[WiL e-updates] A Womens Agenda in a time of sleaze and recession - June 2009

[WiL Updates]

A Women's Agenda in a time of sleaze and recession - June 2009
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Just over a year ago we ran a quick survey to find out your thoughts on voting
in the local and Mayoral elections of May 2008. A year later some of us have the
opportunity to cast our votes in local elections as well as in the European
elections. So we thought we would re-run the survey to see how, if at all, your
political concerns and priorities have changed.

And because in the past 12 months little has changed in relation to funding
women's core services such as rape crisis we want to ask that question again as
well - see http://womensgrid.freecharity.org.uk/?p=2309.

However in the intervening 12 months we have all had to face the reality of the
recession, banking practices creating a crisis in our financial systems and more
recently revelations of sleaze in our Parliamentary system.

So we thought we would ask some additional questions on how any of these have
impacted on you personally and on your voting intentions and faith in politics
as practiced in the UK.

We realise that not everyone will be having local elections but either way
please do add your opinions to help us create a picture of women's political
priorities across the country.

The survey will stay open until 10pm on Tuesday 2nd June and we hope to get the
results published the following evening, ie Wednesday 3rd June.

You can complete the survey online at
http://www.surveygizmo.com/s/140114/survey-for-european-and-local-elections-june-2009

If you have any problems with this online survey because of accessibility issues
we can send you a version as a word document. Please contact us -
post at womeninlondon.org.uk - thanks!
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Free Aung San Suu Kyi
* Please sign the petition - see
http://womensphere.wordpress.com/2009/05/27/free-aung-san-suu-kyi/
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Reminder - Last chance:
* Online Home Office consultation on Ending Violence Against Women and Girls
closes on 29th May - see http://womensgrid.freecharity.org.uk/?p=2038
* Sign the petition for 50/50 representation in Europe - campaign by the Women's
Lobby - see http://womensgrid.freecharity.org.uk/?p=2581 which is seriously
short of required signatures before 4th June
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http://www.womeninlondon.org.uk
http://womensgrid.freecharity.org.uk
http://womensphere.wordpress.com
http://freecharity.org.uk/pipermail/womeninlondontraining/
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