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2014; The Good, The Bad and the Change Making | talatyaq
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Bringing you regular rage against the patriarchy, drenched in sarcasm and capslocks #FEMINISTFRIDAY. 2014; The Good, The Bad and the Change Making. Lists That’s what defines the end of a year. Lists of the year’s best films, songs, great bake off moments, Taylor Swift moments…basically buzzfeed type articles filling up my timeline (more so than normal). And now we get to do the same for feminist fun. Was 2014 a good year for women? Did we come closer to smashing the patriarchy? In a super self indulgent ...
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Events – The West Midlands Politics of Networks
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The West Midlands Politics of Networks. At the Heart of England. Developing a Progressive Narrative. Links and Other West Mids Events. Electoral Reform Special Event – Tuesday 17 November 2015. 7pm-9pm, Birmingham – booking is required by clicking here. Thanks to Unlock Democracy Birmingham, we’ve got another great event lined up with four fantastic guests involved in campaigning for electoral reform: Frances Scott, founder of the 50:50 Parliament Campaign. Klina Jordan – Voting Reform Team. A group of p...
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STUFF WE LIKE – The Jar Belles
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The truth will set you free, but first it will piss you off. – Gloria Steinem. Here we’ve collected a list of feminist websites, blogs, campaigns and books that you may find informative and/or entertaining, just in case this blog isn’t enough for you (greedy guts). 8211; Online magazine that reviews the media from a feminist angle. It’s no longer updating but as an archive, it’s a great read. 8211; A blog for women who challenge social norms. 8211; Online feminist pop culture magazine. Provides financial...
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Rightfield interview on being an activist and still paying the bills | finnmackay
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Feminist activist and researcher. Rightfield interview on being an activist and still paying the bills. 8216;Being an activist takes hard work, determination and an awful lot of skills’. Read it here on Rightfield. 8211; the careers site for lefties! Finn Mackay on making activism work. But also I think a lot of young women, in fact most, are motivated by hope, they do have an idea of how things could be different, even if it is often manifested in knowing what they don’t like. 8216;Surf’s Up! Feminism i...
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Welsh Women’s Aid Conference speech 10/12/12 | finnmackay
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Feminist activist and researcher. Welsh Women’s Aid Conference speech 10/12/12. Welsh Women’s Aid conference 10/12/12. Cardiff City Hall. Because while such examples may seem at the far end of any such continuum of violence, they are arguably the figures that prop up and maintain the statistics at the sharper end of that continuum; statistics we will surely hear a lot about today. 8216;Prostitution is violence against women’, Labour Left Review, Nov, ’07. 8216;Surf’s Up! Feminism in London 2009. Feminism...
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Feminism in London 2010 | finnmackay
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Feminist activist and researcher. Feminism in London 2010. Closing speech at Feminism in London conference, October 2010. This is not to say that this is easy, in a culture of backlash against feminism. Of course, all men have a role to play in the struggle for women’s liberation. For example, they can stop rape, by not raping women. They can bring the sex industry to its’ knees by not buying women in prostitution or consuming pornography. They can remove their lucrative patriarchal pound fro...Our pro-f...
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A global demand — 50:50
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Of, for, and by, the people. No taxation without representation. Having a say in laws that govern. Democracy and voting rights. 1856-1896 The vote for non-indigenous white (not Asian, African or Pacific Islander) men. 1894-1923 The vote and standing for election for non-Indigenous white women. 1924 Changes to race provisions begin. 1962 The federal vote for indigenous people. The right to equal representation. The next stage: Equal gender representation. The major parties in Australia. UN 2015 Women in p...
parliamentproject.co.uk
Blog — Home
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January 12, 2017. The Parliament Project's first 6 months. January 12, 2017. Want to get into politics! Over the last week we have read some articles suggesting that women are not interested in politics and this is why they are under-represented in all positions of political power. Judging by the interest in The Parliament Project workshops since we launched in May and June we believe this not to be the case! In 2016 over 400. Liberal Democrats), Nan Sloane. Labour), Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh. March 10th: Lon...
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Parties and Orgs — Home
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Once you have decided you want to stand as a candidate you need to understand the process, both the legal aspects and what the individual parties do. Here we list the basics as well as how to connect to each of the parties. First start by reading the official Parliamentary Guide to standing in an election. "How can I stand? Then contact the general email or the specific #AskHerToStand contact, as organised by 50:50 Parliament. Or 0207 984 8127. In Scotland: membership@scottishconservatives.com. Is the Sc...
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