Status of Women committee  Thank you very much, Ms. Mathyssen. I cannot be so bold as to offer advice to Canada. I can offer my personal opinion. I think both the opinion within our group, the Scottish Women's Budget Group, and independent assessment of the Scottish Women's Budget Group as a lobbying gro

Status of Women committee  Thank you, Madame Demers. I'd like to start with your question on women's representation. In 1999 we celebrated grandly when 37% of the Scottish Parliament members were women in the new institution, very much part of the new politics of Scotland that had been a core feature of

Status of Women committee  I'd like to follow up on Ailsa's comment about number counting. I think this is a problem we have in a mainstreaming approach. While we argue for the importance of quality data, there is a problem around how the data are utilized. It has to do with interpretation rather than stat

Status of Women committee  Excellent. Good morning,everybody.

Status of Women committee  Good morning, Madam Chair. It's very nice to see you there in Canada, London, and New York. Good morning, distinguished members of the committee. On behalf of the Scottish Women's Budget Group, I would like to thank the committee for this very special opportunity to address yo