Name

Hamira Khan

Bio

She's one of Scotland's highest profile Asian females, a communications specialist with passionate views about the under-representation of women in business and politics, and the need to motivate young people to achieve personal success. Hamira is currently Chief Officer of the Scottish Youth Parliament, and her work these days is all about inspiring, motivating and empowering young people to engage with and become more fully involved in our democratic society.

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  • Voting rights should be extended to all 16-year-olds

    The reasons we give people the vote are straightforward. We expect them to be fully developed citizens, resident in the state.  They have to follow the rules of society, and they should be engaged with the political process.

    As the United Kingdom, and indeed most western liberal democracies, have evolved in the last century, we have seen an expansion of those entitled to vote.  First women, then those over 18 were given the chance to shape their country.

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  • Scotland's links with the Emirates are good news, but we must remember the bigger picture

    It's hard to believe that Dubai, the most ostentatious of the Emirates, only became computerised in the early 1980's. Back then there was no Burj al Arab hotel, no Palm Jumeirah, and no eight-lane motorway.

    Like the First Minister, I am on a visit to the UAE, sitting on the roof of a luxurious Dubai hotel, sipping my chai latte and enjoying the gentle Arabian breeze as I write this – and finding it extremely difficult to believe that this country has grown so voraciously – it is 40 years young and thriving.

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  • I am proud to be living in a country where forced marriage has no place, but we have to go further...

    With so many unexpected events, 2011 will not be a year that I will easily forget. From the SNP landslide to the Arab Spring.  Phone-hacking scandals to the death of Osama Bin Laden.  Not one royal wedding, but two. Earthquakes, tsunamis - we’ve seen it all this year, haven’t we? Or have we.

    I was at an event recently sitting with a group of women, talking about our year, when a 19-year-old girl very humbly said that she was “just glad to be home”.

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Name

Hamira Khan

Job Title

Blogger

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