The UK Women’s Prize made a statement clarifying that eligibility is limited to “all women,” declaring that “in our terms and conditions, the word ‘woman’ equates to a cis woman, a transgender woman, or anyone who is legally defined as a woman of the female sex.” Jo Prior, chair of trustees for the prize, writes in the statement, “Over the past quarter of a century the Prize has publicly championed and amplified a diverse breadth of women’s voices, and holds the principle of freedom of expression among its core values. As a Prize which celebrates the voices of women and […]