Shami Chakrabarti Life story


Sharmishta Chakrabarti, Baroness Chakrabarti, CBE, PC is a British politician, barrister, and human rights activist. A member of the Labour Party, she served as the director of Liberty, a major advocacy group which promotes civil liberties and human rights, from 2003 to 2016.

PMQs: Keir Starmer attacks Rishi Sunak over Boris Johnson honours list

PMQs: Keir Starmer attacks Rishi Sunak over Boris Johnson honours list
Jun 14,2023 9:10 am

... " My predecessors may not have agreed with Labour s choices of Tom Watson or Shami Chakrabarti, but the same precedent stood then as it does now...

Coronavirus: health professionals 'frustrated' by low UK virus Test

Coronavirus: health professionals 'frustrated' by low UK virus Test
Apr 18,2020 7:04 pm

... the government must test everyone who works in the hospitals without delay, And Labour peer Shami Chakrabarti said the slow pace of the Tests showed a lack of clarity on what the plan is and how it is run ...

General election 2019: Johnson vows to help women reach 'full potential'

General election 2019: Johnson vows to help women reach 'full potential'
Feb 16,2020 8:39 am

... Labour s shadow attorney general Shami Chakrabarti said: Someone whose attitudes towards women are straight out of the dark ages is not fit to be prime minister of our country...

Election debate: Audience members put party leaders under intense pressure

Election debate: Audience members put party leaders under intense pressure
Feb 16,2020 8:29 am

... A Labour Party spokesman said at the time: All allegations of anti-Semitism are taken very seriously by the Labour Party and that is why Jeremy asked Shami Chakrabarti to produce her report the conclusions of which we will consider carefully...

Brexit: let's make a deal, if the EU is willing - Johnson

Brexit: let's make a deal, if the EU is willing - Johnson
Feb 16,2020 6:54 am

... talking about the same programme, shadow attorney-General Shami Chakrabarti said the government would have the compromise to the Labour support for a new agreement, and a deal more of a meeting of the party-tests would be if it won the support of Ireland...

Lib Dems: a woman is not a weakness, says Swinson

Lib Dems: a woman is not a weakness, says Swinson
Feb 16,2020 6:17 am

... Earlier, shadow attorney-General Shami Chakrabarti, the Lib described The promise to withdraw article 50, without another referendum as intolerant and anti-democratic ...

PM warned of 'high probability' not a deal - court papers

PM warned of 'high probability' not a deal - court papers
Feb 16,2020 5:58 am

... Lord Advocate James Wolffe QC, who is Scotland s senior law officer, the Welsh government and the shadow attorney-General Shami Chakrabarti have also given permission to intervene in writing...

Brexit: PM's plan 'unlawful abuse of power'

Brexit: PM's plan 'unlawful abuse of power'
Feb 16,2020 5:57 am

... Lord Advocate James Wolffe QC, who is Scotland s senior law officer, the Welsh government and the shadow attorney-General Shami Chakrabarti have also given permission to intervene in writing...

General election 2019: Johnson vows to help women reach 'full potential'

Feb 16,2020 5:45 am

Boris Johnson will vow to "support women to reach their full potential" in politics and the workplace if the Conservatives win The General election.

He will also announce the "biggest drive" to recruit female Tory activists, members and candidates.

On the 100th anniversary of the election of The First woman to sit in The Commons , the PM will pledge to make 50% of future Tory candidates women.

In this election 30% of Tory candidates and 53% of Labour candidates are women.

Labour has hit back by criticising the Prime Minister 's attitude towards women, highlighting "sexist" remarks he has made in The Past .

The Party says in articles written for The Spectator magazine, Mr Johnson made disparaging comments about Single Mothers and unmarried women.

They say this shows his attitude is "straight out of the Dark Ages ".

Mr Johnson's announcement comes as a statue of Nancy Astor - The First woman MP to take a seat in Parliament, 100 years ago - is due to be unveiled in Plymouth.

Commenting on her career, Mr Johnson said: "She was a trailblazer, ripping up the conventions that held women back from joining the workplace.

"A Conservative majority government will support women to reach their full potential - be that in the workplace, by opening up new opportunities to work flexibly or start their own business, or through our work internationally to make sure all Young Women get 12 years of education. "

Mrs Astor was elected to represent Plymouth for the Conservative Party , the year after women over 30 who met a property qualification were given the vote.

Constance Markievticz was The First woman to be elected to Parliament in 1918, but her membership of the Irish Republican Party Sinn Féin stopped her from taking The Oath , meaning she could not sit in The Commons .

Nancy Astor became The First female MP in Westminster in 1919

Women Make Up about a third of candidates in next month's election. According to BBC analysis of Press Association figures earlier this month, 1,124 of 3,322 registered candidates are women.

The Tories say they have 193 female Conservative parliamentary candidates, while Labour has 335.

Mr Johnson said: "I have often said that talent and brilliance is equally distributed, but opportunity is not. I will make sure that women are supported to take up the opportunities that politics present. "

The Conservatives say they want to encourage flexible working, review How To better support self-employed workers and protect women returning from maternity leave by reforming redundancy law.

But the Labour Party highlighted "sexist and misogynistic" comments made by Mr Johnson in articles written in the 1990s.

Labour's shadow attorney general Shami Chakrabarti said: "Someone whose attitudes towards women are straight out of the Dark Ages is not fit to be Prime Minister of Our Country . "

In September it emerged that Mr Johnson wrote that David Cameron was a "girly swot" on a private cabinet paper.

And days earlier Mr Johnson was criticised for calling Jeremy Corbyn a "big girl's blouse" over the Labour leader's decision not to back the Prime Minister 's bid for an election while The Risk of a no-deal Brexit remained.



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Source of news: bbc.com

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