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We must develop new ways of working to support women across all walks of life

The saying: ‘if you want a job done, give it to a busy woman’ holds particularly true in a year in which we have all faced a great many challenges – and nowhere more so than in the world of Westminster.

Ladders for Leaders: How can we ensure others overtake us in the working world?

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07 Mar Education

Ladders for Leaders: How can we ensure others overtake us in the working world?

The key to continually improving society is just that - continuous improvement. By its very definition, it is the ongoing betterment of our society. The only sustainable way we can ensure progress doesn’t stop, or even worse recede, is to pass on our successes to others to help them overtake us.

11 Jan Communities

We must celebrate Westminster's female role models if we're to attract more women to a career in politics

08 Oct 2021 Social affairs

Time to call a truce in the culture wars. Rather than stir up division, let’s seek solutions that bring people together

Whether it is the politics of gender, race, religion, sexual orientation, age, or disability, there is always someone ready to offend and be offended.

15 Mar 2021 Home affairs

Caroline Nokes Says Too Few Women On Violence Against Women Taskforce Is Emblematic Of Gender Inequality In Cabinet

Caroline Nokes has accused the government of risking not being “taken seriously” on equality until it appoints a permanent women’s minister to attend future taskforce meetings.

10 Mar 2021 Social affairs

Government’s Leading Equality Advisor Resigns Over Creation Of "Hostile Environment" For LGBT+ People

This government has created a "hostile environment" for LGBT+ people, according to its own leading equality advisor.

08 Mar 2021 Education

Inspiring the next generation: Women in Westminster 100 is back!

After last year’s hugely successful inaugural list, The House magazine’s Women in Westminster: The 100 is back; once again celebrating the outstanding achievements of women in public life, by recognising one hundred women who have inspired in their sector in the world of Westminster.

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09 Feb 2021 Social affairs

EHRC chair responds to report from Women and Equalities Committee

Baroness Kishwer Falkner, Chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission, said:

09 Jul 2020 Political parties

Boris Johnson should ‘put it right’ and apologise for care home comments after backlash, says senior Tory MP

Boris Johnson should say sorry for appearing to criticise care home workers over their response to the coronavirus pandemic, a senior Conservative MP has said.

02 Apr 2020 Coronavirus

We cannot afford to leave anyone behind in our response to coronavirus

The Government’s response to Covid-19 risks exacerbating existing inequalities for the most vulnerable. This is why the Women and Equalities Committee has launched an inquiry to examine this further.

27 Feb 2020 Political parties

Caroline Nokes MP: 10 years in Parliament has turned me into a feminist. It is like arriving in a boys’ prep school

Ahead of International Women's Day, the new chair of the Women and Equalities Committee Caroline Nokes talks to Georgina Bailey about the prime minister’s “ill-judged” comment, the women she most admires, and why the mute button is everyone’s friend