Motion · S5M-21216 · 10 Mar 2020
Commonwealth Gender Equality Month, March 2020
The motion
That the Parliament welcomes the announcement by the Commonwealth Secretary-General, Patricia Scotland, that March 2020 is Commonwealth Gender Equality Month; supports the call to end gender inequality throughout Commonwealth countries by 2030; notes the Secretary-General’s statement that the focus of the month is a way to “sharpen the focus on the need to accelerate the rate at which action is taken by our member nations to achieve gender equality”; recognises that advancing women’s rights and the education of girls are critical preconditions for effective and sustainable development; welcomes the launch of a toolkit, developed in partnership with the NO MORE Foundation, which seeks to support implementation of the sustainable development goal five for gender equality, and supports all efforts to realise the Commonwealth Charter’s core value and principle that gender equality and women’s empowerment are essential components of human development and basic human rights.
Supporters (21)
- Jackie Baillie Scottish Labour 10 Mar 2020
- Jeremy Balfour 10 Mar 2020
- Colin Beattie Scottish National Party 10 Mar 2020
- Sarah Boyack 10 Mar 2020
- Christine Grahame 10 Mar 2020
- Iain Gray 10 Mar 2020
- Bill Kidd 10 Mar 2020
- Monica Lennon Scottish Labour 10 Mar 2020
- Liam McArthur Scottish Liberal Democrats 10 Mar 2020
- Stuart McMillan Scottish National Party 10 Mar 2020
- Mark Ruskell Scottish Green Party 10 Mar 2020
- David Torrance Scottish National Party 10 Mar 2020
- John Mason 11 Mar 2020
- Stewart Stevenson 11 Mar 2020
- Sandra White 11 Mar 2020
- Clare Adamson Scottish National Party 12 Mar 2020
- Tom Arthur Scottish National Party 13 Mar 2020
- Fulton MacGregor Scottish National Party 16 Mar 2020
- Alex Rowley 17 Mar 2020
- Ruth Maguire 24 Mar 2020
- Colin Smyth 30 Jun 2020
Source: the Scottish Parliament motions and amendments record.