Pressure Group Campaign Flashcards
Protection Against Stalking - what does PAS aim to introduce?
A law making Stalking a specific offence
PAS - how were the police handling Stalking?
- was inadequate and haphazard
- lacked a clear policy and investigations were not taken seriously
PAS - what did PAS do?
Set up an independent parliamentary inquiry, persuading MP’s and peers
PAS - How long did the inquiry last?
7 months and was supported by Napo (probation officers union)
PAS - what did the support of the MP’s do?
Made it able to include an amendment to the bill that was going through parliament
What was the name of the Act they passed?
Protection of Freedoms Act
What did the suffragettes want?
To give women the right to vote
Why did they want the vote?
Because other countries had already given it
Name three methods used by the suffragettes.
- printing posters and leaflets
- bombing buildings
- hunger strikes
Was the campaign successful? (suffragettes)
Yes
What was the name of the bill passed? (suffragettes)
Representation of People Act
What did the Representation of People Act do?
Gave women who were over the age of 30 and who owned land the right to vote.
Why did the stonewall campaign start?
Because of police raids on places such as stonewall Inn and homosexual people wanted to change the way they were treated
What methods did the stonewall campaign use?
Campaign conducted riots and protests to fight against the police and gain attention of Parliament
How was the campaign successful?(Stonewall)
- age of consent equalised in 2000
- same sex marriage legalised in 2014
- pride started in 1970
