Snapshots from the Women 50:50 campaign’s first conference in Edinburgh,with Nicola Sturgeon, Kezia Dugdale and Alison JohnstoneThe top lines from Nicola Sturgeon’s speech had already made the morning headlines, and the first minister was greeted with applause as she pledged at the first Women 50:50 campaign conference in Edinburgh on Wednesday to legislate for gender balance on public sector boards if re-elected next year.
Praising the cross-party campaign for identifying “a vitally notable cause at an immensely meaningful time” she added: I believe that Scotland is potentially - and I would stress potentially because there is more work to be done - at a tipping point in terms of gender equality”.
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Source: theguardian.com