Tag: Rainbow Murray
UKIP isn’t alone in failing women, with the top parties poorly placed to offer a women-friendly alternative
UKIP has been in trouble this week over comments made by Nigel Farage about breastfeeding and then a sex scandal involving their chairman. Rainbow Murray argues that UKIP isn’t alone in having a ‘women problem’, with none of the main parties in a strong position to capitalise on the weakness of the party’s problems in […]
The time may have come for the creation of “all-men shortlists”
All-women shortlists have been a controversial but effective way of increasing the percentage of women in Parliament. However, its adoption also creates de-facto all-men lists, with strong male candidates coalescing around the non-all women seats. Rainbow Murray argues that the time has come to formalise the arrangements, with ‘all men’ and ‘all women’ seats being […]
The impact of online misogyny on women’s participation: democracy experts respond
Many women, including a number of high-profile British politicians, have been the targets of misogynistic abuse via social media. Democratic Audit recently featured an article by Laura Bates, arguing that this trend has negative effect on rates of female participation in public life. In this post we ask leading democracy and gender experts to respond, sharing their […]
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