Access all areas - 2 March 2009
Mary highlights the importance of opening up the web across Europe to boost democratic accountability and participation.
Drunk women aren't asking for it - 2 March 2009
Mary reacts to a LondonStudent poll showing 1 in 3 students believe that a woman is responsible for being raped if she is drunk.
Interns trading sex for secrets - 16 February 2009
In THIS article Mary raises questions about gender inequality at the Commission after the leak of an internal security report.
'Sexist' boob ads defaced by Facebook group - 17 February 2009
Mary commented on this story in the Metro and in the Evening Standard
But what about the jobless women? - 11 February 2009
Following Harriet Harman's visit to the European Parliament, Mary argues that the recession could endanger the welfare of women more than men.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/feb/11/unemployment-figures-recession-women
Will women be excluded from the Gaza peace process? - 12 January 2009
Mary writes to New Europe about the role of women's movements in conflicts.
http://www.neurope.eu/articles/91858.php
Reasons to be fearful - 1 January 2009
With the European elections approaching, Mary speaks to Total Politics about voters' perceptions.
http://www.totalpolitics.com/magazine_detail.php?id=218
Why are teenage girls becoming so violent? - 1 January 2009
Mary writes to Marie Claire about violence in young women.
We turn a blind eye to many brothels - 31 December 2008
Mary criticises the Metropolitan Police after they admit to turning a blind eye to many brothels in London.
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23609917-details/We+turn+a+blind+eye+to+many+brothels%2C+admits+Yard+chief/article.do
EU commission shake-up branded 'undemocratic' - 4 December 2008
A shock reshuffle of commission officials has been branded as "undemocratic" by British MEP Mary Honeyball.
http://www.theparliament.com/latestnews/news-article/newsarticle/eu-commission-shake-up-branded-undemocratic/
University beauty contest sparks ugly row - 4 December 2008
Beauty pageant sparks protest and picket lines in response to the cattle market approach of the sponsors.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/universityeducation/3545587/University-beauty-contest-sparks-ugly-row.html
Protesters call for university beauty contest to be banned - 3 December 2008
Hundreds of undergraduates in the capital have applied to take part in a beauty contest to be named Miss University London. Mary speaks out against this gender stereotyping.
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23596304-details/
We must act to put paid to gender pay gap - 30 November 2008
In this article for Tribune Mary says Labour must champion genuine efforts to bridge wage disparities between men and women, while challenging bogus Tory initiatives.
http://www.tribunemagazine.co.uk/2008/11/30/mary-honeyball-we-must-act-to-put-paid-to-gender-pay-gap/
Women in City paid a third less than men - 26 November 2008
Mary talks about her research into gender pay discrimination.
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23592680-details/
European Digital Library 'a success story' - 24 November 2008
Mary voices her support for the European Digital Library.
http://www.thebookseller.com/news/71343-page.html
Plane sexist - 21 November 2008
Mary speaks out against Ryanair's latest bid for sleaze.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/nov/21/ryanair-advertising
The Big Issue: equal rights and equal pay - 18 November 2008
Mary explains how new EU initiatives will redress gender inequalities.
Click here to read article.
48 hour working week sparks debate in Parliament - 8 November 2008
Mary clears up some confusion surrounding the debate on the working time directive.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/nov/08/workandcareers-eu
Woman's Hour political blogging - 6 November 2008
Mary's blog gets an honourable mention on Woman's Hour.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/womanshour/03/2008_45_thu.shtml
Or listen to the full programme here:
Woman's Hour
Women in Power - 3 November 2008
Mary talks about her directory of women MEPs.
http://www.wpradio.co.uk/international-parliaments.html
One Seat for the European Parliament - 1 November 2008
Mary is quoted in E! Sharp, calling for an end to the current situation of the European Parliament having seats in both Strasbourg and Brussels.
Click here to read this article.
Scandal of mothers held in prison - 1 November 2008
Mary writes to The Independent about their report on mothers who are jailed for non-violent offences.
http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/letters/letters-the-right-to-die-982066.html
All about my job - 23 October 2008
Mary discusses her career in an interview with the website 'More To Life Than Shoes'.
http://www.moretolifethanshoes.com/subdream/index.php?categoryid=54&p2_articleid=170
Turning back the Clock - 22 October 2008
"Across Europe there is a risk that abortion laws will become less, not more focused on women's health and the right to choose" writes Mary in this article for the Guardian's Comment is Free website.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/oct/22/gender-women1
Sharing parental leave - 11 September 2008
Mary writes to The Independent about child care and parental leave.
http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/letters/letters-the-education-system-925530.html
Blogging for Europe - 10 September 2008
Mary is interviewed by French radio station France Bleu about MEPs who blog.
Europe Takes Aim at Sexual Stereotyping in Ads - 9 September 2008
Mary is quoted in the New York Times on Parliament's report into gender stereotyping in adverts.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/10/business/media/10adco.html?_r=2&oref=slogin&oref=slogin
Stereotyping in Adverts - 7 September 2008
Mary talks to the International Herald Tribune about gender stereotyping in adverts.
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/09/05/business/ad08.php
Hope, at last, for Cyprus - 4 September 2008
Mary writes an article for the Guardian's Comment is Free site about the future of Cyprus.
Brand Republic - 3 September 2008
Mary talks to marketing magazine Brand Republic about gender stereotyping in adverts.
Theatre Review: Her Naked Skin. Showing at the National Theatre - 22 August 2008
Mary reviews a performance of Her Naked Skin by Rebecca Lenkiewicz for Total Politics Magazine.
Pope on the Ropes - 25 July 2008
Mary asks why the Pope won't visit the European Parliament and questions whether the EU really shows 'militant secularism'.
What forms of democratic control should there be over European research? - 23 July 2008
Mary writes in the European Voice about democratic scrutiny of European Research funding.
Click here for article (pdf file)
Religion and the Embryology Bill - 4 July 2008
Mary writes to Tribune in response to an article on religion and politics
Click here for Mary's letter or here for the original article on 20th June
Church and Politics - 2 July 2008
Mary writes to The Times about discrimination in the Church of England
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/letters/article4250759.ece
The Record Europe - 28 June 2008
Mary was interviewed on the BBC programme The Record Europe. She spoke about the implications of the Irish no vote on the Lisbon Treaty and its consequences for enlargement of the European Union.
You can watch the programme on the BBC's iPlayer by clicking below:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/page/item/b00cd2sk.shtml?src=ip_mlt
A Bright future for Cyprus - 25 June 2008
Mary writes in Toplum Postasi about the future of Cyprus.
http://www.toplumpostasi.net/index.php/cat/9/news/11360/PageName/News_in_ENGLISH
Faith and Reason. In defence of secular Government - 19 June 2008
Mary writes to the New Statesman in defence of secular Government.
http://www.newstatesman.com/letters
Original Article:
http://www.newstatesman.com/society/2008/06/anti-catholic-labour-party
MEP Talks Back - 18 June 2008
Mary was interviewed on Radio Ulster's Talk Back show on the separation of religion and politics and the influence of the Catholic Church.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/aod/networks/ulster/aod.shtml?ulster/tb_wed
MEP warns Olympics could boost sex trade - 16 June 2008
The Evening Standard highlights Mary's concerns about human trafficking surrounding the 2012 Games.
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23495326-details/Olympics+'will+boost+sex+trade+near+stations'/article.do
Fear Olympics will spark sex trade boom in King's Cross - 11 June 2008
Mary's concerned about human trafficking surounding the 2012 Olympics.
http://www.islingtongazette.co.uk/content/islington/gazette/news/
Breaking Barriers - Women in Science - 11 June 2008
Mary Honeyball talks to The Times about the scientific community's tradition of short-term contracts and poor work-life balance. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/career_and_jobs/careers_in/careers_in_science/article4111629.ece
Woman's Hour - 9 June 2008
Mary spoke on Radio 4's Woman's Hour about human trafficking surrounding the Euro 2008 tournament.
To listen to the piece, click here
UK has Europe's 'toughest glass ceiling for female scientists' - 22 May 2008
The UK has the toughest glass ceiling in Europe for female scientists attempting to reach the top positions in the industry, Mary Honeyball explains.
http://www.womenintechnology.co.uk/uk-has-europes-toughest-glass-news-15017939/
Cardinals' Sins - 20 May 2008
Embryo bill: Gordon Brown has allowed his authority to be undermined by the three Catholics in his cabinet says Mary Honeyball.
http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/mary_honeyball/2008/05/cardinals_sins.html
Article by Mary Honeyball on the Guardian Comment is Free website.
It's up to us - 29 April 2008
Despite a long tradition of feminist struggle in the UK, women still lag behind in the pay stakes. But we ourselves hold the key to change says Mary Honeyball.
http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/mary_honeyball/2008/04/its_up_to_us.html
Article by Mary Honeyball on the Guardian Comment is Free website
Kercher family in compensation limbo - 21 April 2008
The family of the murdered British exchange student Meredith Kercher may be denied compensation because Italy has not implemented an EU-wide scheme to help victims of violent crime, it was revealed today. Mary has asked the European Commission to investigate.
www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/apr/21/meredith.compensation
Animal charities and rape crisis centres - 25 April 2008
Mary Honeyball MEP, Labour's Euro Spokesperson on the Women's Rights Committee writes to the Guardian about charitable giving in the UK.
She says "It is a national disgrace that the public thinks donkeys are in greater need of charity than the female victims of domestic abuse in the UK each year, two of whom die at the hands of their abuser each week."
To read the letter in full, click below.
www.guardian.co.uk/society/2008/apr/26/voluntarysector.animalwelfare
Health cover relief for expats - 23 February 2008
Mary Honeyball, a British MEP who took action to defend the rights of expats to health care provision in France,welcomed the removal of the threat to remove state health cover for expats but remains concerned that UK citizens moving to France now do not have the same rights as French citizens in the UK.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2008/02/21/cmfrance21.xml
Tories need more women - 20 February 2008
In this letter to the FT, Mary Honeyball exposes the Tories lack of female MEPs in Brussels
Mary says " Syria and Iran have better representation of women in their parliaments than the Tories do in Brussels"
"The Tories will shed their "nasty" tag only when they get some degree of gender balance in their elected representatives. Indeed, more women like Ms Jackson would help to make the Tories a little bit nicer and a lot more influential."
For the full letter go to
www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c5d36ad2-ddc2-11dc-ad7e-0000779fd2ac.html andwww.ft.com/cms/s/0/7a78f96e-df55-11dc-91d4-0000779fd2ac.html
Tory Euro MP Daniel Hannan caused outrage by likening the President of the European Parliament to Adolf Hitler - 31 January 2008
The incident occurred during a vote to crack down on disruption of parliamentary business. Mr Hannan linked a proposed change in one of the rules of procedure with the 1933 Enabling Act (Emächtigungsgesetz) that gave Hitler unlimited power. Mary Honeyball immediately denounced Mr Hannan's remarks in The Telegraph
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?ml=/news/2008/02/01/npols201.xml
Treat prostitution like rape - 28 January 2008
In this article, published on The Independent's Blog site, Open House, Mary Honeyball advocates a change in the law on prostitution in the UK. She advocates adopting a similar system to Sweden.
"Prostitution is never a choice women make freely. But it is a choice that men - lots of men - make freely and with impunity. There is a clear demand from men who are willing to pay for sex with women and let's face it, with children too."
"There is however one lesson that we can learn from abroad. That is to aggressively tackle the demand for prostitution by criminalising the purchase of sex. The law should treat prostitution in much the same way as it treats rape. Both are generally an act male violence against helpless women."
The full article is here:
http://blogs.independent.co.uk/openhouse/2008/01/the-law-should.html
French Health Care Victory - 25 January 2008
Mary Honeyball, who campaigned against health care cuts from British expats in Frace, welcomed the news that victims of President Sarkozy's health care reforms have been spared. "British ex-pats living in France can continue to access state health care" Ms Honeyball said.
"This show what can happen when we campaign and take strong action together" Ms Honeyball added.
For more on this story go to www.telegraph.co.uk/global/main.jhtml;jsessionid=ULQYK4P55AU3NQFIQMGCFFOAVCBQUIV0?xml=/global/2008/01/25/french-health.xml
Memorial for Eurostar Workers - 23 January 2008
Mary Honeyball is calling for a memorial for the workers who died during the construction of the Eurostar line to St. Pancras.
For the full story go to
www.eupolitix.com/EN/News/200801/f2ab319b-b2de-4828-afa5-08aafe7d4467.htm
Campaign for a Woman's Right to Choose - 30 October 2007
Mary wrote to the Guardian supporting Polly Toynbee's article on a woman's right to choose.
Polly's Toynbee's feature is at www.guardian.co.uk/Columnists/Column/0,,2199567,00.html
Election delight for Poland - 29 October 2007
Mary's letter on the elections in Poland is published in The Independent.
Paedophile Dangers with GPS Tracking for Children - 27 October 2007
Mary highlights the dangers of GPS tracking for children in this letter to The Guardian:
Original story is at www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2006/feb/01/news.g2
Feelings run high on abortion issue - 17 April 2007
Mary writes to The Independent on abortion
http://comment.independent.co.uk/letters/article2455045.ece
Disabled Britons exposed by French health curbs - 25 September 2007
Euro MP Mary Honeyball has been assisting disabled Britons who could be left without healthcare provision if new proposals by President Sarkozy go forward.
For more on this story go to
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/09/25/nexpats125.xml
or www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/10/01/nexpats101.xml
Tackling the Trafficking of Women - 11 September 2007
Mary's letter to the editor on human trafficking is published in The Guardian.
for the full letters page debate go to
http://www.guardian.co.uk/crime/article/0,,2166615,00.html
TV distributors have to adapt in order to survive - 5 July 2007
Mary writes to the FT about distributuion of cable television channels, including Al-Jazeera English.
The original story is at www.ft.com/cms/s/2ff65128-29c7-11dc-a530-000b5df10621.html
"Manchester's gain is not London's loss" says London Euro MP - 30 January 2007
Mary spoke to London radio station LBC about the proposed Super Casino going to Manchester rather than London.
MEP wants meetings to be podcast - 8 April 2006
A London Euro MP has called for all meetings at the European Parliament to be podcast. Labour MEP Mary Honeyball said this would encourage more young people to become involved in politics.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/4890928.stm
Tuesday 24 March 2009
TEST1
TEST2
Office of Mary Honeyball MEP
Labour MEP for London
Tel:0032 228 47209
Fax:0032 228 49209
Thursday 19 February 2009
End of the line for telephone scammers
Check out this SlideShare Presentation:
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
