Rights And Freedoms Of Afghan Women (EDM1256)

Rights And Freedoms Of Afghan Women

EDM number 1256 in 2008-09, proposed by Menzies Campbell on 01/04/2009.
Categorised under the topics of Afghanistan and Sex discrimination.

That this House notes with concern reports that the President of Afghanistan supports the introduction of legislation designed to restrict the rights and freedoms of Afghan women, including articles which would legalise rape within marriage and end a woman's freedom to enter employment or access education and health services without her husband's permission, despite the Afghan constitution and a number of the international treaties Afghanistan has signed guaranteeing equal rights for women; and urges the Government unequivocally to convey its opposition to the introduction of such repressive laws given the support the United Kingdom and British troops in particular are giving the Afghan government in its struggle against the Taliban, an ogranisation synonymous with the repression of women.

This motion has been signed by a total of 60 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Menzies Campbell	01/04/2009	North East Fife	Liberal Democrat	Proposed
Sarah Teather	01/04/2009	Brent East	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Lynne Featherstone	01/04/2009	Hornsey and Wood Green	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Edward Davey	01/04/2009	Kingston and Surbiton	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Malcolm Bruce	01/04/2009	Gordon	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Jo Swinson	01/04/2009	East Dunbartonshire	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Peter Bottomley	01/04/2009	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
Gordon Prentice	02/04/2009	Pendle	Labour	Signed
Paul Holmes	02/04/2009	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lynne Jones	02/04/2009	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Michael Moore	02/04/2009	Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ann Cryer	02/04/2009	Keighley	Labour	Signed
David Drew	02/04/2009	Stroud	Labour	Signed
Andrew George	02/04/2009	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Glenda Jackson	20/04/2009	Hampstead and Highgate	Labour	Signed
Willie Rennie	20/04/2009	Dunfermline and West Fife	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Robert Wareing	20/04/2009	Liverpool, West Derby	Independent	Signed
Mike Hancock	20/04/2009	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Malcolm Moss	20/04/2009	North East Cambridgeshire	Conservative	Signed
Nick Harvey	20/04/2009	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Adrian Sanders	20/04/2009	Torbay	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bob Russell	20/04/2009	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Harry Cohen	21/04/2009	Leyton and Wanstead	Labour	Signed
John Leech	21/04/2009	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Hunter	22/04/2009	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Williams	22/04/2009	Ceredigion	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Hywel Francis	22/04/2009	Aberavon	Labour	Signed
Mark Durkan	22/04/2009	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Jeffrey M Donaldson	22/04/2009	Lagan Valley	DUP	Signed
Richard Burden	22/04/2009	Birmingham, Northfield	Labour	Signed
Colin Breed	22/04/2009	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
William McCrea	22/04/2009	South Antrim	DUP	Signed
Chris McCafferty	22/04/2009	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
Paul Keetch	22/04/2009	Hereford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Eric Illsley	22/04/2009	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Ken Purchase	22/04/2009	Wolverhampton North East	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	22/04/2009	Hayes and Harlington	Labour	Signed
Greg Pope	23/04/2009	Hyndburn	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	23/04/2009	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Jim McGovern	23/04/2009	Dundee West	Labour	Signed
Paul Rowen	23/04/2009	Rochdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Dai Davies	23/04/2009	Blaenau Gwent	Independent	Signed
John Pugh	24/04/2009	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Clapham	24/04/2009	Barnsley West and Penistone	Labour	Signed
Neil Gerrard	27/04/2009	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
Marsha Singh	27/04/2009	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
Andrew Stunell	28/04/2009	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Linda Riordan	29/04/2009	Halifax	Labour	Signed
Simon Hughes	30/04/2009	North Southwark and Bermondsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Brian Jenkins	30/04/2009	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Vincent Cable	30/04/2009	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Simpson	06/05/2009	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Evan Harris	07/05/2009	Oxford West and Abingdon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Kim Howells	07/05/2009	Pontypridd	Labour	Signed
Alistair Carmichael	07/05/2009	Orkney and Shetland	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Norman Baker	14/05/2009	Lewes	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lindsay Roy	20/05/2009	Glenrothes	Labour	Signed
David Crausby	04/06/2009	Bolton North East	Labour	Signed
Mohammad Sarwar	08/06/2009	Glasgow Central	Labour	Signed
Michael Jabez Foster	Unknown			Withdrawn

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