Wales’ first feminist scorecard is to be launched today Saturday 13 April 2019 at the Welsh Labour conference in Llandudno. Published by the Women’s Equality Network (WEN) Wales and Oxfam Cymru, Feminist Scorecard 2019 covers 6 key policy areas and charts Welsh Government’s progress towards achieving equality for women and girls. The scorecard uses a […]
Read MoreToday we launch the outcomes of last year’s mentoring scheme designed to get more women into public and political life. Only 19 Welsh MPs, since 1918, have been women. Only 18% of Council Leaders in Wales are women. Despite the National Assembly for Wales being the first Parliament worldwide to achieve gender parity in 2006, […]
Read MoreFour years ago when I was in my early sixties I joined a political party for the first time in my life. It was in March 2015 and while watching the political reporting on the TV I felt compelled to be more active in politics because I feared that my life values and the hard […]
Read MoreFay Jones, a spokesperson for TV Licensing in Wales explains: Issues around gender equality are consistently in the media spotlight, but many people may not be aware of the action being taken by TV Licensing to tackle gender disparity in prosecutions. The Government’s independent review of TV Licensing enforcement in 2015, found that 70% of […]
Read MoreHilarie Owen is a successful director, author, strategist, founder and Chief Executive of the Institute of Leadership. In her blog she talks about her new book weLEAD: The route map for women leaders and inclusive organisations and the launch is on March in Cardiff, details below. Most organisations are aware of gender inequality and many are trying […]
Read MoreGwendolyn Sterk, Public Affairs Manager, at Welsh Women’s Aid writes about the Times Up movement in Wales. Time’s Up on inaction – we need to create the changes now! On January 2018 the international Time’s Up movement was launched as a unified call for change – together we’re calling time on sexual assault, harassment and […]
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