Tag: Kate Malleson

The best of Democratic Audit’s 2014 posts on gender and democracy

The best of Democratic Audit’s 2014 posts on gender and democracy

The Democratic Audit UK blog, since its launch in July 2013, has sought to highlight the issue of gender in politics, with the aim of creating a more equitable balance in terms of gender representation and the UK’s political institutions. The below are eight of the best posts that DA has carried in 2014.  Similar […]

The case for gender quotas for appointments to the UK Supreme Court

The case for gender quotas for appointments to the UK Supreme Court

The UK’s Supreme Court has the lowest female representation among the highest courts of all OECD countries. In light of this, argues Kate Malleson, the previously dismissed case for gender quotas needs to be reconsidered in order to ensure continued public confidence in the Court’s work. In this post she discusses the different quota models […]