Have YOU joined Liberal Democrat Women?
Liberal Democrat Women will formally come into being on 8 June, the culmination of 18 months’ work bringing together the party’s existing women’s organisations: Campaign for Gender Balance and Women...
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Opinion: Gender quotas are the sensible way forward
‘In every aspect of life in which women are undervalued, under-represented or exploited we are dedicated to achieving equality.’ (from the Preamble of the Constitution of Liberal Democrat Women) John...
View ArticleLiberal Democrat Women reacts to Morrissey report
The three acting c0-chairs of Liberal Democrat Women, Dinti Batstone, Tam Langley and Miranda Whitehead have issued a statement on behalf of the organisation giving their reaction to Helena Morrissey’s...
View ArticleOpinion: The week after the Morrissey Report – what will you do?
Last week Helena Morrissey published the results of her inquiry into how the Liberal Democrats handled allegations of sexual harassment. In our 24 hour news cycle, this may already seem like old news....
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Opinion: The Gender Agenda: What Liberal Democrat Women can do for women...
On May 22nd I’m fighting my first local election as a candidate. I’ve been stuffing envelopes and knocking on doors for other people for 8 years, but with a seat on Islington Council in the balance,...
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The Gender Agenda #3: Is there such a thing as “Women’s Policy”?
I was long-winded last time so let’s try brevity: yes, and no. When people talk about ‘women’s policy’ they usually mean one of three things: 1. Policies which only affect women directly: men (apart...
View ArticleWhy are police forces getting away with misogynistic, victim-blaming rape...
I was horrified to hear this afternoon that Sussex Police are launching a campaign to encourage women to stay together to avoid the possibility of rape and sexual assault. This is what they tweeted...
View ArticleOpinion: “Victim-blaming” 101: why sexual assault is different to other crimes
Sussex Police has produced a campaign poster encouraging women to stick together on a night out to reduce their chances of sexual assault. There are so many ways this poster is stupid: it perpetuates...
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