#Emilymatters – UK Political Gender Gap

In the run up to the special Emily Davison Statue in Parliament Campaign event, on 13 February 2014, we’re using infographics by MasonClark CIC to discuss (in)equality issues today.

 

UK Political Gender Gap: 

 

 

Would you be more likely to vote if your gender was represented?

Tell us what you think #Emilymatters

 

In the last general election only 39% of women aged 18-24 voted compared to 50% of young men the same age. This project is all about empowering women to challenge that figure.
Source:  Challenge 39% project, Parliament Week

 

 ‘To Freedom’s Cause’: the campaign for equality – still worth fighting for?

 

 

“Emily Wilding Davison was a great campaigning feminist. Her struggle continues and she remains an icon for women even over a century after her death.”
Emily Thornberry MP, founder of the
Emily Davison Statue in Parliament Campaign

 

Special Parliamentary Performance & Debate Details: 

The debate:

The panel includes Dr Helen Pankhurst, great-granddaughter of Emmeline Pankhurst and granddaughter of Sylvia Pankhurst, Yas Necati, feminist campaigner and winner of The Guardian Women awards 2013: Best hope for the future (UK) and Emma Barnett (writer and broadcaster).

 

The play:
Brian Astbury directs an exclusive presentation of To Freedom’s Cause – a new play about one of the nation’s most important suffragettes – as part of a special Parliamentary event to promote the Emily Wilding Davison statue campaign.

This is the powerful story of people who encountered Emily,
who changed her life and whose lives she changed

 

Sign up:
Emily Davison is one of our most important feminist icons. Her legacy continues through current campaigns such as No More Page 3 and the Everyday Sexism Project. Sign the petition in support of the campaign calling for a statue of Emily to be erected in Parliament:

http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/51269

 

Get involved:
Due to the location restrictions, this is an invitation only event.

A small number of tickets will be made available via Twitter.

Emily Davison was a pioneer in using modern media to promote direct political action. She believed that women and men had the right to be equal citizens.

Join the conversation now by following @2FCPlay and using #Emilymatters

 

 

 Emily Davison’s legacy is for life, not just for 2013.