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Monday, September 18, 2023
Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post
Open house: where next for gender equality in parliament?
Fawcett Society
Open House: Where Next for Gender Equality in Parliament is the first ever audit of a decade’s worth of reports into gender equality in the UK Parliament. It shows that 92 recommendations, spanning 36 different themes, have been made to 29 bodies...
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Wednesday, September 13, 2023
Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post
Theresa May: If a woman shows emotion she’s seen as weak
The Telegraph
Female politicians who show strength are seen as “aggressive harridans” while male counterparts are seen as “brilliant”, according to Theresa May. The UK’s second female prime minister also reiterated claims that women in public life who show...
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Monday, September 11, 2023
Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post
The women leading Britain’s political awakening
The London Economic
“People’s faith in politics is at an all-time low”, Carol Vorderman, who was recently likened to a “celebrity attack dog” by Conservative MP Johnny Mercer, told Deborah Ross in The Sunday Times magazine at the weekend. The former Countdown star is...
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Friday, August 18, 2023
Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post
Dawn Butler: ‘It is shocking, the disrespect for Black women in the Commons’
The Guardian
The Labour MP Dawn Butler remembers the first time she was called a liar. She was eight years old and had just returned from a family holiday to Jamaica. She was telling her class that she saw a cockroach that could fly when the teacher stopped...
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Friday, August 18, 2023
Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post
UK: it took female MPs from both parties to change Starmer’s stance on gender politics
The Guardian
Did Keir Starmer finally realise what being a leader meant this summer? No, not the Labour leader’s heroic rescue of a lost dog while on holiday, but his decision to enter the bitter gender debate and back a reversal of his party’s policy on...
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Monday, July 24, 2023
Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post
Sophia Duleep Singh: Indian princess who fought for women to vote in UK
BBC News
Sophia Duleep Singh, a princess who fought for women's voting rights in the UK, remains a little-known figure in India, the country of her ancestry. In 1910, she was part of a delegation of 300 suffragettes who marched towards the parliament in...
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Thursday, July 20, 2023
Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post
How accessible is politics for women?
Isle of Man Today
Women who were considering becoming a Member of the House of Keys, but decided against it are being asked to share their experiences in a focus group. This would be part of a research project that is currently taking place exploring barriers that...
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Tuesday, July 11, 2023
Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post
Women in politics with children not prioritised, says Bethan Sayed
BBC
Working in politics is unhealthy and almost impossible for women with children, a former MP claimed. Jenny Willott, a former Liberal Democrat Cardiff MP, worked up to 100 hours a week, which she said would be "really tough" for a mother. Bethan...
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Monday, July 10, 2023
Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post
MP Mhairi Black’s resignation proves not enough is being done to support young women in politics
Stylist
When 20-year-old Mhairi Black was elected as an MP in 2015, she was hailed a prodigy. A force to be reckoned with. As the youngest MP elected to the House of Commons since the Reform Act of 1832, she was pegged as the next new political star, her...
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Thursday, June 29, 2023
Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post
Sexual harassment claims dealt with too slowly in politics, says Caroline Nokes
The Guardian
Sexual harassment complaints in parliament are dealt with too slowly and opaquely, the chair of the Commons equalities committee has said, after concerns were raised over a former Downing Street special adviser. Caroline Nokes said she believed...
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Source: The Irish Examiner
Wednesday, June 14, 2023
Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post
Political parties 'must run more female candidates in a meaningful way'
Irish Examiner
Political parties must run more female candidates in a “meaningful and serious way” while not all women are “political animals”, the Oireachtas committee on children, equality, disability, integration and youth has heard. At its meeting on Tuesday...
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Source: Shetland News
Monday, June 12, 2023
Editorial / Opinion Piece / Blog Post
Scottish Government event to encourage women into politics
Shetland News
An event is taking place at Lerwick Town Hall later this month to celebrate and encourage women in the political sphere. A core event is being held at the Scottish Parliament in Holyrood, and it will be livestreamed to Lerwick Town Hall. \Scotland’...
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Source: LSE
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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