Women's Suffrage In The United Kingdom

Before 1918 no women in the UK were allowed to vote in parliamentary elections. There were two main groups actively campaigning for women's suffrage, the right to vote. The UK has had man of the same difficulties with equality that many developing nations are now struggling with. Although more developed than many other nations who will be involved in this discussion, the UK does not claim to be a perfect example of complete and total equality, and has specific women-related issues that it is currently dealing with. One problem that currently plagues the United Kingdom is domestic violence. “ Nearly two thirds of the British women killed by men over a seven-year period were murdered by current or former partners, most of them within the first
Societal ideas about women’s worth in relation to men are not something that the world as whole must face and work together to get rid of. The UK granted them the right to vote before many other nations like the Turkey, Pakistan, China and Iran(Infoplease) The UK is relatively high on the World Economic forum’s ranking of countries based on the gender gap and aims to work to address both the world’s and its own issues with gender equality. The UK supports women is all capacities as leaders, workers, mothers, CEOs and as human being deserving of respect. The UK has no intention of resting on this issue and will continue to prioritize the right of women and girls everywhere to feel valued and safe. Throughout its history, the UK has empowered women, from the the time of Queens to the time of female prime
Every Last Girl measures nations against five indicators and ranks them accordingly. These indicators are early marriage, adolescent pregnancy, maternal mortality, women in parliament and secondary school completion. This study rated Sub-Saharan countries the worst. They were the “ bottom 20 entries from a total of 144 countries and showing high rates of deprivation across all five indicators.”( The Week UK) The report also found that every seven seconds, one girl under the age of 15 gets married across the world. (The Week UK) United Nation's’ top women’s rights official Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka has expressed that women have become more vocal about protesting against gender-based violence and as a result men have increasingly been voicing support for women. She gave the example of India, describing the the laws in place there, well-designed and potentially a huge force for good in the lives of Indian women, but useless unless they can be implemented properly. Mlambo-Ngcuka said that the “introduction of Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 is a move in the right direction.” (Sengupta) A less positive example of Women’s issues being addressed internationally is the recent uproar in egypt. Prominent women’s rights advocate Azza Soliman, has been arrested, marking what has been called a“chilling escalation” of pressure