Gender equality
Women’s History Month Profiles: Margaret Bondfield
Margaret Bondfield (1873-53) was the first female member of cabinet, and among the first women MPs not come either from an aristocratic background or 'take over' her seat from her husband, being elected with the first generation of women Labour MPs.
Women’s History Month Profiles: Mary Wollstonecraft
Wollstonecraft's writing seriously shows that the personal is political, for she took the fact her family viewed her education as less important than her brother’s and made it her political raison d’être.
Fawcett Society: We need positive action to break through the glass ceiling
Anna Bird, acting CEO of the Fawcett Society, outlines how far big business has to go on gender equality, and what strategies may help it to redress the balance.
We need to ensure UN Women doesn’t become another missed opportunity
It is crucial that women be given a strong voice at the highest levels of international development policy making, writes Anas Sarwar, Labour MP for Glasgow Central.
Leadership candidates in final plea for female vote
In a room packed with women, four men and one woman set out their pitches for being the Labour Party’s champion for women.