The 300 women ‘missing’ from Welsh public life It’s International Women’s Day. And it seemed the right time to show just how badly women are faring in Welsh public life. Our Welsh Power Report assesses the levels of women across politics and public life,... Posted 07 Mar 2013
Where are the women in local government? At first glance, UK local government statistics aren’t exactly the most exciting topic for a blog. But they’re really important as they give us an insight into gender and politics in the UK today. The... Posted 25 Feb 2013
Cameron’s broken promise on Women’s representation Women’s representation in government has always appeared to matter to the Prime Minister. Back in his 2005 acceptance speech as leader David Cameron spoke of the need to end the “scandalous under-representation of women” in... Posted 09 Sep 2012
A bold step forward for women’s representation Ireland currently ranks 87 in the world for gender representation in politics with just 15.1% of Irish parliamentarians being women. This means in the world league tables Ireland lags behind Iraq, Burkina Faso and Turkmenistan... Posted 23 Jul 2012
A fair cop for women? Female Police and Crime Commissioner candidates in less winnable seats Yesterday, the Labour Party became the first party to finalise its candidates for the 41 Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) to be elected this November. There have been widespread fears that this new role will be heavily... Posted 20 Jun 2012
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