecturer in Sign Language Linguistics, University of Edinburgh

Gemma Cairney, Broadcaster

Gemma Clark, Teacher and Author

Cllr Georgia Cruickshank, Dundee City Council

Halina Rifai, We Are Here Scotland

Hannah Bardell, Former MP

Hannah Currie, Filmmaker

Hannah Lavery, Poet and Playwright, former Makar of Edinburgh.

Harriet Hall, Activist

Cllr Heather Anderson, Dundee City Council

Heather Williams, Themis Training and Consultancy

Helen McCabe, Public Health Campaigner

Helen Trew, Cultural Worker

Hemangini Gupta, University of Edinburgh

Baillie Helen Wright, Dundee City Council

Iffat Shahnaz, Anti-racism Activist and Consultant

Iona Fyfe, Musician

Iona Zajac, Musician

Iris Duane, Scottish Greens Candidate and EDI Officer

Cllr Jane McTaggart, Clacks (SNP)

Cllr Jax Finnegan, Dundee City Council

Janet Benvie, Edinburgh Campaign Against Arms Trade

Jean Johansson, Scottish Columnist and TV Presenter

Jen Ang, Human Rights Lawyer

Jenny Hogarth, Artist

Jill Lorean, Musician

Joanne Gordon, former Co-Convenor of Scottish Greens Women’s Network

Jo Clifford, Writer and Actor

Professor Jo Sharp

Josie Long, Comic

Jenni Fagan, Author, former Writer in Residence

Jennifer Bates, Creative Director

Jessie Normaschild, Edinburgh Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT)

Cllr Julie McKenzie, Argyll & Bute (SNP)

Cllr Julie Bell, Angus (SNP)

Julie O’Sullivan, Erskine against Racism

Kanchana N Ruwanpura, University of Edinburgh

Karen Gregory, Workers Observatory and Senior lecturer in Sociology, University of Edinburgh

Cllr Kate Campbell, Edinburgh City Council (SNP)

Kate Dickie, Actor

Kate Nevens, Scottish Greens Candidate and Co-founder of the Collective

Kate Sang, Professor in Gender and Employment, Heriot-Watt University, and Heriot-Watt UCU President

Kathryn Dawson, Director of Prevention & Training, Rape Crisis Scotland

Kathryn Joseph, Musician

Dr Katy Highet, Stand up to Racism Scotland Steering Committee & Women Against the Far Right, UCU UWS vice-president

Dr Katucha Bento, Lecturer in Race and Decolonial Studies, University of Edinburgh

Kawsa Quamer, Broadcaster and Writer

Kayleigh Kinross-O'Neill, SGP Councillor, North Lanarkshire

Prof Khadija Mohammed, Teacher and Lecturer

Kim Gillanders, NASUWT Scotland & STUC LGBT+ Committee

Kirstin Innes, Author

Kirsten Robb, SGP Councillor, South Lanarkshire

Laura Alcock-Ferguson, Activist

Cllr Laura Murtagh, Falkirk Council, Equality and Human Right Champion

Laura Moodie, Scottish Greens Candidate

Laura Tomson, Co-director, Zero Tolerance

Laura Wood, Music Producer

Laura Wilkie, Musician

Laura Wise, Senior Research Fellow, PeaceRep, University of Edinburgh

Leah Black, Co-Head of Regenerative Futures Fund

Leila Aboulela, writer, PEN Pinter Prize winner

Dr Lena Wånggren, UCU Edinburgh, Stand Up To Racism Edinburgh Co-convener

Lesley Riddoch, Journalist

Cllr Lesley Maciness, Edinburgh City Council (SNP)

Lily Greenan, Feminist Campaigner/Activist

Linda Somerville, STUC Deputy General Secretary

Liz McGachey, STUC Women's Committee Vice-Chair

Cllr Lorna Binnie, Falkirk (SNP)

Lucy Mulvagh, Third Sector Worker and Activist

Cllr Lynne Devine, Angus Council (SNP)

Lyn Marie Ohara, Glasgow TUC

Maggie Chapman MSP (Green)

Mags Hall, Scottish Greens candidate

María Soledad Montañez, Lecturer, University of Glasgow

Maria Stoian, Illustrator

Mariam Ahmad, AMINA Muslim Women’s Resource Centre

Cllr Marie Garrity, Glasgow Labour Councillor & domestic violence campaigner

Dr Marsha Scott, CEO Scottish Women’s Aid

Cllr Martha Mattos Coelho, Edinburgh City Council

Mary Alexander, Perth against Racism

Mary McLaren, Convener SUTR Tayside and Fife and Branch Chair Unite Community Tayside and Fife

Megan McHaney, Director, the chords between

Melanie Scott, Edinburgh Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT)

Mercedes Villalba MSP

Dr Mhairi Crawford, Chief Executive LGBT Youth Scotland

Michelle Thomson MSP

Min Leng, Migrant Justice Edinburgh

Miriam Gamble, Poet, Essayist & Academic

Mariem Omari, Writer and Director

Monica Lennon MSP (Labour)

Mridul Wadhwa, Gender Based Violence worker

Muna Ausat, Falkirk Muslim Forum, FOSS

Naomi McAuliffe, Third Sector Worker and Activist

Cllr Nadia El-Nakla

Nalini Chetty, Actor

Nicola Sturgeon, SNP MSP, former First Minister of Scotland

Nina Murray, Human Rights Campaigner

Noella Martinez, Migrant Justice Edinburgh

Dr Norma Rossi, Associate Lecturer, University of St Andrews

Nuzhat Uthmani, Antiracist educator, Teacher and Lecturer

Ola Olšinová, Actor

Pauline Brady, Unison Officer, Anti-racist Activist SUTR

Pearl Abernethy, STUC Women’s Committee Chair

Penny Stone, Musician

Pinar Aksu, Refugees for Justice, Human Rights campaigner and Researcher

Poppy Gerrard-Abbott, University of Edinburgh GBV researcher and UCU Edinburgh Women’s rep

Rachel Hamada, Journalist

Rania Obead, Stand up to Racism Edinburgh co-convener

Rebecca Don Kennedy, CEO, Equality Network

Dr Rehema White, Senior Lecturer, University of St Andrews

Cllr Roisin Smith

Cllr Rosemary Fraser, Stirling Council (SNP)

Roz Foyer, STUC General Secretary

Dr Rosalind Cavaghan, University of Edinburgh / Scottish Women’s Budget Group

Ruth Wishart, Journalist

Sai Viswanathan, President, NUS Scotland

Cllr Simita Kumar, Edinburgh City Council (SNP)

Sandy Brindley, Rape Crisis Scotland

Sara Cowan, Scottish Women’s Budget Group

Sara Sheridan, Author

Dr Sarah Bernstein, Author and Academic

Sarah Frankowski, Senior Research Administrator, University of St Andrews

Sarah Liu, Academic

Sarah Walker, NASUWT Scotland Officer

Satwat Rehman, CEO, One Parent Families Scotland

Shauna Macdonald, BAFTA award-winning actor

Sheena Wellington, Folk singer

Shruti Jain, Racial justice and Violence against Women Activist

Siân Harris, Activist

Cllr Siobhan Paterson, Falkirk (Labour)

Cllr Siobhan Tolland

Sophie Bainbridge, Artist

Sorcha Dallas, Curator

Cllr Shona McIntosh, East Lothian Council (Green)

Salwa Jones, Retired School Teacher

Dr Sarah Stewart, CEO, FOSS Falkirk

Suki Wan, Refuweegee

Cllr Susan Rae, Edinburgh City Council (Green)

Susie McCabe, Comic

Talat Ahmed, Convenor of Stand Up To Racism Scotland, joint vice-chair of STUC Black Workers Committee, and UCU University of Edinburgh branch

Talat Yaqoob, Founder, Pass the Mic

Tara Lillis, STUC Women’s Committee Vice-Chair

Uzma Mir, Producer

Val McDermid, Novelist

Cllr Vicky Nicolson, Edinburgh City Council (SNP)

Dr Viviane Saglier, Lecturer, University of St Andrews

Cllr Wendy Hamilton, Clacks (SNP)

Cllr Wendy Scullino

Yasmina Ferrigan, Palestinian Rights Activist

Zara Gladman, Comedian

Zemeta Chefeke, Teacher, the Collective