Evidence Based Social Work Alliance

Duty To Question

Science EN ↓ 7 episodes

The podcast of the Evidence Based Social Work Alliance, exploring gender identity from a social work perspective through interviews with a range of stakeholders.

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How is foster care being affected by trans ideology? 25.05.2026 51:09

This is an account of Mandy's experience applying to be a foster carer with a major Scottish charity and being rejected for expressing concerns about the consequences of trans ideologyfor vulnerable children and teens. Mandy discusses her experience with Maggie and Emma of EBSWA, and what this might say about how badly care services have been compromised.

We need to talk about this! 25.01.2026 1:01:30

Guest speaker Jane Fenton Professor Emeritus talks about her research and teaching on the importance of open discussion and challenge in social work teaching and practice. Jane is joined by Emma Darling and Nicki Benge both fairly recently qualified social workers in practice in England.

Transitioning Children - What have the courts said? and what advice have they been given? 27.11.2025 56:10

How have the courts ruled on cases brought in the English family courts? Following the ethical approval of the Pathways Trial which could see children as young as 10 receive puberty blockers,Sarah Phillimore, barrister in the family courts, and staunch defender of free speech and children and families rights, and Charlies Plummer, formerly CAFCASS, now independent social worker, joined Maggie Mell...

How Data Collection on Sex and Gender Has Gone Wrong with Alice Sullivan 22.11.2025 58:15

In this episode, we speak with professor Alice Sullivan. Alice is a professor of sociology at University College London and was recently commissioned by the government to lead a review into the collection of data pertaining to sex and gender. She has also edited the book Sex and Gender: A Contemporary Reader. Within the discussion, we cover the ways in which sex and gender data becomes unclear, wh...

Can a blanket affirmative approach be in a child's best interests? 20.06.2025 45:05

EBSWA podcast, discussing how and why the best interests of the child principle has been forgotten by the "affirmative" approach to gender identity in children. Robin Carling, Maggie Mellon and Miriam

Disability: When Gender Identity Provides Relief From Reality 20.06.2025 1:05:07

An Evidence Based Social Work Alliance Podcast, EBSWA's Robin Carling which George Fielding, disability rights campaigner, Sarah Philimore, barrister in the family courts, and Miriam a children's social worker discuss the impact of disability on development of sexuality and how embracing gender identity can offer distraction from realities of disability”.

The impact on children's services of the Supreme Court ruling on the meaning of S*x in the Equality ActAct 10.06.2025 1:00:50

Stephanie Davies Arai, founder and director of Transgender Trend in conversation with Robin Carling of EBSWA on the likely or hoped for impact of the recent Supreme Court ruling (FWS V Scottish Government) that S*x means biological s*x and is not changed by a Gender Recognition Certificate or by any process of gender reassignment. What should this mean for children's services?