Rosamund Adoo-Kissi-Debrah and the Ella Roberta Family Foundation Ella Roberta was a funny, busy, clever, curious, sporty and musical child. She was born in Lewisham Hospital and was a healthy, young girl until just before her 7th birthday she began to develop, what was later confirmed at her inquest, rare and life threatening asthma. The […]
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GPW Election Candidate Statements
Co-Chairs Rebecca Johnson I am standing for election as Co-Chair of Green Party Women in order to increase GPEW’s effectiveness in tackling misogyny, racism and the enormity of the climate emergency and related social and economic inequalities exposed by Covid, Brexit, and the rise of extremist populists. Bringing experience as a lesbian feminist peace activist, […]
Wed 30-12-20 GPW Book Club 20:00 – 21:30
Book Club A Vindication of the Rights of Woman Mary Wollstonecraft . Written in 1792, this is considered a classic of feminist history and theory. Mary Wollstonecraft is sometimes called the “mother of feminism,” because her main goal was to see women gain access to segments of society largely off-limits to them. Wollstonecraft argued primarily […]
International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women
Today is The International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women “Violence against women & girls is one of the most widespread of all human rights violations, and it’s gone up under COVID.” – Caroline Lucas. Today is also the day that Femicide Census has launched its ground-breaking 10 year report into femicide in […]
GPW Election -We are awaiting the results
To all our members and supporters who are wondering what the outcome of the recent elections to the Green Party Women committee. The Election Returns Officer has not as yet released the results. We will keep you updated and publish the results on the members space when we have them. We hope members who intend […]
Hustings Questions Overview
These questions were asked of all of the leadership and deputy leadership candidates. We asked respondents to stick to 100 words , but some candidates overlooked this, so in fairness, we have organised by surnames for those under 100 words , and ranked other answers in order of word count.. The links to the questions […]
Candidates Answers to Hustings Q8: Literature Inspiration:
Literature Inspiration GPW are about to launch their Book Club (20:00, last Wednesday every month). Our first book is by the Barrister and Eco-activist , Polly Higgins “Dare to be Great”. Which book should be next on the GPW reading list and why? 8. Shahrar Ali Silent Spring by Rachel Carson. This is a […]
Candidates Answers to Hustings Q7 : Party Governance & Leadership
Party Governance & Leadership Given the high turnover of GPRC/GPEx roles, there are concerns some party members are standing for high-level positions with poor grasp of role expectations and often stand down. Some roles wield more power with less accountability which was addressed in the holistic review, however it’s implementation has been consistently delayed. Will […]
Candidates Answers to Hustings Q6: Political discourse:
Political discourse Are ‘the left’ becoming more authoritarian? Using techniques such as ‘no platforming’, ‘no debate’, ‘cancel culture’, demonetizing/de-funding and employment/contract termination. Has the left has become more intolerant over the past few years, and do these techniques improve political discourse? 6. shahrar Ali 100 wc Unfortunately, authoritarianism has afflicted movements across […]
Candidates Answers to Hustings Q5 Pensions
Pensions In 2018, women in the EU aged over 65 received a pension that was on average 30% lower than that of men. Women already had smaller pensions – but now lockdown has hit women’s pensions hard, as their pensions have shrunk on average 17.5 percent compared to just 5.7 percent for men during the […]
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