Sentences with phrase «about women in parliament»

On a more lighthearted note, Rudd spoke of her early days in the Commons, recalling when Newsnight rather cruelly stood her down as a guest for a discussion about women in parliament.

So perhaps it is not surprising that an important new book about women in Parliament has been overlooked so far in the pre-election debate.

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In the last few days, there has been a protest outside City Hall about the need to safeguard women's refuges, calls for him to deliver on his promises on cycling, and a request for a statue of a suffragette in Parliament SquarIn the last few days, there has been a protest outside City Hall about the need to safeguard women's refuges, calls for him to deliver on his promises on cycling, and a request for a statue of a suffragette in Parliament Squarin Parliament Square.

One of the women who made a complaint about Lord Rennard has said she does not think he should be involved in parliament «at any level beyond being a member of the House of Lords».

Physicist Athene Donald of the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom opined in The Guardian: «It is not encouraging for young female scientists to see that parliament apparently cares so little about their futures that they couldn't even come up with even that long - derided sole token woman.»

Part 1 of the report looks at gender sensitivity in the parliamentary workplace (how procedures, policies, budgets etc. bear on the needs of men and women working within parliaments), Part 2 at how parliamentarians can work to bring about greater gender sensitivity in the society at large.