Kate Nevens (she/her)

This Breast Cancer Awareness Month, I’m really proud to support @breastcancernow.bsky.social for #WearItPink!

I also learned about the vastly different experiences of care for people in different parts of Scotland, and the fact that women from more deprived backgrounds are much less likely to attend breast screenings aimed at catching cancer early. This needs to change.

This Breast Cancer Awareness Month, I’m really proud to support @breastcancernow.bsky.social for #WearItPink!

It was great to meet with the team alongside a number of women living with metastatic breast cancer at the parliament to hear more about what MSPs can do to make a meaningful difference to their lives.

I really enjoyed taking part in Clare Haughey MSP's member's debate on Malawi, and learning more about the country and Scotland's partnership with them.

Prior to being elected as an MSP, I spent much of my career working in international development, and I am a strong believer in taking feminist, anti-racist and decolonial approaches to both Scotland's domestic and international affairs.

Times are pretty tough right now as we face major pushbacks on all our rights and freedoms, but it was good to be in a room of incredible people at the Scottish LGBTQIA+ Sector's Parliamentarians Reception, standing together and championing LGBTQIA+ rights.

This parliamentary term, I want to see: ☑️ A comprehensive ban on conversion practices implemented in Scotland ☑️ Action to bring down the shocking waiting times for trans healthcare ☑️ Recognition of the rights of LGBTQIA+ families to access IVF and IUI on the NHS

Times are pretty tough right now as we face major pushbacks on all our rights and freedoms, but it was good to be in a room of incredible people at the Scottish LGBTQIA+ Sector's Parliamentarians Reception, standing together and championing LGBTQIA+ rights.

In Edinburgh, the provision of temporary accommodation is still falling far short of what is needed 🧵

I asked the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice and Housing what progress has been made on replenishing temporary accommodation which has been flipped to permanent accommodation following updates to the government's Housing Emergency Action Plan.

The Scottish Government are right to have apologised for so-called 'Tinker Experiments', which caused significant and lasting trauma to Scottish Gypsy/Traveller families. But that is only a first step in righting the wrongs done by Scottish institutions, and they must do more.

I am unbelievably excited by the diversity and talent in the group of potential Green candidates for the next Edinburgh City Council elections. I care deeply about representation in politics, and local government is poor across the board in terms of gender, racial and other forms of diversity.

We have a chance to make a difference in this as Greens, by selecting our own candidates carefully and with diversity in mind. When I vote, I will be ranking women, non-binary and candidates of colour at the top of my lists for each ward. #RankWomenFirst #RepresentationMatters

This morning, @qmanivannan.bsky.social and I joined @ucuedinburgh.bsky.social on the picket line outside the Edinburgh College of Art to show our solidarity as they enter their third week of strike action.

Save the Children estimate that 1 in 5 children are affected by poverty in Scotland - an absolutely shocking figure. I was pleased to attend an event hosted by @savechildrenuk.bsky.social and @jrf-uk.bsky.social at Holyrood & chat about the role MSPs can play in tackling child poverty in Scotland.

It was particularly useful to hear the perspectives of young mothers who have experienced the impact of poverty, to hear more about the intrinsic link between women's poverty and child poverty, and to discuss how we need to start telling a different story about poverty in Scotland.

I am appalled by the motion Reform has brought to the Scottish Parliament today, an abhorrent attempt to stir up anti-Muslim hatred, to make Muslim women feel othered, unwelcome and unsafe. It is designed to make people feel fearful and push people out of public space. We will not let that happen.

I love books and libraries! I'm a big reader of fiction, though I'm increasingly a fan of littler books and novellas particularly now I'm an MSP 📚 Today, I'm joining thousands across Scotland enjoying a #WeeRead with the Scottish Library & Information Council.

Reading for pleasure brings massive benefits to people, including reducing stress and supporting learning. I'm currently reading Die, My Love by Ariana Harwicz, published by @charcopress.com, a wonderful local publisher focused on uncovering and translating contemporary Latin American literature.

Ahead of Islamophobia Awareness Month 2026, I've submitted a parliamentary motion recognising the month as an opportunity to raise awareness of the harms of Islamophobia and to showcase the positive contributions of Muslims in Scotland and across the UK.

My motion recognises the important role of specialist Muslim-led "by and for" organisations in supporting those affected by Islamophobia and hate crime, and notes the important contributions of anti-racist education programmes and active bystander work in responding to Islamophobia in Scotland.

Ahead of Islamophobia Awareness Month 2026, I've submitted a parliamentary motion recognising the month as an opportunity to raise awareness of the harms of Islamophobia and to showcase the positive contributions of Muslims in Scotland and across the UK.

This year's IAM theme is Don’t Let It Slide, calling on all of us to take action, have courage and recognise everyone's everyday responsibility to address Islamophobia. As MSPs, we must respond to all forms of racism and discrimination and not allow it to be normalised.

Last week in parliament, I asked Cabinet Secretary Gillian Martin MSP what engagement she has had with the government's Humanitarian Emergency Fund team about increasing support to countries affected by climate-induced emergencies, and whether any funds would be directed to Nepal.