The Work of the WDI International Law / UN Group Retaining Sex, Not Gender, in International Law and Defending Women’s Rights
Wed Feb 04 2026
The Work of the WDI International Law / UN GroupRetaining Sex, Not Gender, in International Law and Defending Women’s RightsDate: 31 January 2026Host: Jo BrewProgramme & SpeakersSally Wainwright — ScotlandTopic: Lesbian Submission to the Human Rights CouncilSally Wainwright is a co-founder of Lesbian Persistence and was the architect of the lesbian intervention in the For Women Scotland case. She is the co-editor of Women’s Rights, Gender Wrongs: The Global Impact of Gender-Identity Ideology and serves as the WDI Contact for Scotland.Maria Binetti — ArgentinaTopic: The Free Interpretivism of SexMaria Binetti holds a PhD in Philosophy and is a researcher in Feminist Philosophy. She is the WDI Contact for Argentina.Janet (WDI New Zealand) — New ZealandTopic: How the CEDAW Committee Is Reinterpreting Sex and GenderFormat: Pre-recorded video (likely)Janet will examine how the CEDAW Committee is attempting to reinterpret the meaning of sex within the Convention. Her presentation will reference selected General Recommendations, including GR 28, interpretations advanced by Reem Alsalem, recent advice given to the Australian courts, and efforts by Professor Catharine MacKinnon and others to influence CEDAW interpretation. Content will be kept concise to avoid overlap with other speakers.♀♀♀♀♀♀♀♀♀Enjoying our webinars? If you are a position to make a one-off or recurring donation to support our work, you can find out how to do so (and see our financial reports) at https://www.womensdeclaration.com/en/donate/ - thank-you!♀♀♀♀♀♀♀♀♀Women's Declaration International (#WDI) Feminist Question Time is a weekly online webinar (Saturdays 3-4.30pm UK time). It is attended by a global feminist and activist audience of between 200-300. The main focus is how gender ideology is harming the rights of women and girls. See upcoming speakers and register to attend at https://bit.ly/registerFQT. There is also a monthly AUS/NZ FQT, on the last Saturday of the month at 7pm (Canberra, Melbourne, Sydney)/9pm (NZ). Register to attend at https://bit.ly/registerFQTAUSNZ.On Sundays (10am UK time), our webinar series, Radical Feminist Perspectives, offers a chance to hear leading feminists discuss radical feminist theory and politics. Register at https://bit.ly/registerRFP.Attendance of our live webinars is women-only; men are welcome to watch/share recordings here on YouTube. WDI is the leading global organisation defending women’s sex-based rights against the threats posed by gender identity ideology. Find out more at https://womensdeclaration.com, where you can join more than 30,000 people and 418 organisations from 157 countries in signing our Declaration on Women’s Sex-based Rights. The Declaration reaffirms the sex-based rights of women which are set out in the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on 18 December 1979 (#CEDAW).Disclaimer: Women’s Declaration International hosts a range of women from all over the world on Feminist Question Time (FQT), on Radical Feminist Perspectives (RFP) and on webinars hosted by country chapters – all have signed our Declaration or have known histories of feminist activism - but beyond that, we do not know their exact views or activism. WDI does not know in detail what they will say on webinars. The views expressed by speakers in these videos are not necessarily those of WDI and we do not necessarily support views or actions that speakers have expressed or engaged in at other times. As well as the position stated in our Declaration on Women’s Sex-based Rights, WDI opposes sexism, racism and anti-semitism. For more information, see our Frequently Asked Questions (https://womensdeclaration.com/en/about/faqs/) or email info@womensdeclaration.com.#feminism #radicalfeminism #womensrights
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The Work of the WDI International Law / UN GroupRetaining Sex, Not Gender, in International Law and Defending Women’s RightsDate: 31 January 2026Host: Jo BrewProgramme & SpeakersSally Wainwright — ScotlandTopic: Lesbian Submission to the Human Rights CouncilSally Wainwright is a co-founder of Lesbian Persistence and was the architect of the lesbian intervention in the For Women Scotland case. She is the co-editor of Women’s Rights, Gender Wrongs: The Global Impact of Gender-Identity Ideology and serves as the WDI Contact for Scotland.Maria Binetti — ArgentinaTopic: The Free Interpretivism of SexMaria Binetti holds a PhD in Philosophy and is a researcher in Feminist Philosophy. She is the WDI Contact for Argentina.Janet (WDI New Zealand) — New ZealandTopic: How the CEDAW Committee Is Reinterpreting Sex and GenderFormat: Pre-recorded video (likely)Janet will examine how the CEDAW Committee is attempting to reinterpret the meaning of sex within the Convention. Her presentation will reference selected General Recommendations, including GR 28, interpretations advanced by Reem Alsalem, recent advice given to the Australian courts, and efforts by Professor Catharine MacKinnon and others to influence CEDAW interpretation. Content will be kept concise to avoid overlap with other speakers.♀♀♀♀♀♀♀♀♀Enjoying our webinars? If you are a position to make a one-off or recurring donation to support our work, you can find out how to do so (and see our financial reports) at https://www.womensdeclaration.com/en/donate/ - thank-you!♀♀♀♀♀♀♀♀♀Women's Declaration International (#WDI) Feminist Question Time is a weekly online webinar (Saturdays 3-4.30pm UK time). It is attended by a global feminist and activist audience of between 200-300. The main focus is how gender ideology is harming the rights of women and girls. See upcoming speakers and register to attend at https://bit.ly/registerFQT. There is also a monthly AUS/NZ FQT, on the last Saturday of the month at 7pm (Canberra, Melbourne, Sydney)/9pm (NZ). Register to attend at https://bit.ly/registerFQTAUSNZ.On Sundays (10am UK time), our webinar series, Radical Feminist Perspectives, offers a chance to hear leading feminists discuss radical feminist theory and politics. Register at https://bit.ly/registerRFP.Attendance of our live webinars is women-only; men are welcome to watch/share recordings here on YouTube. WDI is the leading global organisation defending women’s sex-based rights against the threats posed by gender identity ideology. Find out more at https://womensdeclaration.com, where you can join more than 30,000 people and 418 organisations from 157 countries in signing our Declaration on Women’s Sex-based Rights. The Declaration reaffirms the sex-based rights of women which are set out in the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on 18 December 1979 (#CEDAW).Disclaimer: Women’s Declaration International hosts a range of women from all over the world on Feminist Question Time (FQT), on Radical Feminist Perspectives (RFP) and on webinars hosted by country chapters – all have signed our Declaration or have known histories of feminist activism - but beyond that, we do not know their exact views or activism. WDI does not know in detail what they will say on webinars. The views expressed by speakers in these videos are not necessarily those of WDI and we do not necessarily support views or actions that speakers have expressed or engaged in at other times. As well as the position stated in our Declaration on Women’s Sex-based Rights, WDI opposes sexism, racism and anti-semitism. For more information, see our Frequently Asked Questions (https://womensdeclaration.com/en/about/faqs/) or email info@womensdeclaration.com.#feminism #radicalfeminism #womensrights