Written by Charlotte Archibald who is a writer, campaigner and mother of two from Barry. She is currently a mentee on the WEN Wales Mentoring Programme. “Against the backdrop of increased Brexit uncertainty, I headed to the WEN Wales Women’s Rights Conference in October to hear a variety of speakers discuss how we can safeguard […]
Read MoreWEN Wales has once again been at the forefront of transforming Wales into a country free from gender discrimination. Our work has been central to ensuring that Welsh Government lives up to its promise of being a Feminist Government and that Wales becomes a feminist nation. By connecting, campaigning and championing on behalf of all […]
Read MoreThe Women’s Equality Network (WEN) Wales and the organisations listed below call on all political parties and candidates to put gender equality at the heart of the election and UK policy making until we close the gap and live in a UK free from gender discrimination. In this manifesto we: Call on all political parties […]
Read MoreWEN Wales today welcomes the release of the Gender Equality Review reports and congratulates Chwarae Teg on the work that has gone into setting out an agenda for change so that Wales is transformed into a country free from gender discrimination. “We need to radically change what we do and how we do it to make Wales […]
Read MoreBeth Thomas, Head of Partnerships & Programmes at The Big Issue UK writes about her experience of the Homeless World Cup in Cardiff and women in football. “In August, the 17th edition of the Homeless World Cup came to Wales. With more than 500 players representing fifty countries visiting the Capital, it was an incredible week long […]
Read MoreEvery year, approximately 2,000 women seeking asylum are detained in the UK, 77 to 85 per cent of whom are victims of gender-based violence, including rape, domestic violence, female genital mutilation (FGM), physical and emotional abuse and forced prostitution or sex trafficking. Instead of staying in the community, asylum-seekers are put into detention centres as […]
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