Scottish Green MSPs will fight for radical land reform, community empowerment and redistribution of power in Scotland. Ensuring that redistribution of power addresses different forms of inequality is a key priority for Scottish Greens. Green MSPs will work to empower women and other marginalised groups, and to ensure that everyone in Scotland is able to realise their rights.  Men own more land, property and assets than women or those of other genders, and also have more access to decision-making in local development – we want to level the playing field.  We will ensure that our efforts to democratise land laws, unlock community enterprise, develop a fair property tax system and empower citizens also promote gender equality.

• Working with communities. The vast majority of Scotland’s population has poor access to resources, opportunities and security compared with those who are privileged and powerful. Green MSPs will prioritise the goal of equality across all of our parliamentary work. We will work together with those whose chances in life are reduced because of class, race, gender, disability, age, sexual orientation, religion or belief to develop our plans for an equal Scotland.
• Human rights law. Fundamental rights for all must be safeguarded. Green MSPs will strongly oppose any repeal of the Human Rights Act, advocate for a Bill of Rights to strengthen our civil liberties, and support the incorporation of international treaties into Scots law. This will entail the incorporation and full implementation of the UN Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) and the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (‘the Istanbul Convention’). 
• Reproductive rights. Green MSPs support women’s legal right to choose abortion and will work to ensure that reproductive rights are protected in Scotland. In 2016, women can still be prosecuted for having an abortion without permission from two doctors. We will push for abortion to be removed from the criminal justice system and treated as all other healthcare issues. In the meantime, we will campaign to improve services, access and information regarding abortion for women in all areas of Scotland, and to address inequalities for low-income women and younger women.