Catriona Grant
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Catriona Mary Grant is a founder member and former co-chair of the Scottish Socialist Party
and the party's equalities spokesperson. She was instrumental in the split from the CWI
international which established the SSP during the "Scottish Debate" of the late-90s.
She was the chair of the Edinburgh Old Town Community Council and an active member of Save Our Old Town http://www.eh8.org.uk. She is also an active campaigner for abortion rights against domestic abuse and sexual exploitation.
In 2008, she was nominated as a "local heroine" in Scottish Women's Aid
's national survey, conducted for international women's day.
co-chairing the meeting of the 9th November, which became a pivotal point in the trial She was also a witness at the subsequent perjury trial HM Advocate v Sheridan and Sheridan
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She works as Senior Social Worker in Edinburgh, and was one of the co-ordinators on the GIRFEC project.
Scottish Socialist Party
The Scottish Socialist Party is a left-wing Scottish political party. Positioning itself significantly to the left of Scotland's centre-left parties, the SSP campaigns on a socialist economic platform and for Scottish independence....
and the party's equalities spokesperson. She was instrumental in the split from the CWI
CWI
CWI is an abbreviation for the following organizations/institutions:*Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica, Amsterdam, The Netherlands*College of Western Idaho, a new Community College in Nampa, Idaho*Committee for a Workers' International...
international which established the SSP during the "Scottish Debate" of the late-90s.
She was the chair of the Edinburgh Old Town Community Council and an active member of Save Our Old Town http://www.eh8.org.uk. She is also an active campaigner for abortion rights against domestic abuse and sexual exploitation.
In 2008, she was nominated as a "local heroine" in Scottish Women's Aid
Scottish Women's Aid
Scottish Women's Aid is a feminist charity campaigning to prevent domestic violence against women and their children in Scotland. It was founded in 1973 and is an umbrella organisation for the 39 affiliated local Women's Aid groups in Scotland...
's national survey, conducted for international women's day.
Other information
She was one of several SSP members who gave evidence during the Sheridan libel trialSheridan v News International
Sheridan v News Group Newspapers is a civil court case brought by Tommy Sheridan against the publishers of the News of the World, which began in the Court of Session in Edinburgh, Scotland, on 4 July 2006...
co-chairing the meeting of the 9th November, which became a pivotal point in the trial She was also a witness at the subsequent perjury trial HM Advocate v Sheridan and Sheridan
HM Advocate v Sheridan and Sheridan
Her Majesty's Advocate v Thomas Sheridan and Gail Sheridan was the 2010 criminal prosecution of Tommy Sheridan, a former Member of the Scottish Parliament and his wife Gail Sheridan for perjury in relation to the earlier civil case Sheridan v News Group Newspapers.In Scotland criminal prosecutions...
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She works as Senior Social Worker in Edinburgh, and was one of the co-ordinators on the GIRFEC project.