Prime Minister Theresa May meets Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon at Bute House, Edinburgh, July 2016. Credit: Flickr/Number 10. Some rights reserved.At the Fawcett Society we argue repeatedly for women to be at the decision-making table.
To be honest, I take it for granted that it’s generally accepted as morally right for 52% of the population to be represented, that the evidence on better decision-making in a gender-balanced boardroom is pretty compelling, and that we get better, more relevant, more representative politics with women involved. Few people argue against the ‘why’ any more, although they often struggle with the ‘how’ (which is why, incidentally, we argue for quotas. It gets over the ‘how’ problem).
