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'''Emma Ritch''' was Executive Director of Engender<ref>{{Cite web|title=Our staff|url=https://www.engender.org.uk/content/staff/|access-date=2021-07-12|website=Engender}}</ref>, a feminist policy organisation working on women’s social, economic, and political equality in Scotland. She had been working there for 13 years when she died on 9th July 2021<ref>{{Cite web|title='This is truly heartbreaking news' - Leading Scottish feminist dies suddenly|url=https://www.scotsman.com/news/people/emma-ritch-engender-scotland-boss-and-devoted-feminist-emma-ritch-dies-suddenly-drawing-tributes-from-nicola-sturgeon-3304343|access-date=2021-07-12|website=www.scotsman.com|language=en}}</ref>. Ritch was a graduate of [[University of Glasgow|Glasgow University]] and a well known activist and |
'''Emma Ritch''' was Executive Director of Engender<ref>{{Cite web|title=Our staff|url=https://www.engender.org.uk/content/staff/|access-date=2021-07-12|website=Engender}}</ref>, a feminist policy organisation working on women’s social, economic, and political equality in Scotland. She had been working there for 13 years when she died on 9th July 2021<ref>{{Cite web|title='This is truly heartbreaking news' - Leading Scottish feminist dies suddenly|url=https://www.scotsman.com/news/people/emma-ritch-engender-scotland-boss-and-devoted-feminist-emma-ritch-dies-suddenly-drawing-tributes-from-nicola-sturgeon-3304343|access-date=2021-07-12|website=www.scotsman.com|language=en}}</ref>. Ritch was a graduate of [[University of Glasgow|Glasgow University]] and a well known activist. campaigner and author<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.4324/9780429331053-43/gender-justice-advocates-making-domestic-abuse-scotland-act-2018-marsha-scott-emma-ritch|title=Gender justice advocates and the making of the Domestic Abuse (Scotland) Act 2018|date=2021-03-17|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-0-429-33105-3|language=en|doi=10.4324/9780429331053-43/gender-justice-advocates-making-domestic-abuse-scotland-act-2018-marsha-scott-emma-ritch}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Emma Ritch|url=https://www.saltiresociety.org.uk/emma-ritch|access-date=2021-07-12|website=The Saltire Society|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|last=Ritch|first=Emma|title=Foreboding Newness: Brexit and Feminist Civil Society in Scotland|date=2019|url=http://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-3-030-03122-0_13|work=Gender and Queer Perspectives on Brexit|pages=333–362|editor-last=Dustin|editor-first=Moira|place=Cham|publisher=Springer International Publishing|language=en|doi=10.1007/978-3-030-03122-0_13|isbn=978-3-030-03121-3|access-date=2021-07-12|editor2-last=Ferreira|editor2-first=Nuno|editor3-last=Millns|editor3-first=Susan}}</ref>. She worked as an advisor to the [[Scottish Government]] on equality issues<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-07-12|title=Nicola Sturgeon leads tributes to women’s rights advocate|url=https://news.stv.tv/scotland/nicola-sturgeon-leads-tributes-to-womens-rights-advocate|access-date=2021-07-12|website=STV News|language=en-GB}}</ref>. She was a member of the Scottish Government's First Minister's Advisory Council on Women & Girls<ref>{{Cite web|title=Emma Ritch {{!}} National Advisory Council on Women and Girls|url=https://onescotland.org/equality-themes/advisory-council-women-girls/council-members/emma-ritch/|access-date=2021-07-12|website=One Scotland|language=en-GB}}</ref>. She was on the joint strategic board of Equally Safe<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Tributes paid to leading Scottish feminist Emma Ritch following her sudden death|url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/politics/19436166.emma-ritch-engender-executive-director-passes-away-suddenly/|access-date=2021-07-12|website=HeraldScotland|language=en}}</ref>, and the advisory group of the Scottish Women’s Rights Centre. Ritch became Chair of [[Rape Crisis Scotland]] board in 2016 and Chair of the Board of Trustees of the board of the Human Rights Consortium Scotland in 2020<ref name=":0" />. She sat on the equality advisory groups of [[Skills Development Scotland]],was a member of the [[YWCA]] Glasgow board for eight years, and served a four year term on the [[GMB (trade union)|GMB]] union's National Equality Forum. |
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Revision as of 17:37, 12 July 2021
Emma Ritch was Executive Director of Engender[1], a feminist policy organisation working on women’s social, economic, and political equality in Scotland. She had been working there for 13 years when she died on 9th July 2021[2]. Ritch was a graduate of Glasgow University and a well known activist. campaigner and author[3][4][5]. She worked as an advisor to the Scottish Government on equality issues[6]. She was a member of the Scottish Government's First Minister's Advisory Council on Women & Girls[7]. She was on the joint strategic board of Equally Safe[8], and the advisory group of the Scottish Women’s Rights Centre. Ritch became Chair of Rape Crisis Scotland board in 2016 and Chair of the Board of Trustees of the board of the Human Rights Consortium Scotland in 2020[8]. She sat on the equality advisory groups of Skills Development Scotland,was a member of the YWCA Glasgow board for eight years, and served a four year term on the GMB union's National Equality Forum.
References
- ^ "Our staff". Engender. Retrieved 2021-07-12.
- ^ "'This is truly heartbreaking news' - Leading Scottish feminist dies suddenly". www.scotsman.com. Retrieved 2021-07-12.
- ^ Gender justice advocates and the making of the Domestic Abuse (Scotland) Act 2018. Routledge. 2021-03-17. doi:10.4324/9780429331053-43/gender-justice-advocates-making-domestic-abuse-scotland-act-2018-marsha-scott-emma-ritch. ISBN 978-0-429-33105-3.
- ^ "Emma Ritch". The Saltire Society. Retrieved 2021-07-12.
- ^ Ritch, Emma (2019), Dustin, Moira; Ferreira, Nuno; Millns, Susan (eds.), "Foreboding Newness: Brexit and Feminist Civil Society in Scotland", Gender and Queer Perspectives on Brexit, Cham: Springer International Publishing, pp. 333–362, doi:10.1007/978-3-030-03122-0_13, ISBN 978-3-030-03121-3, retrieved 2021-07-12
- ^ "Nicola Sturgeon leads tributes to women's rights advocate". STV News. 2021-07-12. Retrieved 2021-07-12.
- ^ "Emma Ritch | National Advisory Council on Women and Girls". One Scotland. Retrieved 2021-07-12.
- ^ a b "Tributes paid to leading Scottish feminist Emma Ritch following her sudden death". HeraldScotland. Retrieved 2021-07-12.