Has Devolution Delivered for Women?
Significant new measures needed if improvements in women’s representation in the Scottish Parliament and Welsh Assembly are to be sustained A report commissioned by the British Council and produced by...
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Has Devolution Delivered for Women? – Discussion event
An event to discuss the Hansard Society & British Council’s new pamphlet Has Devolution Delivered for Women? made some excellent contributions to the debate around women’s involvement in politics,...
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Democracy Forum: Coalition government – lessons from Holyrood
Tuesday 29 June, 6.30pm, House of Commons, Westminster. Chair: Dr. Ruth Fox (Director, Parliament and Government Programme, Hansard Society) Speakers: Rt. Hon. Henry McLeish (Former Scottish First...
View ArticleHansard Society at Festival of Politics
The Hansard Society will be hosting two events at the Festival of Politics in Edinburgh Women at the Top: Where next for Women in Politics? Saturday 21 August, 4pm-5pm – Committee Room 3, Scottish...
View ArticleThe securing of gender equality is a process, not an event
January 2011 issue of Parliamentary Affairs Discounted rate for Hansard Society members In the January 2011 issue of Parliamentary Affairs, Dr Ruth Fox, Director of the Hansard Society’s Parliament and...
View ArticleScotland and Wales lead the field in ePetitions, says Hansard Society
Scotland and Wales lead the field in ePetitions, says Hansard Society A new Digital Paper, Digital Democracy in Scotland and Wales: Lagging or Leading?, published today by the Hansard Society,...
View ArticleScottish & Welsh Elections: ‘Mixed results for women – democratic deficit...
A commitment to equality was firmly established as a key principle when the Scottish Parliament and the National Assembly for Wales were founded over a decade ago. In the intervening years both became...
View ArticleParliamentary Affairs Summer Issue Available now
Essential reading for anyone interested in contemporary politics Discounted rate for Hansard Society members The summer issue of Parliamentary Affairs (July 2011) contains a variety of articles...
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Has Twitter changed the world? Social media and Scottish politics Thursday August 25 1.30 – 2.30pm Room P1.02 Scottish Parliament, Holyrood Road This event is free to attend (Registration required at...
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Could 16 year olds in Scotland decide the future of the UK?
6:45pm, Tuesday 11th June Wilson Room, Portcullis House, Westminster At the 2014 referendum in Scotland, 16 and 17 year olds will be able to cast their vote for the first time in a major ballot in...
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