Despite the COVID-19 restrictions, our 2020 Mentoring Scheme is well underway, online for the interim. We are also delighted to share the results of our 2019 Mentoring Scheme. Angharad Watson writes about her first WEN Mentoring Experience: Like all events this spring, the launch of the 2020 WEN Mentoring Scheme happened amid the coronavirus lockdown, […]
Read MoreDr. Jane Dickson shares some of the main concerns around Women’s Health during the Corona Virus pandemic and urges women still to present to A and E or the GP if they have health difficulties during this period I was delighted to be invited to be a speaker at the WEN Café on […]
Read MoreWomen’s equality charity WEN Wales has published its second feminist scorecard with Oxfam Cymru as both charities warn the coronavirus outbreak could stall progress on making Wales fairer for women. The Feminist Scorecard 2020 covers six key policy areas and charts Welsh Government’s progress since 2019 towards achieving equality for women and girls. Over the […]
Read MoreThe Covid-19 crisis is a pandemic affecting women and men across the globe. WEN Wales’ Director Catherine Fookes wrote to the Welsh Government Minister for Health and Social Services, Vaughan Gething AM in late March to raise concerns around health provisions for women during the coronavirus outbreak. The letter stated that Welsh Government must ensure […]
Read MoreWomen are at the forefront of responding to the Covid-19 crisis and they must be at the forefront of the Welsh Government’s policy response too. 17 WEN members, representing thousands of people, joined with us recently and wrote to the First Minister asking for key actions from Welsh Government to ensure women’s rights and equality […]
Read MoreWomen’s Equality Network (WEN) Wales reveals new 100 Welsh women for International Women’s Day 2020 Women’s Equality Network (WEN) Wales is delighted to reveal the new additions to its list of 100 Welsh Women to celebrate International Women’s Day 2020 on March 8th. Fifteen new exceptional women have been awarded a place, in recognition of […]
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