The British Supreme Court, the highest judicial instance, has ruled on Wednesday that The term ‘woman’ for the purposes of the Equality Law is determined by biological sex, which ends a long legal battle initiated by a women’s defending organization that disputed the definition adopted by the Scottish regional government.
In a unanimous opinion, the magistrates stressed that the decision should not be seen as a triumph for one part or another, given that the 2010 Equality Law also gives transgender people protection against discrimination.
The ruling, however, is seen as a legal triumph by the Women’s Organization ‘For Women Scotland ‘, that he complained following the decision of the Scottish Executive to include trans women in the fee to match public positions between women and men.
