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Line 27: She opposed the [[Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill]] and claimed it could "open the door for violent males."<ref name="bbc" /> Her views were disputed by the [[United Nations Independent Expert on sexual orientation and gender identity]], [[Victor Madrigal-Borloz]], and the spokesperson for the [[United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights]] who said that "everyone (...) should have access to legal recognition of their gender identity based on self-identification."<ref name="bbc">{{cite news \|title=UN chief backs Scottish government's gender recognition reforms \|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-63993415 \|access-date=11 February 2024 \|work=BBC}}</ref> Six feminist organizations in Scotland—[[Engender]], JustRight Scotland, Scottish Women's Rights Centre, [[Scottish Women's Aid]], [[Amnesty International]] Scotland and [[Rape Crisis Scotland]]—also expressed disappointment by Alsaleem's comments, accusing her of failing to speak with Scottish human rights or feminist organisations before her statements.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Scottish feminists hit back at UN gender recognition warning \|url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/23160294.scottish-feminists-hit-back-un-gender-recognition-warning/ \|access-date=9 February 2024 \|work=The National}}</ref> In 2023 Alsalem attended the [[gender-critical]] [[FiLiA]] conference, amid protests against the conference.<ref>{{cite news \|title=JK Rowling speaks at FiLiA feminist conference labelled 'transphobic' \|url=https://www.thenational.scot/news/23857658.jk-rowling-speaks-filia-feminist-conference-labelled-transphobic/ \|access-date=9 February 2024 \|work=The National}}</ref> According to the ''[[New Statesman]]'', "her insistence on recognising the difference between sex and gender has landed her in trouble."<ref name=":2"/> In 2023 an open letter published by the [[Association for Women's Rights in Development\|Association for Women's Rights in Development]] (AWID),<ref name="awid">{{cite web \|title=There Is No Place for Anti-Trans Agendas in the UN \|url=https://www.awid.org/news-and-analysis/there-no-place-anti-trans-agendas-un \|access-date=9 February 2024 \|publisher=[[Association for Women's Rights in Development]]}}</ref><ref name=":3" /> endorsed by several hundred NGOs and women's groups, ~~which~~ accused her of being "[[anti-trans]]", which she denies.<ref name=":3">{{cite web \|last1=Alsalem \|first1=Reem \|title=Statement by Reem Alsalem \|url=https://www.ohchr.org/sites/default/files/documents/issues/women/sr/activities/SR-VAWG-Response-AWID.pdf \|access-date=11 February 2024}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web \|last=Barnes \|first=Hannah \|date=2024-02-24 \|title=Reem Alsalem on the biggest obstacles to ending violence against women \|url=https://www.newstatesman.com/the-weekend-interview/2024/02/reem-alsalem-biggest-obstacles-ending-violence-against-women \|access-date=2024-02-25 \|website=New Statesman \|language=en-US}}</ref> An open letter published by [[Maya Forstater\|Sex Matters]] supported her position.<ref>{{cite web \|author=<!--not stated--> \|title=Let the UN Special Rapporteur on VAWG Deliver her Mandate \|url=https://sex-matters.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Open-letter-Let-the-UN-Special-Rapporteur-on-VAWG-Deliver-her-Mandate-21-June-2023.pdf \|website=sex-matters.org \|publisher=Sex Matters \|access-date=29 April 2024}}</ref><ref name=":3" /> Alsalem asks why is it "problematic" for people to say: "This is important; many of our needs emanate from being female, or male, and there are certain instances where it’s proportionate, legitimate and perfectly necessary to keep a space single sex".<ref name=":2" /> Legal scholar Jens Theilen said that Alsalem "is using women's rights as a tool to undermine trans rights" and considered her actions "a stark example of individual politics furthering rather than contesting oppression," citing the AWID letter.<ref name="Theilen">{{cite journal \|last1=Theilen \|first1=Jens \|date=2024 \|title=Intersectionality’s Travels to International Human Rights Law \|url=https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4504732 \|journal=[[Michigan Journal of International Law]] \|volume=45 \|issue=2 \|quote=A stark example of individual politics furthering rather than contesting oppression is found in the work of the current Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls, its causes and consequences, Reem Alsalem, who is using women’s rights as a tool to undermine trans rights; see the protest letter AWID, There Is No Place for Anti-Trans Agendas in the UN (2023)}}</ref> Alsalem was criticised in 2023 by Claire Waxman, London's Victims' Commissioner, as she did not speak out on reports of [[Sexual and gender-based violence in the 7 October attack on Israel\|sexual and gender-based violence in the 7 October attack]] on Israel against Israeli women during and following the [[2023 Hamas-led attack on Israel\|Hamas-led attack]].<ref name=":2" /> In response, Alsalem said she had condemned "what happened on 7 October", had contacted NGOs in Israel without reply, and said she could not make "sweeping statements" without receiving evidence.<ref name=":2" />

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