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50:50 Parliament #AskHerToStand, 2018-11-19

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/SOBA 1/56

Scope and Contents

In November 2018, 200 MPs took 300 women to the UK Parliament as part of the 50:50 Parliament campaign to encourage more women to stand for and become MPs. Sones hears from supporters of the campaign: Amelia Womack, Deputy Leader of the Green Party; Daniel Zeichner, the Labour MP for Cambridge, Frances Scott of 50:50 Parliament; Jackie Ashley, a former president of Lucy Cavendish College and Professor Dame Carol Black, Principle of Newnham College. Womack emphasised that 'women need to be asked to stand several times'. Ashley says that things were 'getting easier' for women in Parliament now as there were more women. In 2018, 32% of the 650 MPs were women and it is estimated that it could take up to 200 years before there was a 50:50 gender based parliament.

Dates

  • Creation: 2018-11-19

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Extent

1 item(s) : 20 minutes 33 seconds (Audio)

Language of Materials

English

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Finding aid date

2020-06-03 07:44:13+00:00

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Part of the Churchill Archives Centre Repository

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