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As Jacqui Smith pointed out the other day, Labour's advances in gender equality are good, but they are not yet great. 44% of the Shadow Cabinet is impressive - as are the women holding those positions. But there is more needed…
Last week on this website, Kirstin Hay named and shamed the 34 all-male panels at Labour conference 2013. This week, she's hoping to do the same for the Tories. So Kirstin and Labour Women's Network set out to campaign against all-male…
Today at Labour Women’s Conference, panellist and author Melissa Benn summed up the Everyday Sexism session with a set of great tips for female – and feminist – activists who want to make change and make a difference. Here they are: Act…
Female Labour figures have attacked UKIP MEP Godfrey Bloom over his sexist comments today at Labour Women's Conference. Yesterday Godfrey Bloom had the whip withdrawn from him after he told female UKIP activists ‘you’re all sluts,’ and…
All-male panels at Labour Conference Fringe events don't exist, right? They're a thing of the past, a dinosaur panel lumbering in from some bygone era when women still stayed in the kitchen and listened on the radio while their politico…
So Labour Women’s Conference is this Saturday, and there’s one event that has caught my eye. It’s the very first session, called ‘Women in Tough Times’ and it’s an “open mic policy discussion to explore what our policy priorities should be…
Labour is winning more women’s votes than any other party, according to a recent poll published jointly by Ipsos Mori and Mumsnet. 42% of women would vote Labour, compared to just 29% of women supporting the Conservatives. Labour has a…
Anyone who hoped that the women's movement had lost momentum or believed that there's no fresh energy in politics is in for a rude awakening. On the Saturday ahead of our Labour conference, 1,000 Labour women will cram in to the Brighton…
By Yvette Cooper MP and Hilary Benn MP From the boardroom to Downing Street, from the media to Whitehall, too few women’s voices are heard in public life. That’s unfair on women, but its also bad for families, business, the economy and…
Today End Violence Against Women (EVAW) releases a new report auditing the Government’s progress in acting to prevent violence against women and girls. And with the revelations from Operation Yewtree and group exploitation cases set to roll…
Recently LabourList revealed that "open" selections are overwhelmingly won by male candidates. This piece was was written by a female candidate for an "open Labour Party parliamentary selection. She has asked to remain anonymous: Standing…
Losing an election should always make us re-examine our policy positions, to understand if and how the country’s needs and concerns have changed, and why our solutions didn’t strike a chord. There are no easy solutions to the problems…
