Date: Monday 18 November 2013
Time: 6.30-8pm
Venue: Old Theatre, Old Building
Speakers: Tanni Grey-Thompson, Professor Simon Hix, Professor Joni Lovenduski, Professor Anne Philips
Chair: Elizabeth Chapman

In Britain in 2013, only 22% of the elected members of parliament are women. The theme of this public event is Women and Democracy, with LSE Library and British Government @ LSE co-hosting a discussion on The Politics of Representation as part of Parliament Week. The event will mix an historical perspective of women’s participation in democracy with a discussion on contemporary challenges around gender equality.

Tanni Grey-Thompson is a Welsh former wheelchair racer and is a parliamentarian and television presenter

Simon Hix is professor of European and comparative politics and fellow of the British Academy. He is also head of Department of Government at LSE.

Joni Lovenduski is Anniversary Professor of Politics at Birkbeck College, a fellow of the British Academy and an academician of the Academy of Social Sciences

Anne Phillips is Graham Wallas Professor of Political Science in the Gender Institute and Government Department at the London School of Economics and Political Science.

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