Green Party Women
Green Party Women is a subgroup of the Green Party of England & Wales.
The group aims to make links between the party and women's groups and organisations nationally and internationally, to promote the women-friendly policies and approach of the party, and to work generally to promote women's rights.
It works by putting forward policy and campaign proposals to the party, and by promoting policy and campaign proposals to the party, and promoting party policies to women's groups.
It participates in women's and other political and cultural events and drafts, prepares and distributes appropriate publicity materials. All women who are members of the party are welcome to join. You can join (there is no fee) by emailing nancyrburns AT googlemail DOT com, or by writing to Nancy Burns, membership secretary, 1F3, 15 Lochrin Terrace, Edinburgh, EH3 9QL. Men are equally welcome as associate members.
The group was founded at the London party conference in September 2008.
We support:
Women and the Vote: 2008 marked 90 years since the Representation of the People Act finally gave some women the right to vote. It is also 80 years since women won the right to vote on equal terms with men, and the start of democratic representation as we know it today. The sad reality, however, is that all these years later still only 1 in 5 MPs and around 1 out of 3 local councillors is a woman. This clearly needs to change! The 2008: Women and the Vote campaign, an alliance of a number of civil society organisations, therefore calls on the UK, Scottish and Welsh Governments, political parties and Local Government to put this issue at the top of their agenda. And while the anniversary year has passed, the campaign continues.
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