News, events and opinions from the 50:50 Campaign Team
Here at 50:50 Parliament, we are passionate about achieving a gender-balanced government. We drive that mission by encouraging, inspiring and supporting women’s political engagement. There are lots of ways you can support the group. For the May edition of 50:50 Voice (our new e-magazine!) we have come up with 10 ways you can support 50:50 Parliament. We hope that you …
By Dolly Theis, Founder and Director of 50:50 Parliament’s #AskHerToStand Campaign This month is a moment where our country needs you. The Centre for Public Appointments have 36 positions available. Don’t sit it out. Apply now to help make some of the most important decisions for our country, including Chair of NHS England and Chief Commissioner for the Independent Commission …
By Valerie John-Baptiste Five years ago, in 2013, when Frances started 50:50, I was heavily occupied with what turned out to be a seven year training in psychotherapy and research. Over the years, she would passionately invite me to get involved in politics because I think she could see that at some point I would be ready. And so in …
By Larissa Hirst Not Yet Suffragette is a one woman feminist theatre and comedy show written and performed by the talented Natalie Ann Cutler. One hundred years on from some women winning the right to vote the continued lack of equality it laughable. Not Yet Suffragette is funny, feisty and feminine! The story begins during WWI where women kept the country afloat …
By Isabel Adomakoh Young Hello March4Women! I’m Isabel from 50:50 Parliament, it’s great to be with you. Thanks Care UK for organising such an inspiring march! 50:50 have been called the Modern Day Suffragettes! We want Equal Seats and Equal Say. Women may have the vote but we don’t yet have equal representation. It’s 2018 but in that place men outnumber …
By Laura, Member of Tooting WI. Hot on the heels of International Women’s Day, we were thrilled to host 50:50 Parliament for an informative and inspiring March meeting. In the 100th anniversary year of the female right to vote it couldn’t be more relevant that while the quest for gender equality has come so far, it is not yet over.
By Fleur Butler CWO Yorkshire. The Conservative women’s annual conference in Leicester this year was open to all women irrespective of party and the theme was #AskHerToStand (with thanks to 50:50 Parliament). The room was full of politically engaged and inspirational women.
“In 2006 I joined my party and was accepted onto the candidates list. In 2008 I was selected to fight a seat. In 2010 I became the first Anglo-African female Conservative MP, then Minister, and in 2018 I was appointed a Vice-Chairman on the Party. If I can do this, so can you, and that’s why I’m proud to back …
— By Nicola Morgan I recently had the pleasure of taking the 50:50 campaign into a school visiting a fabulous group of young women comprising year 13 students at Pipers Corner Girls School in Buckinghamshire. This was an ambitious and aware group of young women who are not satisfied with the level of representation of women in Parliament but their …
By Lexie Evans. Working with 50:50 parliament over the last few weeks has been exciting, enjoyable and full on. Before coming to work with the campaign I would have said that equal numbers of female and male MP’s was important but after my week working directly with Frances, I now realise how true this is. Seeing how passionate everyone involved …
By Kelly Grehan. Spurred on by International Women’s Day on Thursday a group of us from Dartford CLP headed down to Canterbury for this event. Since becoming Kent’s only Labour MP last June, Rosie Duffield has become the pride of the Labour Party movement throughout Kent, with all of us feeling that she is ‘our Rosie’ .
By Frances Scott Founder and Director 50:50 Parliament I love the name of 50:50’s new online magazine 50:50 Voice. Massive thanks to the team for their inspiration and hard work in putting this fantastic first edition together! 50:50 are campaigning for women to have equal seats and equal say. We want men and women to run the country and plan …
Femedic kindly invited 50:50 to speak at their first live event, ‘How Does Austerity Affect Women’s Health’ We too often see women’s lives and experiences not prioritised by our policy makers. This is evident in women’s health. 145 women a week in the UK die of gynaecological cancer, yet it receives only 0.4% of research funding. Maternity services report overwhelming …
“This time last year, I was an ordinary 50:50 supporter. Frances and the 50:50 team inspired me and made me believe that I too could be an MP. We need more women to be given the confidence and support to succeed in politics, that’s why I’m proud to back 50:50’s #AskHerToStand campaign.” – Rosie Duffield MP Rosie Duffield is …
Where to begin? There he was, in a blue suit with exotic tie, the Right Rolling-Tongued and Twinkling-Eyed Honourable Mr John Bercow MP and Speaker of the House of Commons. His subject was that of parliamentary reform, a subject dear to his heart.
50:50 #AskHerToStand House of Commons Dec 2017 Blog by Mojo Abidi, 50:50 Editor This December, hundreds of 50:50 campaigners got together to celebrate the annual #AskHerToStand event in Parliament; a cross-party event to encourage more women into Parliament. 50:50 have been called the 21st Century Suffragettes, in their continuing call for political equality. As well as celebrating the powerful ladies …
By Debbie Worden 50:50 Parliament Campaigner There are days when good intentions aren’t enough, and Thursday 7th December was definitely one of them. At 1.30 in Westminster, Maria Miller (MP, Cons) outlined 6 main recommendations of the Women and Equalities Committee from the report, ‘Women in the House of Commons’. The government had rejected all six, which seems a little …
50:50 Parliament were warmly welcome at Koreo’s Good Women event on Thursday, speaking on the subject of “Why we need more women in politics”. It was a pleasure to be on the diverse panel with other passionate women from all sectors – be it policy making or journalism. Listening to all the speakers, one thing seemed clear: that it was …
