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Podcast: Rosie Campbell on how women shape elections

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October 28, 2022

Podcast: Rosie Campbell on how women shape elections

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 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.

Effective and inclusive parliaments

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October 21, 2022

Effective and inclusive parliaments

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.

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.

“The voices you’re not hearing”: The project helping mums to become MPs

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September 28, 2022

“The voices you’re not hearing”: The project helping mums to become MPs

MotherRED gives grants and support to 50 women, who commit to family-friendly policies, to stand for public office.

MotherRED gives grants and support to 50 women, who commit to family-friendly policies, to stand for public office.

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Queen Elizabeth II, Britain's steadfast monarch, dies

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Queen Elizabeth II, Britain's steadfast monarch, dies

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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.

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.

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Liz Truss praised for diverse cabinet

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Liz Truss praised for diverse cabinet

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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 hailed from the Conservative party. 

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 hailed from the Conservative party. 

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Liz Truss wins Tory leadership race to become Britain’s next PM

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Liz Truss wins Tory leadership race to become Britain’s next PM

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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 picked up 60,399 votes takes over from Boris Johnson, who was ousted by his own MPs earlier this summer.

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 picked up 60,399 votes takes over from Boris Johnson, who was ousted by his own MPs earlier this summer.

Banning babies from parliament shows just how out of touch Westminster is

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July 8, 2022

Banning babies from parliament shows just how out of touch Westminster is

If we want more women with children to become MPs, we need family-friendly policies for parents like me in the Commons.

If we want more women with children to become MPs, we need family-friendly policies for parents like me in the Commons.

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Jersey election 2022: Number of females elected rises from 14 to 21

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Jersey election 2022: Number of females elected rises from 14 to 21

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The 2022 election has seen more women elected to Jersey's government than ever before.

A total of 51% of the newly-elected deputies are women, and women now make up 43% of the overall government.

Carina Alves, Inna Gardiner, Carolyn Labey, Helen Miles and Kristina Moore topped their constituency polls.

The 2022 election has seen more women elected to Jersey's government than ever before.

A total of 51% of the newly-elected deputies are women, and women now make up 43% of the overall government.

Carina Alves, Inna Gardiner, Carolyn Labey, Helen Miles and Kristina Moore topped their constituency polls.