The Senedd election on 7 May 2026 is critical for women and girls in Wales.
Your vote matters.
It’s up to you how you vote, but if you are concerned about the rights of women and girls in Wales, can you be sure that the party you choose will respect these rights and deliver the policies and services women need?
The law is clear: women-only services and spaces must be for females only.
This is about your sex, not someone’s identity or appearance.
Single-sex spaces matter — for fairness, privacy and dignity as well as safety.
This affects every woman and girl, including survivors of abuse, women of faith, disabled women, women and girls in sport, lesbians, and those who rely on health and care services.
Ask your candidates
- Does your party follow the law on women’s rights?
- What will it do to prove that?
- How does your party involve ordinary women in deciding priorities?
Below you will find links to areas that have a particular impact on women, with further suggested questions you might want to ask candidates, as well as links and background information highlighting why these matter.
If you have personal experience of any of these issues, and feel comfortable to talk about it, that will strengthen your query further.
Rights and the law
Background to the Equality Act 2010, the Supreme Court judgment on the definition of ‘sex’, workplace representation.
Poverty and the cost of living crisis
Specific ways that women are affected by poverty, low wages, insecure work, childcare and caring responsibilities.
Safety for women and girls
Protecting women-only spaces.
Support for lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB)rights
The importance of single sex protections for lesbians and gay men.
Representing women and the law fairly
What are political parties doing to listen to women’s voices.
Potential devolution of policing
Data collection, recording crime, violence against women and girls and homophobic hate crime.
Women’s groups within political parties
Women’s party political groups that recognise the importance of sex in policies and services.
The Senedd election on 7 May 2026 is critical for women and girls in Wales. Can you be sure that the party you choose will respect our rights and deliver the policies and services we need?