Karen Adam MSP: 'Difficult to convince women to stand in council elections'
Source: The National
Convincing women to run in the upcoming local elections has been “really difficult”, SNP MSP Karen Adam has said, as she urged women and minorities to take up more leadership roles.
Ahead of International Women’s Day on Tuesday, the Sunday National sat down with the Banffshire and Buchan Coast MSP to discuss the barriers facing women going into politics, and what the Scottish Parliament is doing to try to make Scotland a fairer and more equal country.
There is a clear gender imbalance among councillors in Scotland – with a report from local government organisation Improvement Service stating that 65.7% of councillors are male, compared to 32.6% who are female, with around 1% describing themselves in “another way”.
Click here to read the full article published by The National on 6 March 2022.
Convincing women to run in the upcoming local elections has been “really difficult”, SNP MSP Karen Adam has said, as she urged women and minorities to take up more leadership roles.
Ahead of International Women’s Day on Tuesday, the Sunday National sat down with the Banffshire and Buchan Coast MSP to discuss the barriers facing women going into politics, and what the Scottish Parliament is doing to try to make Scotland a fairer and more equal country.
There is a clear gender imbalance among councillors in Scotland – with a report from local government organisation Improvement Service stating that 65.7% of councillors are male, compared to 32.6% who are female, with around 1% describing themselves in “another way”.
Click here to read the full article published by The National on 6 March 2022.