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#Emilymatters – Petition – Emily Davison Statue in Parliament Campaign
In a recent article Cathy Newman likened the Conservative Party’s frontbenches to “a sea of blokes in dark suits“. However, the Houses of Parliament as a whole continues to have a woeful record with regards to women’s representation. The most recent IPU (Inter-Parliamentary Union) statistics list the UK in 59th place in the world, with women […]
#Emilymatters – No Vote, No Voice
Votes for Women! On 6th February 1918, a select group of women won the right to vote. However, it took ten more years before all women had the same voting rights as men. Yet today, so many don’t bother to use their hard won democratic right to vote. At the last election 61% of […]
