Well done on the success of the breakfast meeting with Cork Female TDs. The issues of mentoring was discussed. Here is a link which explains further:
http://www.irishexaminer.com/election/analysis/tds-should-mentor-female-candidates-145699.html
Petition Campaign for More Women in the Dáil
If you have noticed how few women candidates are calling to your door, it is because this time fewer than 1 in 6 of candidates are women – in 4 constituencies there are no women candidates running at all! The Dáil that is formed after the election is unlikely to contain many more women than the last one and we already had one of the worst records in the world for women’s participation in politics.
Of course, it is already too late to do anything about the candidates for February’s election. But if we want to be in time to change this blatant inequality for the next election, we need to start right now.
As part of our programme for political reform, Claiming our Future, is organising an on-line petition calling on the parties that form the new Government to include measures which will ensure that political parties put a more balanced and equal selection of candidates in front of the people in future elections. We need your help to put the pressure on – please sign your name on our website at www.claimingourfuture.ie and tell the next government that equality matters. Tell your friends and family too – forward this email on to them and ask them to sign, our first target is get 4,000 signatures by the end of this week, so please pass it on!
Best Regards
all at Claiming Our Future
