Contact Info
Centre for Women & Democracy
2 Blenheim Terrace
Leeds
LS2 9JG
Tel: 0113 234 6500
E-mail: info@cfwd.org.uk
The Centre for Women and Democracy
We are an independent, non-partisan organization working to increase the representation of women at all levels of public life in the UK.
Candidate Watch
CFWD is now monitoring candidate selection in the three main political parties for the 2010 General Election. These figures will be updated regularly:
177
29.1%
131
22.5%
105
21.2%
Number of women candidates / percentage of party.
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News & Events
> CFWD News
As the General Election creeps ever closer, the Centre for Women & Democracy is preparing three projects for the election...
CFWD has welcomed the final report of the Speaker’s Conference, published this morning, which has accepted the main proposals in...
> Fawcett News
Fawcett has today launched a new report which examines the experiences of ethnic minority women as offenders, victims and workers...
The firewalk is a fundraising and awareness raising initiative. Fawcett supporters including Ken Livingstone, Sarah Waters, Tanika Gupta and Oona...
Speaking at the launch of the independent National Equality Panel report today, The Fawcett�s Society�s Chief Executive, Ceri Goddard, will...
Recent Reports
Quote of the Week
"I keep my ego in my handbag"
~ Nzogi Okonjo-Iweala, World Bank Managing Director and former Nigerian Finance and Foreign Minister
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Interesting Women
Vera, Lady Terrington was one of the first women to enter parliament, but was also the first woman MP to sue a newspaper for the way in which it portrayed...