Tag: womens suffrage

PROCESSIONS: “the most astonishing and moving day, an incredible experience”

Sunday’s PROCESSIONS, produced by arts charity Artichoke and commissioned by 14-18 NOW, was a lively, positive and emotional celebration of the centenary of the first votes for women.

Processions edinburgh
Processions Edinburgh

Women and girls from all walks of lif e came together in celebration to create this moving artwork, incl uding charitable organisations, community groups, families and individuals, with crowds of people cheering from the sidelines. Continue reading PROCESSIONS: “the most astonishing and moving day, an incredible experience”

Thousands of women set to take to the streets of Edinburgh for PROCESSIONS

PROCESSIONS takes place this Sunday (10th June) across all four capital cities of the UK: Belfast, Cardiff, Edinburgh and London. Tens of thousands of women have already signed up to take part in this once-in-a-lifetime mass participation artwork, celebrating one hundred years since the first British women won the right to vote. Continue reading Thousands of women set to take to the streets of Edinburgh for PROCESSIONS

“I was there”: sign up for PROCESSIONS Edinburgh

The City of Edinburgh Council has pledged support for PROCESSIONS Edinburgh. Alongside the Scottish Government’s Centenary Fund, Event Scotland part of VisitScotland’s Events Directorate and Creative Scotland, the City of Edinburgh Council has partnered with Artichoke to support the mass participatory event on 10 June. Continue reading “I was there”: sign up for PROCESSIONS Edinburgh

New exhibition to celebrate the historic role played by the women of Edinburgh in the Suffrage movement

Marking the centenary year of the first women receiving the right to vote in the UK, a new exhibition is to open at The Museum of Edinburgh charting the significant role the women of Edinburgh played. Continue reading New exhibition to celebrate the historic role played by the women of Edinburgh in the Suffrage movement

Centenary Funding available for small projects

Projects to mark the suffrage movement will receive £500,000 from the Centenary Fund. The Fund will support a variety of projects including those looking to improve women’s political representation and participation in public life. Continue reading Centenary Funding available for small projects

FM announces action to improve women’s representation in politics

Projects to encourage greater representation of women in political roles at all levels of Scottish society are to be backed by a new £500,000 fund. First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has set out the measures that will see grants provided for grassroots and local projects across the country to empower more women into politics.  Continue reading FM announces action to improve women’s representation in politics

Holyrood debate to mark 100 years of women’s suffrage

 

Tuesday (6 February) marks 100 Years of Women’s Right to Vote in the UK and the First Minister will lead a Holyrood debate that day to celebrate the centenary and to highlight the need to further advance women’s representation in all aspects of Scottish society. Continue reading Holyrood debate to mark 100 years of women’s suffrage