Include the word 'women' in HSE cervical screening information Petition: Signature List Feed http://gopetition.com/signatures/include-the-word-women-in-hse-cervical-screening-information.html Online petition signatures en-us Sat, 11 Apr 2026 02:33 UTC GoPetition RSS Feed Generator Copyright 2026 GoPetition Anonymous [Signature #1571] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/24463426?utm_medium=rss Fri, 2 Feb 2024 11:22:53 UTC 24463426 Sabrina Devine [Signature #1570] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/24440011?utm_medium=rss Mon, 18 Sep 2023 04:36:31 UTC 24440011 Mairead Oheinigh [Signature #1569] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/24304350?utm_medium=rss Mon, 13 Jun 2022 01:58:13 UTC 24304350 Ann Marie [Signature #1568] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/24260789?utm_medium=rss OMG

]]> Thu, 12 May 2022 07:03:54 UTC 24260789 Anonymous [Signature #1567] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/24247317?utm_medium=rss Tue, 12 Apr 2022 07:51:42 UTC 24247317 Anonymous [Signature #1566] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/24203233?utm_medium=rss Clarity in language is of the utmost importance in health advice and promotion of screening programmes. The word women/woman should be reinstated in the cervical check information to avoid confusion and ensure those who should avail of screening know that they should!!

]]> Mon, 29 Nov 2021 12:42:07 UTC 24203233 Anonymous [Signature #1565] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/24201163?utm_medium=rss “Inclusive language” isn’t inclusive if it’s unclear or misleading to women who have English as their second language or are/were unable to access a high quality formal education. It’s completely appalling and unjust that these women could be left out of vital health services because of the HSE’s refusal to use plain English, and there’s no reason why the word “women” couldn’t be used alongside language that’s inclusive of female people with other gender identities. Inclusive language should include women.

]]> Thu, 18 Nov 2021 03:38:24 UTC 24201163 Anonymous [Signature #1564] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/24199349?utm_medium=rss Mon, 15 Nov 2021 09:18:53 UTC 24199349 Ros O'Brien [Signature #1563] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/24198194?utm_medium=rss Removal of the word woman excludes the 44.2% of women who do not know what a cervix is and is contrary to the HSE's own Plain English Guidelines.
Please correct this.

]]> Thu, 11 Nov 2021 01:34:13 UTC 24198194 Anonymous [Signature #1562] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/24163710?utm_medium=rss As a mother of 2 daughters I am really sick of all this pandering to the extremist LGBT agenda. I am a woman and it is not a dirty word and I don't care how many transwomen take offence. Change this ASAP. Shame on you. Can you not see how misogynistic this is and what an erasure of womens recognition and rights.

]]> Thu, 2 Sep 2021 07:03:06 UTC 24163710 Christine Sinclair [Signature #1561] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/24100094?utm_medium=rss Sat, 8 May 2021 11:48:34 UTC 24100094 Tina Dunne [Signature #1560] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/24077842?utm_medium=rss Thu, 8 Apr 2021 08:36:24 UTC 24077842 Emer Walsh [Signature #1559] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/24072764?utm_medium=rss Tue, 30 Mar 2021 08:27:52 UTC 24072764 Anonymous [Signature #1558] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/24057142?utm_medium=rss I am a woman and would like to be refered to as such

]]> Wed, 10 Mar 2021 04:19:38 UTC 24057142 Aine McCann [Signature #1557] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/24050283?utm_medium=rss Tue, 2 Mar 2021 11:26:54 UTC 24050283 Rachel Leonard [Signature #1556] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/24046384?utm_medium=rss Wed, 24 Feb 2021 11:22:00 UTC 24046384 Anonymous [Signature #1555] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/24002862?utm_medium=rss Thu, 21 Jan 2021 08:06:49 UTC 24002862 Shannon Dennehy [Signature #1554] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/23990094?utm_medium=rss Mon, 4 Jan 2021 09:01:40 UTC 23990094 Anonymous [Signature #1553] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/23978111?utm_medium=rss Only women have cervix. We are not subhumans to be called by body parts. Word women is inclusive enough

]]> Mon, 14 Dec 2020 02:02:44 UTC 23978111 Annaig Birdy [Signature #1552] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/23978003?utm_medium=rss Mon, 14 Dec 2020 09:52:46 UTC 23978003 Anonymous [Signature #1551] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/23970331?utm_medium=rss Tue, 8 Dec 2020 12:31:19 UTC 23970331 Anonymous [Signature #1550] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/23967003?utm_medium=rss Fri, 4 Dec 2020 06:53:00 UTC 23967003 Anonymous [Signature #1549] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/23951487?utm_medium=rss Wed, 18 Nov 2020 06:16:23 UTC 23951487 Alba Comenge [Signature #1548] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/23950523?utm_medium=rss Tue, 17 Nov 2020 09:12:42 UTC 23950523 Anna Whyte [Signature #1547] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/23932265?utm_medium=rss Stop prioritising men’s feelings over women’s lives. Stop ignoring millennia of sex-based oppression at the behest intolerant, misogynistic transgender rhetoric. Stop the erasure of womanhood.

]]> Wed, 11 Nov 2020 02:02:06 UTC 23932265 Helen Farrell [Signature #1546] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/23930064?utm_medium=rss Sat, 7 Nov 2020 02:55:25 UTC 23930064 Anonymous [Signature #1545] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/23926124?utm_medium=rss Tue, 3 Nov 2020 05:07:26 UTC 23926124 Crista Fitzhenry [Signature #1544] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/23925314?utm_medium=rss Please keep the word woman as an essential word to use when offering services for cervix screening information.

]]> Sun, 1 Nov 2020 07:38:49 UTC 23925314 Laura Berrill [Signature #1543] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/23925117?utm_medium=rss Women are women. END. OF.

]]> Sun, 1 Nov 2020 12:21:18 UTC 23925117 L Walsh [Signature #1542] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/23922973?utm_medium=rss Including the word woman in the literature describing services for women is a basic expectation and fully inclusive.

]]> Wed, 28 Oct 2020 06:18:35 UTC 23922973 Anonymous [Signature #1541] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/23922479?utm_medium=rss It is important that all people who need cervical screening get to hear about it. Health educations needs to focus on reaching as many people as possible.

]]> Tue, 27 Oct 2020 10:26:17 UTC 23922479 Harry Shields [Signature #1540] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/23922212?utm_medium=rss Tue, 27 Oct 2020 02:44:23 UTC 23922212 Ciara Forrester [Signature #1539] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/23922136?utm_medium=rss Tue, 27 Oct 2020 11:15:26 UTC 23922136 Nessa Behan [Signature #1538] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/23918662?utm_medium=rss Wed, 21 Oct 2020 04:04:04 UTC 23918662 Anonymous [Signature #1537] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/23917716?utm_medium=rss Tue, 20 Oct 2020 08:54:49 UTC 23917716 Anonymous [Signature #1536] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/23916601?utm_medium=rss Sun, 18 Oct 2020 09:41:55 UTC 23916601 christine toft [Signature #1535] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/23914055?utm_medium=rss Sat, 17 Oct 2020 12:09:47 UTC 23914055 Anonymous [Signature #1534] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/23913095?utm_medium=rss Fri, 16 Oct 2020 01:55:29 UTC 23913095 Helen Gray [Signature #1533] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/23909963?utm_medium=rss Stop treating "women" like it is a dirty word. Biology is important in medicine. Use plain English.

]]> Mon, 12 Oct 2020 03:50:03 UTC 23909963 Anonymous [Signature #1532] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/23909424?utm_medium=rss Sun, 11 Oct 2020 12:42:09 UTC 23909424 Anonymous [Signature #1531] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/23909128?utm_medium=rss I have a cervix & I am a woman, stop being sexist. If you can refer to men in prostate cancer literature why can't you say woman in these leaflets?

]]> Sun, 11 Oct 2020 12:32:25 UTC 23909128 Antonia Swann [Signature #1530] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/23909071?utm_medium=rss Sat, 10 Oct 2020 11:13:09 UTC 23909071 Anonymous [Signature #1529] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/23909064?utm_medium=rss Sat, 10 Oct 2020 11:03:45 UTC 23909064 Louise Fagan [Signature #1528] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/23909047?utm_medium=rss Sat, 10 Oct 2020 10:36:39 UTC 23909047 Sue Hancock [Signature #1527] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/23908891?utm_medium=rss Large Indigenous population in many different Outback Communities.
For cultural reasons the word woman is essential in describing and promoting female sex-based health services

]]> Sat, 10 Oct 2020 04:31:47 UTC 23908891 Anonymous [Signature #1526] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/23908882?utm_medium=rss Sat, 10 Oct 2020 04:14:31 UTC 23908882 Anonymous [Signature #1525] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/23908798?utm_medium=rss Sat, 10 Oct 2020 01:28:37 UTC 23908798 Anonymous [Signature #1524] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/23908783?utm_medium=rss Regressive gender ideology madness will harm minority female groups.

]]> Sat, 10 Oct 2020 12:47:11 UTC 23908783 Karen Lord [Signature #1523] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/23908780?utm_medium=rss Shame on you. Include the word ‘women’ in your “inclusive” literature

]]> Sat, 10 Oct 2020 12:42:17 UTC 23908780 Myriam M [Signature #1522] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/23908768?utm_medium=rss Sat, 10 Oct 2020 12:19:31 UTC 23908768 Helen Connolly [Signature #1521] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/23908730?utm_medium=rss Sat, 10 Oct 2020 09:58:17 UTC 23908730 Barbara Barclay [Signature #1520] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/23908726?utm_medium=rss Sat, 10 Oct 2020 09:33:51 UTC 23908726 Caroline Cartwright [Signature #1519] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/23908710?utm_medium=rss Sat, 10 Oct 2020 08:35:44 UTC 23908710 Anonymous [Signature #1518] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/23908704?utm_medium=rss This is particularly vital for women with learning disabilities, women with English as a second language (including Deaf, sign users), women from communities were discussion around female biology is taboo and those with limited education. The uptake for women with LDs is already VERY low. Don't make it lower.

]]> Sat, 10 Oct 2020 08:24:42 UTC 23908704 Janet McGowan [Signature #1517] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/23908701?utm_medium=rss Sat, 10 Oct 2020 08:15:10 UTC 23908701 Juliet Cripps [Signature #1516] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/23908688?utm_medium=rss Sat, 10 Oct 2020 07:17:34 UTC 23908688 Nina Cranmer [Signature #1515] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/23908493?utm_medium=rss What happened to clear accessible plain English language in NHS advice sheets. Many women don't know what a cervix is and I think it is deeply offensive that the term 'women' has been removed. Female to male transgender individuals and non-binary female people are fully aware of their female biology as ignoring it carries serious health risks therefore using the term 'women' is not exclusionary.

]]> Sat, 10 Oct 2020 01:21:12 UTC 23908493 Harriet Hughes [Signature #1514] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/23908377?utm_medium=rss Fri, 9 Oct 2020 10:23:21 UTC 23908377 Sorcha Nic Giolla Mhuire [Signature #1513] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/23908329?utm_medium=rss Fri, 9 Oct 2020 08:42:25 UTC 23908329 Anonymous [Signature #1512] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/23908328?utm_medium=rss Fri, 9 Oct 2020 08:41:11 UTC 23908328 Viktoria Mitchell [Signature #1511] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/23908300?utm_medium=rss Fri, 9 Oct 2020 07:43:41 UTC 23908300 Anonymous [Signature #1510] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/23905445?utm_medium=rss Wed, 7 Oct 2020 07:27:01 UTC 23905445 Iseult O' Donoghue [Signature #1509] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/23905356?utm_medium=rss Wed, 7 Oct 2020 05:52:19 UTC 23905356 Anonymous [Signature #1508] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/23904970?utm_medium=rss Wed, 7 Oct 2020 12:57:36 UTC 23904970 Anonymous [Signature #1507] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/23904663?utm_medium=rss Wed, 7 Oct 2020 08:06:54 UTC 23904663 Sarah McGowran [Signature #1506] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/23904098?utm_medium=rss Tue, 6 Oct 2020 09:03:17 UTC 23904098 Serena Dool [Signature #1505] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/23904051?utm_medium=rss Tue, 6 Oct 2020 07:31:28 UTC 23904051 Claudia Boyle [Signature #1504] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/23903966?utm_medium=rss Tue, 6 Oct 2020 05:47:36 UTC 23903966 Anonymous [Signature #1503] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/23903957?utm_medium=rss Tue, 6 Oct 2020 05:38:50 UTC 23903957 Anonymous [Signature #1502] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/23903697?utm_medium=rss Adult Human Female

]]> Tue, 6 Oct 2020 10:24:07 UTC 23903697 Caroline Morrin [Signature #1501] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/23903635?utm_medium=rss Inclusion should not lead to the erasure of common-usage terms such as 'woman' or 'man'. Women have the right to clear, accessible health information.

]]> Tue, 6 Oct 2020 06:28:58 UTC 23903635 Tania Kaur [Signature #1500] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/23903479?utm_medium=rss Tue, 6 Oct 2020 01:33:19 UTC 23903479 Rachel Gibney [Signature #1499] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/23903119?utm_medium=rss Mon, 5 Oct 2020 06:28:14 UTC 23903119 Carol Whiteman-Ley [Signature #1498] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/23903111?utm_medium=rss Mon, 5 Oct 2020 06:13:22 UTC 23903111 Anonymous [Signature #1497] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/23903038?utm_medium=rss Mon, 5 Oct 2020 04:27:48 UTC 23903038 Berenice Guzmán [Signature #1496] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/23902927?utm_medium=rss Mon, 5 Oct 2020 02:16:25 UTC 23902927 Brian Judge [Signature #1495] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/23902886?utm_medium=rss Single father and feminist ally on behalf of my daughter.

]]> Mon, 5 Oct 2020 01:31:36 UTC 23902886 Linda Hamonou [Signature #1494] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/23902847?utm_medium=rss I live in a country which language I have not yet mastered. For expat women, organs’ names are not something that comes in conversation very often. It is therefore difficult to know our anatomy in a foreign language. We are more likely to pick up documents or advertisements where we recognise word. WOMEN is essential when talking about women healthcare to ensure that we receive live saving information. Please do not deprive women with lower vocabulary about their body and health, no matter what the reason might be, from important healthcare.

]]> Mon, 5 Oct 2020 12:43:19 UTC 23902847 Anonymous [Signature #1493] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/23902836?utm_medium=rss Mon, 5 Oct 2020 12:33:41 UTC 23902836 Wendy Kruger [Signature #1492] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/23902824?utm_medium=rss Mon, 5 Oct 2020 12:26:40 UTC 23902824 Anny Person [Signature #1491] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/23902784?utm_medium=rss Women are human too.
We should not be erased
Inclusion should not come at the price of real women's health and safety

]]> Mon, 5 Oct 2020 11:41:35 UTC 23902784 Anonymous [Signature #1490] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/23902716?utm_medium=rss Mon, 5 Oct 2020 09:58:59 UTC 23902716 John Gallen [Signature #1489] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/23902687?utm_medium=rss Mon, 5 Oct 2020 07:23:10 UTC 23902687 Anonymous [Signature #1488] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/23902676?utm_medium=rss Mon, 5 Oct 2020 06:29:20 UTC 23902676 Anonymous [Signature #1487] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/23902348?utm_medium=rss Sun, 4 Oct 2020 08:06:10 UTC 23902348 Veronica Daly [Signature #1486] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/23902145?utm_medium=rss Sun, 4 Oct 2020 02:52:00 UTC 23902145 Anonymous [Signature #1485] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/23902044?utm_medium=rss Sun, 4 Oct 2020 01:00:39 UTC 23902044 Siobhán O'Sullivan [Signature #1484] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/23902026?utm_medium=rss Sun, 4 Oct 2020 12:28:33 UTC 23902026 Anonymous [Signature #1483] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/23902022?utm_medium=rss Sun, 4 Oct 2020 12:13:41 UTC 23902022 Janet Newsham [Signature #1482] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/23901968?utm_medium=rss We need to be encouraging more women to get screened and we need to encourage trans-men to also get screened but use the correct terminology to encourage them. It needs to be clear.

]]> Sun, 4 Oct 2020 08:47:11 UTC 23901968 Marion Bonnard [Signature #1481] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/23901437?utm_medium=rss Sat, 3 Oct 2020 06:54:38 UTC 23901437 Bernadette D'Alton [Signature #1480] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/23901024?utm_medium=rss Sat, 3 Oct 2020 09:40:20 UTC 23901024 Anonymous [Signature #1479] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/23900136?utm_medium=rss Fri, 2 Oct 2020 08:26:09 UTC 23900136 Niamh Power [Signature #1478] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/23899820?utm_medium=rss Fri, 2 Oct 2020 06:18:27 UTC 23899820 Anonymous [Signature #1477] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/23899785?utm_medium=rss Please out the word women back. It's who we are.

]]> Fri, 2 Oct 2020 06:06:39 UTC 23899785 Anonymous [Signature #1476] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/23899768?utm_medium=rss Fri, 2 Oct 2020 06:00:54 UTC 23899768 Candy Harman [Signature #1475] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/23899307?utm_medium=rss Fri, 2 Oct 2020 12:00:01 UTC 23899307 Elizabeth Howell [Signature #1474] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/23899301?utm_medium=rss Please include the word woman in this document

]]> Fri, 2 Oct 2020 11:52:44 UTC 23899301 Paul Moloney [Signature #1473] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/23899282?utm_medium=rss Fri, 2 Oct 2020 11:03:38 UTC 23899282 Des Rushe [Signature #1472] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/23899203?utm_medium=rss Fri, 2 Oct 2020 08:56:09 UTC 23899203