Councils are responsible for decisions that impact women’s everyday lives, including local services and infrastructure, and yet despite that women make up 51% of the population, they only make up 35% of Scottish councils. Join us on Tuesday 18th October to find out how you can create positive change for your community by becoming a councillor.
Every week in October, we are holding a series of webinars to bring together some of the amazing women elected at all levels of politics in Scotland. Whether you are thinking about putting yourself forward for election, or you are just dipping your toe in politics, these webinars are for you!
Too often, policies made and actions taken by councils do not acknowledge the diverse lived experiences of women. We need a broad range of voices in the rooms where decisions are made, so that women’s lived experiences can be heard and taken into account.
Join us for this webinar to hear from current councillors about what motivated them to enter politics, how they first got started and what life has been like in local government, so that you can be better prepared for your political future.
The webinar will be hosted by Maggie McTernan, our wonderful Programme Coordinator for Scotland.
The panellists will be announced over the coming weeks, and will represent councillors from across Scotland!
After this webinar, you will be able to:
Better understand the roles and responsibilities of a councillor.
Consider your own motivation to stand for elected office.
If you’d like to learn from this webinar but can’t make this time, don’t worry! Register anyway and we’ll send you the recording afterwards.
All women from across Britain are welcome to register for this webinar. Non-binary people whose experiences or identities intersect with women’s and therefore feel they would benefit from accessing a women-centred space are welcome to join us.
Elect Her is committed to hosting inclusive, accessible events that enable all women to engage fully in our conversations. We will make reasonable adjustments throughout the event, so there is universal access. Throughout our programme of support, we anticipate what is needed in advance and respond to needs as they emerge. For instance, we provide AI live captioning for all our online workshops & events, and will provide BSL interpretation for this webinar. If you require any further accommodations to access this event, please email maggie@elect-her.org.uk. Requests must be made at least 2 working days before the scheduled event in order to enable us time to make arrangements.
This webinar is part of a wider series exploring the different roles in politics in Scotland. If you’re still considering which role is right for you in politics, be sure to check out our other webinars, taking place each week in October to get you started, including Her Life in Politics as a Community Councillor taking place Tuesday 11th October and Her Life in Politics as an MSP taking place Tuesday 25th October.