By tomorrow night the chronic minority status of women in politics will be confirmed by the smallest number of female MSPs since the dawn of devolution. Just 29% of the candidates are women and many are stuck in unwinnable constituencies or minority parties or buried far down regional lists. So the result may be little better than the 22% of seats taken by women in last year’s General Election, a tally that earns Westminster a puny 50th place in the world league table of women’s representation.
We women won some battles, but not the war
Whoever wins or loses today's Holyrood election, it is going to represent a shocking defeat for around half of Scotland's population: women.
By tomorrow night the chronic minority status of women in politics will be confirmed by the smallest number of female MSPs since the dawn of devolution. Just 29% of the candidates are women and many are stuck in unwinnable constituencies or minority parties or buried far down regional lists. So the result may be little better than the 22% of seats taken by women in last year’s General Election, a tally that earns Westminster a puny 50th place in the world league table of women’s representation.
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Don't show me this again.