It's a great time for women, isn't it? Last week events took place around the country for International Women's Day, families celebrated their loved ones on Mother's Day, and Women's History Month is currently rocking the US. Try not to think about that fact that when you say the word 'woman' in almost any region of the world, that word is political. It's strange carrying around a gender that deems to shape the way other people see you, or even the way you see yourself. Worst still is something that International Women's Day seeks to show - that women are poorly represented in almost every work sector in the UK, and there is little being done to change this. Although women constitute 51% of the population, only 22% of MPs are women in the Commons...and according to the recent report 'Sex and Power 2013: Who Runs Britain?' Britain is falling down the global league tables when it comes to women's access to power and representation in politics. The report also found that the percentage of women in the cabinet has decreased by 4.3% in the past 10 years, and that two-thirds of local councillors are male.
(We invite our users to read the full article published March 14 2013)
It's a great time for women, isn't it? Last week events took place around the country for International Women's Day, families celebrated their loved ones on Mother's Day, and Women's History Month is currently rocking the US. Try not to think about that fact that when you say the word 'woman' in almost any region of the world, that word is political. It's strange carrying around a gender that deems to shape the way other people see you, or even the way you see yourself. Worst still is something that International Women's Day seeks to show - that women are poorly represented in almost every work sector in the UK, and there is little being done to change this. Although women constitute 51% of the population, only 22% of MPs are women in the Commons...and according to the recent report 'Sex and Power 2013: Who Runs Britain?' Britain is falling down the global league tables when it comes to women's access to power and representation in politics. The report also found that the percentage of women in the cabinet has decreased by 4.3% in the past 10 years, and that two-thirds of local councillors are male.
(We invite our users to read the full article published March 14 2013)