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This week’s guest blogger is Alice Delemare, Women’s Officer for the Electoral Reform Society. This general election has become exciting. The televised leaders’ debates have made history and turned the election into a proper three-horse race. For the first time in a long while the result is no longer predictable and I, for one, am excited. [...] The election has been called, Parliament will rise at the end of this week – and MPs will return to their constituencies to fight for their seats, or in the case of at least 147 of them step down to do something else entirely. With so many MPs standing down there are certain to be a [...] This week’s guest blogger is Sian Berry. Sian is a writer and activist, and was Green candidate for Mayor of London in 2008. ‘Disappointing findings earlier this month from the Centre for Women and Democracy’s ‘Candidate Watch’ project. Last weekend Kathryn Bigelow became the first woman to win an Oscar for Best Director. It’s hard to believe that in 82 years of Oscar glory, only four women directors have being nominated for an Oscar, and only one woman has actually won. But what’s even harder to believe is that much of [...] Great debate last night. A really illuminating discussion which, intentionally or not, showed that there are many shared issues of concern across the parties including maternity/paternity leave; rape and violence against women; equal pay and the difference that more women in politics would bring to the debate. Last night also starkly highlighted the [...] At the meeting on Tuesday, both Beatrice and Caroline talked about electoral reform and the introduction of a form of proportional representation (PR) in the voting system as one way which could increase the numbers of women in Parliament. If you’re interested in finding out more, you can do so here at the Vote for Change [...] A really inspiring discussion last night. Our speaker’s gave a great overview of women’s position in elected politics in Britain today, what it’s like to run for office and what you can achieve once you get there. Did you know that the UK ranks 60th in the world for the number of women in our Parliament? [...] …the next Progressive Women event will be in Westminster on Tuesday June 16th. More details, including confirmed speakers, at the end of the week. You may have noticed some changes around here recently. We’re trying a few things out to see what works – if you see anything you like, do let us know. [...] You have to worry when there is so much fuss about reporting on gender pay. I repeat the word ‘reporting’. The new Equalities Bill will require companies with over 250 staff to report on how much they pay their staff so that discrepancies between the sexes can be identified. The rationale is that this will [...] |
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