Proudly Intersectional

Talat Yaqoob is Chair and Co-Founder of Women 5050: I awoke one morning this week and immediately went to Twitter to see what was happening and who was chatting to Women 5050. Most of the time I see exchanges between our page and tweeters supporting one another or asking for more information. But this morning …

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The next stage

The Women 5050 campaign has gone from strength to strength over the last year. With our conference coming up and already selling out, we have amassed a huge amount of interest across Scotland. But between the excitement, there is also some hard lobbying that needs to happen. We need to make sure the ability to …

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Less Rhetoric, More Action

Miriam Brett, feminist activist and policy analyst at The Common Weal writes for Women 5050: Our government seeks to be a genuinely representative body of our wider society, reflecting our diversity, mirroring our hopes. In Scotland, we have witnessed immense progress; with the introduction of all women shortlists and a gender balanced cabinet, and our …

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