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Theresa May and Julia Gillard: an International Women's Day conversation

A Podcast of One's Own with Julia Gillard

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The Conservative Party's Progress in the House of Commons

In 1997, the Labour Party took a deliberate decision of allocating certain constituencies as all women in short lists. And that was that huge step change. I'm pleased to say we've now gone, we had 13 in 1997,. We've now got 88. But I think we would all say that on both sides there's still more to do because the overall percentage is about 35%.

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