The Obsession With Emotion
The media – and the public – are obsessed with emotion, even more so when it comes to female politicians. Continue reading The Obsession With Emotion
Author: Aine Lagan
Founder and Editor of HerHouseUK
The Greatest Takeaway from “Making Margaret”? Not Much Has Changed In 40 Years
How much has the reality for women in politics changed since Thatcher became PM forty years ago? “A Very British Revolution” shows it has hardly changed at all. Continue reading The Greatest Takeaway from “Making Margaret”? Not Much Has Changed In 40 Years
Don’t Forget The Women of Northern Ireland
A “heartbeat” bill has been signed in Georgia in the United States to bring in a ban on abortion after six weeks, and Alabama has just past the most restrictive anti-abortion legislation since Roe v Wade. While social media has rightly been in uproar over this, people seem to have forgotten that abortion is illegal somewhere much closer to home. Continue reading Don’t Forget The Women of Northern Ireland
‘Small is great’ : The Annual CFID Lecture with Penny Mordaunt
Conservative Friends of International Development (CFID) work to promote effective international development and Conservative values, and this year, their annual lecture saw Penny Mordaunt, Secretary of State for International Development and Minister for Women and Equalities deliver a keynote speech. Established in 2011 by Baroness Jenkin, CFID aims to: encourage enterprise, opportunity and aspiration for every family, no matter where they live; foster a UK … Continue reading ‘Small is great’ : The Annual CFID Lecture with Penny Mordaunt
The Climate Strike Chants Show The Fatal Flaw In The “Sisterhood”
Shouting “Theresa May is a f*cking w*ore” outside Downing Street achieves nothing other than to show how one sided your “sisterhood” is. Continue reading The Climate Strike Chants Show The Fatal Flaw In The “Sisterhood”
Sister Suffragette : 101 Years Since Votes For Women
101 years later, we have our second female Prime Minister and 209 female Members of Parliament currently in the House of Commons Continue reading Sister Suffragette : 101 Years Since Votes For Women
“As Conservatives, we believe in equal opportunities. So actually, if you’re a Conservative, you need to be a feminist”.
“Being a feminist is believing in equal opportunities, for both women and men. As Conservatives, we believe in equal opportunities. So actually, if you’re a Conservative, you need to be a feminist”. Continue reading “As Conservatives, we believe in equal opportunities. So actually, if you’re a Conservative, you need to be a feminist”.
Women and Work APPG Launches “How To Recruit Women for the 21st Century” Report And Toolkit
The report and its accompanying toolkit “aims to go some way towards bridging the gap between the willingness to commit to a more balanced gender distribution in the workplace and the challenges of achieving this”. Continue reading Women and Work APPG Launches “How To Recruit Women for the 21st Century” Report And Toolkit
Government Launches Consultation to Tackle Maternity Discrimination
New parents shouldn't face discrimination when they go back to work 🙅 That's why we've launched a new consultation looking at boosting legal protections for new parents. Find out more 👉 https://t.co/LxmQiA3b9S #IndustrialStrategy @KellyTolhurst pic.twitter.com/vJrAqJdO0w — Dept for BEIS (@beisgovuk) January 24, 2019 More than 50,000 women are forced out of their job every year as a result of maternity discrimination. Research conducted by the … Continue reading Government Launches Consultation to Tackle Maternity Discrimination
One Year Trial on Baby Leave Proxy Voting
A decisive step forward in modernising Parliament and turning it into a modern workplace, which doesn’t penalise a member for their family circumstances. Continue reading One Year Trial on Baby Leave Proxy Voting
