This step will begin in July 2019.

Social media will be key throughout the campaign, as we include your voices, and share resources for each of the 7 steps - and beyond. Connect, share, contribute, and join us on the journey to election!

As @scottishgreenparty @edinburghgreens councillor for Portobello-Craigmillar, Mary Campbell joins #ScotWomenStand in our mission to empower more women & non-binary folks in politics - from voting, straight to standing as a candidate 🗳️💫🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
Although not quite to voting age for UK elections, Robyn Graham is already motivated and active in Scottish politics, as @thesnp Branch Women and Equalities Secretary, YSI National Organiser 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿💫 Young #ScotWomenStand, and keep inspiring and supporting each other to raise your voices in Political forums!
Honouring those who fought for our right to vote, we aim to be informed when using that right 🗳️ What resource are important for you when preparing to vote? what would you like to have available? Comment below - or send us a direct message to add your response to #ScotWomenStand in longer form ✍️🎨
#MondayMotivation blog from Lauren Bennie 📢💫. . @girlguidingscot volunteer, @parliamentproject peer circle member & Community Council Chair - with a bright Parliamentary future - Lauren shares insights, advice & words of political empowerment 💪🏽#ScotWomenStand. . Link in bio 🔗✊🏼
This #StAndrewsDay we want to celebrate the women of Scotland, by finding out the passions and motivations behind why you vote, want to vote, and/or look forward to voting in the future 🗳️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿. . Share in comments - or DM to add your response to #ScotWomenStand in longer form ✍️🎨. . Blogs, poems, artwork, videos... all valued ways of conveying your story, as Women of Scotland 🗳🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿. . #YourVoiceYourVote #StAndrewsDay
🚨New blog alert!🚨 Kairin Van Sweden, Leith SNP Women and Equalities Officer, on her political journey so far and what made her decide to stand for election soon 💪✊🙌. Link in bio 🔗. #scotwomenstand #ThursdayMotivation
Just one week since the launch of the #ScotWomenStand campaign, and the momentum of the movement has already been incredible! Building motivation for the road ahead, we share with you the message of support from Christina McKelvie MSP, Minister of Older People & Equalities 🙌🏼✊🏾💙. . "I support this campaign because - although we are celebrating 100 years since some women got the vote and we are celebrating the journey we have been on in order to realise women having that vote -  we still have many, many, many miles to go in this journey. But, I’m hoping that it will not be another 100 years before we see the progress that we need to see in women’s participation in politics.". . What advice would you give women thinking of standing for election?: "Do it! Step up, get involved, step in, lean in, and show the world that you have got something to say; and you have got work to do, because when we have women, and the diversity of women, in the political places we make that progress that we need to see." . Why do you think it’s important for women to register and vote?: "It is important for women to vote, because we will not see the progress that we want to see the changes that we want to see in Scotland unless women’s voices are in there. And if you don’t take part in the opportunity that you have in order to use your vote, to stake your claim on policies that you believe in, the policies that you want to push forward, then you won’t make that difference. So, it’s incredibly important not just to be out there voting, but to be registered to vote in the first place – because without your participation we won’t see that difference. When we make that difference, you will know that your vote counts". . What main barriers to women’s political participation would you remove, and how?: "One of the main barriers to women’s political participation is having the confidence to step forward. We live in a world where we – especially women – look at ourselves all the time, and and we’re a bit worried about what we say, and how we do it. Whereas we see a world full of men who just step in there and do it. I’d quite like some young women in particular to have that confidence.