2008 Women and the Vote
Engender have joined with The Electoral Reform Society, Fawcett Society, Unlock Democracy, Hansard Society and Womens Parliamentary Radio in a project to highlight the 90th anniversary of the Representation of the People Act which enabled women to be elected to parliament and gave some women the right to vote.
Visit the website for information about the campaign
or visit the facebook page
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=8634882182
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Cathy Peattie MSP has lodged the following motion in parliament in support of Women and the Vote:
*S3M-1324♦ Cathy Peattie: 2008: Women and the Vote—That the Parliament notes that 6 February 2008 is the 90th anniversary of women winning the right to vote and be elected to parliament under the 1918 Representation of the People Act; further notes that this year is also the 80th anniversary of women being granted equal voting rights; believes that much still remains to be done to achieve full equality for women, and therefore welcomes the formation of 2008: Women and the Vote, bringing together organisations to celebrate, assess the current situation, and ask all political parties and central and local government to put this issue at the top of their political agendas.
