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Success for women in the parish elections

 

Six new women were elected as Douzeniers for their parishes in the November 2022 elections. This was in addition to five women who were elected for a further term of office.

 

Douzeniers

NEW

Forest – Roisin Gauson and Alyson Keeling

Castel – Angela Gibson and Joanne Hardill

St Pierre du Bois – Jill Bray (previously served as Constable)

St Peter Port – Denyse McGahy

RE-ELECTED

Forest – Jennifer Froome

St Saviour – Karen Fooks

St Andrew – Nicolla Tanguy

Torteval – Jeanette Ridley

St Peter Port – Mary McDermott

 

Le Mare de Carteret High School Committee

NEW

Castel  – Jo May

Vale – Deidre Dudley-Owen

RE-ELECTED

St Saviour – Susan Watson

 

Le Mare de Carteret Primary School Committee

RE-ELECTED

Vale – Mary Lowe

 

 

Guernsey’s iconic women of the future?

Thank you for nominating a young woman or girl for our future iconic Guernsey women campaign to celebrate International Women’s Day!

Nominations close on Sunday 6 March at 17.00.

Please fill in the details below.

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Miriam Makeba - South Africa

Nominated by: Christine James

Zenzile Miriam Makeba (1932 to 2008), nicknamed Mama Africa, was a South African singer, songwriter, actress, United Nations goodwill ambassador, and civil rights activist. Associated with musical genres including Afropop, jazz, and world music, she was an advocate against apartheid and white-minority government in South Africa. In 2020 she was named one of Time magazine’s 100 women of the century. 

South Africa is ranked 12th in the world for percentage of women in national parliament: 45.8% (source: data.ipu.org) 

Are you from South Africa? Please email hello@womeninpubliclife.gg if there is a social or cultural group for people from South Africa in Guernsey.

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The original image “The Hague Jazz 2008 – Miriam Makeba” by Haags Uitburo is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0. 

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Jacinda Ardern - New Zealand

Nominated by: Martin Lock

Jacinda Ardern (born 1980) has served as prime minister of New Zealand and leader of the Labour Party since 2017. In 2019, she led the country through the aftermath of the Christchurch mosque shootings, rapidly introducing strict gun laws in response, and throughout 2020 she directed the country’s widely praised response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Ardern was the world’s second elected head of government to give birth in office when her daughter was born in 2018. ‘An inspiring Prime Minister who brought a nation together with true leadership, empathy and compassion.’

New Zealand is ranked 4th in the world for percentage of women in national parliament: 48.3% (source: data.ipu.org) 

Other iconic women: Dame Whina Cooper, nominated by Claire Fisher, and Kate Sheppard, nominated by Anna Cooper.

Are you from New Zealand? You may be interested in joining the ANZACs in Guernsey Facebook group. 

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