The city of Edinburgh, Scotland has a government-funded rape crisis center (ERCC) which is intended to provide a space where women who’ve been victimized can feel safe. Until yesterday, the CEO of this organization was a trans woman named Mridul Wadhwa. But after the release of a damning report about how the center was run, Wadhwa had stepped down.
This week’s report, commissioned by Rape Crisis Scotland, found that Wadhwa had failed to ensure ERCC carried out its primary function: to deliver services to women and girls who have experienced sexual violence.
It said that the centre’s practices “caused damage” to survivors and some “did not feel safe” using it, according to the author, Vicky Ling, a legal specialist…
Ling said: “Putting women in the position of having to discuss whether the service they receive will be provided by someone who was born and continues to…
