Women’s legislative recruitment: no simple explanation, no single panacea Rosie Campbell, Birkbeck University London & Sarah Childs, University of Bristol It is a widely held view that the first-past-the-post electoral system disadvantages women and that electoral reform would improve the representation of women in the UK... Posted 08 May 2012
Bargaining on equality: a challenge to the trade unions? “If we want to see women in positions of power in society – how do we achieve it?” This was the challenge we set for the audience at the Unions21 debate: Women, Power and Trade Unions.... Posted 04 Apr 2012
Reporting back from Welsh Labour Conference By Owain Llyr ap Gareth, Research and Campaigns Officer, Electoral Reform Society Wales After entering the empty room an hour before the first of our two fringe meetings at the Welsh Labour conference – looking at... Posted 19 Mar 2012
No more excuses: Why gender matters in politics What would society be like if four out of five parliamentarians were women? Maybe we’d be failing on men’s health; or the armed forces (as 9 in 10 recruits are still men), or on the... Posted 07 Mar 2012
“Aren’t you a bit small to be our Police and Crime Commissioner?” Jane Basham was the Labour PCC candidate for Suffolk “Nearly toppled the establishment…” …..Is what colleagues have said after my performance in the recent Police and Crime Commissioner elections. I stood as the Labour Party... Posted 22 Nov 2011
Women in Parliament: Time for an equal say The level of women’s representation in politics is an important signifier of a healthy democracy. Yet in the UK only 22 per cent – or 1 in 5 – members of the Westminster Parliament are women. This... Posted 25 Oct 2011