Monthly Archives: September 2008
Women to Rule Rwanda Parliament
If they can do it why can’t we? http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7620816.stm
europarlTV
Back in 2006 I wrote to the Secretary General of the European Parliament to suggest that our meetings in Parliament should be podcast via the web. I thought this would be an excellent way to demystify what goes on in … Continue reading
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WOMEN IN POWER
Over the summer I published a guide to female Members of the European Parliament. In this short video I introduce some of the findings from the guide.
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EUROPEAN ENERGY
I spent most of this morning in Industry Committee where MEPs were voting on several key pieces of environmental legislation. The reports were on extending the European emissions trading system (known as ETS); on carbon capture and storage (CCS); and … Continue reading
HELEN MIRREN
Our theatrical “grande dame” is getting herself in the news a lot lately and on subjects she would be better off keeping quiet about. It has just come to my notice that Dame Helen thinks prostitution should be legalised – … Continue reading
SEX IN ADVERTS
It’s interesting just what gets the Daily Mail going. Last week the European Parliament passed a report designed to prevent stereotyping of men and women in adverts. So far, so good you may think. I for one don’t particularly like … Continue reading
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CHILD PORNOGRAPHY ON THE INTERNET
Child safety on the internet was discussed at both the Women’s Rights and the Culture Committees today. A report written by centre-right MEP Marie Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou from Greece was passed by the Women’s Committee. The Culture Committee commented on this Report … Continue reading
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