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There are a million reasons why the government must take urgent action on domestic violence. Every one of those reasons is a woman or a girl in this country who has experienced domestic violence or abuse within the last year. Domestic…
Today is Anti-Slavery Day. The Home Office estimates that there are approximately 13,000 people in the UK who are slaves. That means 13,000 men, women and children living lives that are not their own. Forced to work, forced to marry, or…
Today is International Day of the Girl. Since 2012, the day has provided an opportunity to promote the empowerment of girls, as well as to highlight the specific challenges girls face. This year, the day falls in the same week that…
This is the full speech delivered today by Sarah Champion, shadow secretary of state for women and equalities, at TUC Women's Conference. Conference, it is a pleasure to be here addressing you today on International Women’s Day. However…
This is the full text of the speech that Sarah Champion gave today at LSE. It’s such an honour to be here at the LSE. Founded by Beatrice Webb, a visionary woman who paved the way for the Beveridge report, and who arguably drew up the…
I’ve worked closely with many victims of domestic violence over the time I’ve served as MP for Rotherham. These brave women show so much courage just by sharing what has happened to them. Some of the most horrifying stories are often not of…
My constituents in Rotherham voted overwhelmingly in favour of leaving the European Union, but I do not believe for one moment that they were voting to make themselves and their communities worse off. Although there has been a vote to leave…
This week marks the publication of A Woman’s Work, the memoirs of my wonderful colleague Harriet Harman. I can’t think of a more apt title for her book. Harriet is a politician who has devoted decades to the service of not just the Labour…
IT has been almost 50 years since the women sewing machinists at Ford’s Dagenham plant downed tools and demanded what was rightfully theirs – equal pay for a hard day’s work, equivalent to their male colleagues. Yet successive parliaments…
Tomorrow there will be a Commons debate on extending the right to civil partnerships to all couples regardless of gender or sexuality. The private member's bill, published by Tim Loughton and supported by a cross-party range of MPs, is a…
This is the speech delivered by Sarah Champion, shadow secretary of state for women and equalities, in an Opposition Day debate in the Commons today. The advancement of equal rights for women is often associated with certain historical…
In every single budget and autumn statement under this Conservative government, women have lost out. As of the last budget, a staggering 86 per cent of net savings generated for the Treasury through tax and benefit changes since 2010 had…
