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Wednesday, May 31, 2023
Academic Paper / Article
Ignoring online abuse of women MPs has dire consequences
London School of Economics
Women MPs are exposed to daily online harassment, and social media platforms provide unlimited scope for anonymous, hostile and aggressive behaviour to be targeted at them. As the unprecedented cyber abuse of female MPs is known to be detrimental to...
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House of commons
Thursday, May 11, 2023
Data and Statistics
Women in politics and public life
House of Commons Library
In both politics and public life in the UK, women have historically been underrepresented. In recent years women’s representation has increased, although in most cases men remain overrepresented, especially in more senior positions. This briefing...
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Photograph: Jeff Gilbert/Alamy
Thursday, May 11, 2023
Female Labour MP accuses shadow minister of sexual assault
The Guardian
A female Labour MP has reported a shadow frontbench MP to the Metropolitan police, claiming he sexually assaulted her. The alleged incident is said to have taken place after a summer party in London in July 2021. But the MP decided to approach the...
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At a regional level, no UK council has gender parity, Fawcett Society and Democracy Club research shows. Photograph: Stockcam/Getty
Thursday, April 20, 2023
Men dominate 95% of local authorities in Britain, data shows
The Guardian
Only 18 of 382 councils have minimum gender representation parity, say equality charities The vast majority (95%) of local authorities across the UK are dominated by men, while only just over a third of local councillors are women, according to...
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Nicola Sturgeon: ‘Social media provides a vehicle for the most awful abuse of women, misogyny, sexism and threats of violence for women who put their heads above the parapet.’ Photograph: Reuters
Tuesday, February 21, 2023
‘It could be your next-door neighbour’: how female MPs cope with misogynistic abuse
The Guardian
As Nicola Sturgeon quits, online vitriol continues to leave female politicians fearing for their safety he brutality of political life had taken its toll on her, said Nicola Sturgeon as she announced her resignation on Wednesday. That same day, a 42...
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Nicola Sturgeon (left) and Jacinda Arden both spoke of wrestling with competing demands of high office. Composite: Getty
Tuesday, February 21, 2023
Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post
First Ardern, now Sturgeon: leaders echo ‘dehumanising’ pressures
The Guardian
Like ex-New Zealand PM, Scotland’s first minister speaks of duty to admit how ‘brutality’ of political life got to her he was, she stressed, “a human being”, not just a politician. And as one who had wrestled with accepting she simply no longer had...
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The Independent
Thursday, February 16, 2023
Nicola Sturgeon to resign as First Minister, saying ‘the time is now’
The Independent
Nicola Sturgeon has announced she will stand down after eight years as First Minister, telling a press conference “the time is now”. In a shock announcement on Wednesday, the SNP leader said she was not reacting to “short-term pressures” after a...
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Finland’s prime minister Sanna Marin has had to defend her diplomacy and her dancing. Kimmo Brandt / EPA-EFE
Monday, January 09, 2023
Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post
From Queen Elizabeth to Sanna Marin, young women in politics have always faced prejudice
The Conversation
Two prime ministers meeting to discuss relations between their countries is standard practice in international politics. But New Zealand’s Jacinda Ardern and Finland’s Sanna Marin had to defend a recent summit after a reporter asked whether they met...
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PHOTO BY MARTIN FOSKETT FROM UNSPLASH
Friday, November 25, 2022
Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post
Ten women in politics you should probably know about it
Her Campus
Love it or loathe it, politics is a completely unavoidable part of life, especially living here in the UK, where politicians and their various flaws and virtues seem to fuel daily headlines. Even as a politics student, I’ve found the ever-changing...
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Equal power: Know your rights online (Glitch)
Monday, November 21, 2022
Equal power: Know your rights online
A free 1.5 hour training on advocating for safer online spaces for women currently in or aspiring to be in politics with BSL interpretation. About this workshop Evidence shows that women are more likely to be harassed online, and this is even worse...
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Rishi Sunak (left) at his first meeting of his cabinet. Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA
Wednesday, November 09, 2022
“Massive blind spot”: Anger at low proportion of women in Sunak’s cabinet
The Guardian
Women’s groups express concern as just 23% of those named to new PM’s cabinet are female. Women’s groups have reacted with concern and anger over the low representation of women in the new cabinet. Rishi Sunak removed 11 members of his predecessor’s...
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Podcast: Rosie Campbell on how women shape elections (Acast)
Friday, October 28, 2022
Multimedia
Podcast: Rosie Campbell on how women shape elections
Acast
Rosie Campbell is professor of politics and Director of the Global Institute for Women’s Leadership at King’s College London, where she works with Julia. Rosie has authored research on voting behaviour, public opinion and the politics of diversity...
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Effective and inclusive parliaments (CPA)
Friday, October 21, 2022
Report / White Paper
Effective and inclusive parliaments
Common Parliamentary Association UK
Ensuring GSP principles are embedded in political institutions is vital for a healthy democracy. It highlights that women’s inclusion and equality does not just stop at the ballot box. All groups must be able to fully participate within our elected...
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MotherRED was set up by MP Stella Creasy and is backed by Cherie Blair and Jacqui Smith. Photograph: John Sibley/Reuters
Wednesday, September 28, 2022
Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post
“The voices you’re not hearing”: The project helping mums to become MPs
The Guardian
MotherRED gives grants and support to 50 women, who commit to family-friendly policies, to stand for public office. When Miatta Fahnbulleh told her children her bid to become the Labour candidate for Camberwell and Peckham might mean she would...
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Queen Elizabeth II waves from the balcony of the town hall in Bonn, West Germany, on May 19, 1965. DPA/Picture-Alliance/AP
Friday, September 09, 2022
Queen Elizabeth II, Britain's steadfast monarch, dies
Time
Queen Elizabeth II, the world’s longest-serving head of state who led her subjects for more than seven decades, has died at the age of 96. Her extraordinary reign, which began in 1952, spanned 15 British prime ministers and 14 U.S. presidents. She...
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Liz Truss speaks during her first weekly prime minister’s questions session at the House of Commons on Thursday © UK Parliament/AFP/Getty Images
Thursday, September 08, 2022
Liz Truss praised for diverse cabinet
Financial Times
First black chancellor of the exchequer among prime minister’s appointees. Addressing MPs in the House of Commons chamber on Wednesday, former prime minister Theresa May wryly observed that of the UK’s three elected female prime ministers all have...
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Liz Truss inherits a deeply divided party lagging behind in the polls. Photograph: Danny Lawson/PA
Monday, September 05, 2022
Liz Truss wins Tory leadership race to become Britain’s next PM
The Guardian
Liz Truss will become Britain’s next prime minister after winning a resounding victory over Rishi Sunak in the bitterly fought Conservative leadership contest. The foreign secretary, who won 81,326 votes of Tory members, while the former chancellor...
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Finally! Top jobs are going to women who have more confidence than ability too (Evening Standard)
Monday, August 08, 2022
Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post
Finally! Top jobs are going to women who have more confidence than ability too
Evening Standard
According to the polls, the UK is on its way to having its third female Prime Minister. This is good news, and it’s made even better by the fact that Liz Truss (as Theresa May before her) can hardly be described as having all the qualities you’d...
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