Contact Info
Centre for Women & Democracy
2 Blenheim Terrace
Leeds
LS2 9JG
Tel: 0113 234 6500
E-mail: info@cfwd.org.uk
Welcome to The Centre for Women & Democracy
News & Events
> CFWD News
25 Jan, 2012
 Tarja Halonen, Finland's hugely popular first female head of state, will stand down this year after serving two six-year terms....
23 Jan, 2012
 Over 400 people attended last week's ‘How to elect more women?’ conference in Dublin to discuss the Irish government's proposed...
> Fawcett News
http://www.fawcettsociety.org.uk
29 Nov, 2011
The Fawcett Society has responded to the Chancellor’s Autumn Financial Statement ...
23 Nov, 2011
The latest figures from the Office National Statistics show little progress. ...
16 Nov, 2011
Women's financial independence is under threat as 1.09 million women are out of the workforce. ...
Recent Reports
In Our Own Words
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"There is a special place in Hell reserved for women who do not help other women."
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"How anyone who has seen the effect of the women's interest upon public affairs could believe in dictators, I can't conceive."
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"In societies where men are truly confident of their own worth, women are not merely tolerated but valued."
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"When the Founding Fathers said 'we, the people', they did not mean me."
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"I know from my own experience that there is no limit to what women can do."
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"One never notices what has been done; one can only see what remains to be done."