In November 2022 our GM Clerk was one of 112 signatories to a letter to the First Minister from from WEALL Scotland (
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After consultation with the 4 Scottish Area Meetings, and with BYM colleagues, through 2022, PEWG's priorities for 2023-2025 were agreed by Friends at General Meeting in November.
The PEWG have responded to the Scottish Government's Review of their Land Rights and Responsibilities Statement.
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Quakers in Scotland have responded to the call for views by the independent task force set up by the Scottish Government which is currently consulting about a potential new Human Rights law for Sc
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Quakers in Scotland make a submission to the consultation on the incorporation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child into Scots Law
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Quakers in Scotland are working with Together (Scottish Alliance for
Children’s Rights) on a new Bill to enshrine children’s rights into Scots
law.
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Quakers in Scotland have joined with civic society organisations in calling on the First Minister to discuss how Scotland can lead a radical response to the double crises of climate change and Coro
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Quakers challenge the practice of using public money to support arms manufacturers, even if that money is targeted at secondary areas such as training and development.
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Quakers in Scotland are welcoming a change in the law to move Scotland to become a more non-violent nation.
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Quakers in Scotland have produced this briefing for the Scottish Government debate on Human Rights on Thursday 13 December 2018
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Quakers in Scotland are asking MSPs to support a proposed Conscientious Objectors memorial in Princes St Gardens, Edinrburgh, which will be debated in the Scottish Parliament on Wednesday 5 Decembe