tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7985429043801017839.post7580177758992936515..comments2023-10-27T07:50:27.411+01:00Comments on Next Left: India's Parliament debates gender quota billTom Hampsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05917325958130851128noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7985429043801017839.post-37167417481234622792010-03-09T10:44:50.842+00:002010-03-09T10:44:50.842+00:00Women are grossly under-represented in parliament....Women are grossly under-represented in parliament. As you rightly quoted in the article only one in five of our MPs are female, hardly a representative parliament is it?! In my opinion the best way of getting more women into parliament is by implementing proportional representation http://www.tinyurl.com/Proportional-Rep<br /><br />The way we vote can and does influence the number of women elected into parliament. First past the post lets down women hugely, it offers very few chances for women to break into national politics and gives huge advantages to its incumbrents. It lets down voters and constituencies by limiting their choices and fosters negative and agressive political culture. Under proportional representation an average of 10% more women would be elected. There is already proof that PR works in making a more representative parliament. Sweden uses PR and as you pointed out 47.3% of their parliament are women and Rwanda has 56.3% women. We need to change our voting system now if we want to see a parliament that represents the people!Bob Without A Job.https://www.blogger.com/profile/15176210824295267942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7985429043801017839.post-25805310383851359012010-03-08T12:22:55.241+00:002010-03-08T12:22:55.241+00:00Some really important points have been made here. ...Some really important points have been made here. The existence of inequality like this in the 21st century is totally unacceptable. I think women’s day is a necessary step on the move towards equality. On that not, not sure if anyone else on here got today’s email from the Hope not Hate campaign regarding a publication specifically aimed at women voters. I just donated and would encourage others to do so as well. Unison are doubling every donation!!! <br /><br />http://action.hopenothate.org.uk/DoubleDonationJoe Mulhallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17779715037470563366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7985429043801017839.post-31089297173548914552010-03-08T11:22:08.159+00:002010-03-08T11:22:08.159+00:00So the labour party hand picks the women it select...So the labour party hand picks the women it selects great way to do it...Roberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05186557603493331701noreply@blogger.com