"chicken" and other forum 50 %'s campaigns veronika Šprincová thessaloniki, 5. 10....
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"Chicken" and Other Forum 50 %'s Campaigns
Veronika ŠprincováThessaloniki, 5. 10. 2011
Forum 50 %'s Activist Activities
besides organizing conferences, seminars and trainings Forum 50 % also takes action
mainly organizaton of pre-election campaigns supporting women
besides pre-election campaigns – support of related causes ("race" for equality of women and men, counteraction to demonstration against antidiscrimination law, protesting against appoining ultraconservative officials etc.)
Forum 50 %'s First Campaign
The Chicken Campaign: Part One
before the parliamentary elections (May 2010) launched by a press conference women politicians from all the parties present videos (website, facebook, youtube)
• web banners
• t-shirts
• stickers
Stickers
Stickers
Stickers
Stickers
T-Shirts
Videos
Videos used in both parts of the campaign
Chicken Meets President
Chicken Meets President
Campaigning Everywhere
Results of the Campaign
• massive support for women candidates
• 14 women MPs elected by preferential votes
• representation of women increased from 18 % to 22 %
• 44 women MPs in total
BUT
There is only 1 woman the government (not a minister); she was appointed one year after the government was assebled.
Protest against Men-Only Government
• before the local and Senate elections (October 2010)
• launched by a press conference
• "Chicken tour" around the whole country
• 14 towns visited
• audio-spots in local radio
• stickers
• leaflets (5.000 distributed)
• web banners
• video in the state TV
Chicken Campaign: Part Two
Chicken's Blog
kure.bloguje.cz (meaning chicken.blogs.cz)
reports from all 14 cities visited
sharing also on facebook
Chicken Speaking to Journalists
Campaigning Can Be Great Fun
Towards a Bright Future
Our Sweet Little Volunteers
Everybody Wants to Be a Chicken...
… Even a Cow
Chicken with the First Lady
Results of the Campaign
• number of elected women increased from 24,9 % to 26,3 %
• in statutory cities the number increased from 19,5 % to 22,8 %
BUT
There are only 2 female mayors in 24 statutory cities (one replaced male mayor appointed immediately after elections).
