The party proclaimed the need for more stringent measures in support of Britain in World War I. Indeed, it gave out white feathers to all conscientious objectors. It changed the name of its paper from "The Suffragette" to "Britannia": a paper which concentrated on enlisting women for the war effort. It claimed that this was far more important than the fight for women's suffrage, although it also had policies on equality for women and the abolition of trade unions.
In 1919, Christabel was chosen as the Coalition's Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for Westminster Abbey, but in the event no by-election was held until 1921, when the Conservative Party chose their own candidate to represent the Coalition. The Women's Party wound itself up in June 1919.
If the theocracy in the making were to dictate mandatory garb for men and women – head covering and modest attire for the ladies, kippah and tzitzit for guys – that would be too much like Iran... Or perhaps the ultra-religious parties would like to ban women or those not considered Jewish according to Halacha from voting at all.
Her poster carried the message ‘Let’s empower women, let’s empower India’ and ‘I SupportWomen’s Reservation Bill’ ... Kavitha came up with the campaign after BRSParty, Opposition parties, women’s organisations and civil societies supported her day-long hunger strike protest at Jantar Mantar on March 10 in New Delhi.
She observed�a one-day hunger strike in an effort to seek the introduction of the Women's Reservation Bill in the current Budget session of the Parliament.�The sit-in dharna at Jantar Mantar was attended by opposition parties and women organisations who have supported the Women's Reservation Bill from across India.
Former Prime MinisterYoshiro Mori has made another sexist remark that will likely draw the ire of women running for office ... “While I should not disparage women, their campaign tactics are just out of this world.” ... “I really understand the difficulty of an election in which women are the enemy,” Mori said.
Absence of Women's Reservation Bill... Why do we need a women’s bill, why don’t you (other parties) just give tickets to 50% or 40% of women but the fact is for years and years they haven’t done it and we are abysmal, we are just 12% women in the Indian parliament which is among the lowest in the world.".
Victorian Liberal MP Moira Deeming, who is facing a controversial move by the Victorian Liberal party to expel her, has said that she believes a dossier provided to the Victorian ...
The NDC has picked May 13, this year, to elect Presidential and Parliamentary candidates to lead the Party into the 2024 general election. Dr Agumenu, speaking after filing his nomination, promised to work hard to better the lives of the youth, women and elderly in the Constituency if given the nod to lead the Party.
Two women, taxi man shot dead in Kingston. OBSERVER ONLINE understands that the women were on their way to get their make-up done ahead of a party ... As the women attempted to exit the Honda Civic, gunmen alighted from the ...
Six women have filed a complaint against the officer, accusing him of sexual abuse ... One of the women’s lawyers, Mireia Salazar, told AFP the goal of the complaint was “to know how far these practices go, which in our opinion, have no legal justification.”.
Six women have filed a complaint against the officer, accusing him of sexual abuse ... One of the women's lawyers, Mireia Salazar, told AFP the goal of the complaint was "to know how far these practices go, which in our opinion, have no legal justification.".
Six women have filed a complaint against the officer, accusing him of sexual abuse ... One of the women's lawyers, Mireia Salazar, told AFP the goal of the complaint was "to know how far these practices go, which in our opinion, have no legal justification."
Rajya Sabha on Friday rejected a resolution which sought creation of a special fund for modernisation of madrassas in view of educational and social backwardness of Muslims, especially women ... The resolution was rejected by a voice vote amid a walkout staged by the Congress and other opposition parties.
Four women are suing Omaha real estate giant The LundCompany for negligence, alleging that the company allowed a now-convicted sexual predator to continue working as a maintenance technician despite multiple complaints ... The tenant told Guardado-Alfaro that she was going to another apartment in the complex to a football watch party.