If Emily’s List is serious in calling for the ALP to adopt a 50/50 gender fairness rule,it must support all Labor women, not just those with the ‘upright’ view on abortion NSW Labor MP Jo Haylen recently excoriated her party for sexist structures and a culture that denies women equal participation. Reflecting on her experience in the recent state election, and she wrote:The 2015 campaign saw men continue to dominate campaign strategy meetings. Preparation for key campaign events and decisions involved very few women,those in attendance were occasionally explicitly invited for a “female perspective”. Despite years of political or policy experience under their belt, the existence of their ovaries was their most useful attribute.
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Source: theguardian.com