Feminist activists urge 'women's voices' to be heard as they rally in Parliament

        This article covers a recent rally held near Parliament by women who felt that inequality and its effects on them need to be changed. In addition to that, they seeked support for abortion rights. They used the great suffragette, Emmeline Pankhurst, as their guide to gaining women's rights. These demonstators were over 200 representatives from different women's rights groups and their main goal was bringing attention to their needs in concerns in order to end gender inequality.
      Although it was mentioned that more women were in work now than anytime before, there still weren't enough women in the MP to represent them well. Unless the whole Parliament changes, the women do not feel comfortable there because the policies are not "gendered," therefore basically being a prime example of this inequality. Women work within the public sector and low paying jobs so when cuts come about, they are the first to go and get affected by it the hardest.
      There are many reasons why this rally was taking place. From pay, all the way to domestic violence, the women felt that they needed to be heard on all issues. A Green Party MP, Caroline Lucas, stated "We are not going away until we make sure that gender inequality is history." As far as the abortion rights, they feel men should not have a say so on the rights to their body. If anything this article is trying to get peopel to see that urgent action is needed for representation of women across the board.
      Gender inequality needs to be changed in some way. I know there are many people who still believe that the traditional gender roles are how it should always be with the men being the breadwinner and the women looking after him, their children and the home. But, times have CHANGED. There are to many factors involved in this day and age where the women must become independant and do things for herself and whoever she takes care of. Being that gender inequality is present in the workplace, makes it harder for women to excel without being put down by men. I've always heard the saying "times change, people don't," but they need to start changing and being more tolerant.

Story: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-20066101