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What do Croydon women want? Open meeting, May 25

insidecroydon wrote 1 week ago: LEE WEBSTER issues an invite to all women living and working in Croydon to an important meeting late … more →

Tags: activities, Alison Butler, community associations, Croydon, Fiona Twycross, London, London Assembly, London Borough Of Croydon, National Health Service

Waiting time doubles for rehousing of domestic violence victims in Islington1 comment

Sarah Graham wrote 2 months ago: Originally published at Islington Now, with additional reporting by Jess Denham. Domestic violence c … more →

Tags: Violence Against Women, Violence Against Women, VAW, VAW/G, London, publications, Domestic Violence, islington, Islington Council

A feminist to do list!5 comments

thenotsoquietfeminist wrote 2 months ago: Happy International Women’s Day! I thought I’d make a little list of all the things you … more →

Tags: Feminism, Politics, sexism/misogyny, activism, Bloody Chamber, feminist, International Women's Day, IWD, Lego

He is the one. He is the Absolute. She is (STILL) the Other.

Kat @ Sea Salt Project wrote 2 months ago: It’s a rainy Thursday and my sad overwhelming conclusion on this dreary day has been the rather alar … more →

Tags: Equality issues, Feminism, misogyny, sexism, media, Pay, glass ceiling, Domestic Violence, Critical Mass

Croydon could be counting a new women's Champion

insidecroydon wrote 2 months ago: Croydon has never had a woman MP, but tonight could see an important step made to change that. Croyd … more →

Tags: Gavin Barwell MP, Croydon Central, Croydon North, Louisa Woodley, simon hall, Stuart Collins, Gerry Ryan, val shawcross, Steve Reed MP

Ed Miliband - Forgetting the Female Half of One Nation.

Jean Calder wrote 4 months ago: On 28th December 2012 Labour’s leader, Ed Miliband, published his new year message. Miliband said La … more →

Tags: Women's rights, uk politics, Yvette Cooper, Ed Miliband, Ed Balls, One Nation, Coalition, Ceri Goddard, impact on women of cuts

Are women better off today than their mothers were?

maryhoneyballmep wrote 5 months ago: Soon after I joined the Labour Party in London in the dim and distant past my Constituency Labour Pa … more →

Tags: Labour Party, David Cameron, Nick Clegg, George Osborne, David Laws, Danny Alexander, European Central Bank, Oliver Letwin, Church of England

Women are fighting to end sexual violence1 comment

lucette888 wrote 5 months ago: Picture by Victoria Craven This Saturday the 24th November there will be the Reclaim the Night march … more →

Tags: News, Some political discussion, County Council, Violence Against Women, Women's rights, David Cameron, eastbourne herald, United Nations, Domestic Violence

Tory Hate and Red Tape-equality impact assessment and analysis4 comments

LeftCentral wrote 6 months ago: Robin Richardson  Copyright HarveyNash On Monday 19 November the prime minister made a speech to the … more →

Tags: Conservatives, Culture, Economy, Confederation of British Industry, David Cameron, Disability charities, Equality Act 2010, Equias, House of Lords

Cameron's aim is to make it ever harder to challenge unfair cuts 6 comments

Lester Holloway wrote 6 months ago: I’m re-blogging an article from the New Statesman by George Eaton. It is about the implication … more →

Tags: uk politics, Tory, Lib Dems, race inequality, Equality and Human Rights Commission, David Cameron, Stephen Lawrence, CBI, judicial review

Equality – Going, going, gone

atlwanda wrote 6 months ago: So David Cameron thinks Equality Impact Assessments (EIAs) are yet more ‘red tape’? Along with provi … more →

Tags: Equalities, BME, Cuts, disabled people, Discrimination, EHRC, employment tribunal, equalities, Equality Act 2010

Equal Pay Day or why I should have downed tools on Wednesday1 comment

mrswalker2013 wrote 6 months ago: The 7th November was Equal Pay Day in the UK. Why? Because it marks the day that women start working … more →

Tags: Political, Feminism, Equality, Equal pay, Polly Toynbee, Economy, austerity, pay gap

The struggle for gender equality2 comments

lucette888 wrote 6 months ago: picture by Scrappie Annie For many years women all over the world have been campaigning for the righ … more →

Tags: Some political discussion, Mitt Romney, gender equality, Barack Obama, Todd Akin, England, Britain, Congress

Getting ready for Women into Politics

Andria Birch wrote 6 months ago: We have been overwhelmed by the response for our event tomorrow and have a full house with a long wa … more →

Tags: event, wea, women into politics, Nottingham Womens Centre

A representative mayor?

bristolcivicleadership wrote 6 months ago: Bristol Fawcett Society has produced a valuable analysis of the structures of leadership and politic … more →

Tags: Research, Gender, representation

What kind of fuckery is this?

janeyfranklin wrote 6 months ago: A sister resistor at The Turn Back Time Day of Action, November 2011 A year ago we went on a Fawcett … more →

Tags: Social Media, Abortion, abortion limit, "abortion limit debate", Nadine Dorries, Romney, Feminism, Fuckery, Sister Resistor

Listening to women for a change

Penny wrote 7 months ago: To set our scene.  It is yesterday morning.  The Today programme is on.  There’s a debate abou … more →

Tags: Broadcasting, Newspapers, "today programme", Mehdi Hasan, Suzanne Moore, Women In Journalism, Women in Media, female experts

Women can have it all, as long as they do it all

Willow Oddie wrote 9 months ago: Several years ago now I remember sitting on the sofa at home, reveling in one of my sporadic indulge … more →

Tags: Progress, Domestic Purgatory, parenthood, Babies and Politics, Professionalism, Julia Stiles, Oprah Winfrey, Julia Roberts, Kirsten Dunst

Different positions on quotas: The Fawcett Society v The 30% club1 comment

mikebuchanan1957 wrote 9 months ago: I refer you again to the recent submissions of written evidence to the House of Lords sub-committee: … more →

Tags: michael klein, Campaign for Merit in Business, House of Lords, Ray Russell, Raymond Russell, 30 percent club, 30 per cent club, ftse100, 30+ club


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