Catriona Grant

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Catriona Grant is a founder member and former co-chair of the Scottish Socialist Party and the party's equalities spokesperson^[1]. She was instrumental in the split from the CWI international which established the SSP during the "Scottish Debate" of the late-90s ^[2][3].

She is the chair of the Edinburgh Old Town Community Council[1] and an active member of Save Our Old Town [2]. She is also an active campaigner for abortion rights [3] against domestic violence and sexual exploitation[4].

In 2008, she was nominated as a "local heroine" in Scottish Women's Aid's national survey, conducted for international women's day.

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She was one of several SSP members who gave evidence during the Sheridan libel trial, co-chairing the meeting of the 9th November, which became a pivotal point in the trial^[4]

She works as Senior Social Worker in Edinburgh, and is one of the co-ordinators on the GIRFEC project.

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1. ^ Socialist Womens Network
2. ^ SSP leader calls for a split
3. ^ ISM leaves CWI
4. ^ Tommy a courtroom drama