women's rights

The decision was seen as a victory by women's rights groups but some trans campaigners have argued it did not take into account their view of the complexities of biology and a transgender former judge says she plans to bring an appeal to the European Court of Human Rights .

Sturgeon has described herself as "a lifelong feminist" but also said it was "really important" to protect and enhance the rights of trans people, insisting that trans rights and women's rights do not need to clash.

At least when it comes to gender inequality, in particular, women’s rights.

The arguments over sex and gender, trans and women's rights have a passion, an anger and often a toxicity on both sides greater in their intensity than those over the Iraq war two decades ago, or Brexit in more recent years.

According to research by University College London and McGill University, women's rights advocates have raised concerns over HTS enforcing an interpretation of Islamic law, which could for example severely restrict women's mobility, dress and public participation.