2 Sep, 2010
95% of respondents said that the recent increase in women MPs of 2.5% is unacceptable, with 45% supporting comulsory quotas for the House of Commons and 62% advocating them for... More
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24 Aug, 2010
Only a quarter of Australian MPs elected at the recent general election are women, a fall of almost 3% from the pre-election level. The percentage of women in the Australian House... More
20 Aug, 2010
Forty years ago the Equal Pay Act was passed, yet recent research by the Chartered Management Institute shows that at the present rate of progress it will be at least... More
21 May, 2010
The new Government's promise to 'shake up democracy' has dumped the contents of the recent all-party Speaker's Conference Report on Parliamentary Representation. Earlier this year the Speaker’s Conference on Parliamentary Representation... More
7 May, 2010
Thursday's General Election has resulted in the election of 142 women MPs - only 22% of the total 649. At the dissolution of parliament in April, there were 126 women MPs... More
30 Apr, 2010
Figures puiblished by CFWD today show that just 21% of general election candidates are women - a mere 1% more than in 2005 and only 3% more than... More
23 Apr, 2010
Between them the three main political parties are fielding a record number of women candidates for the 2010 general election. Overall, 25% of candidates for the Conservative, Labour and... More
20 Apr, 2010
CFWD's analysis of recent polls suggests that, although there will be a small increase in the number of women MPs, the percentage increase is unlikely to exceed 5%. This would... More
15 Mar, 2010
The Fawcett Society, together with other organisations including CFWD, has launched a campaign called 'What About Women'. They have written to all the political parties to ask their views on... More
4 Mar, 2010
The latest round of elections across the world has seen the UK slip from 69th to 73rd place (out of 187 countries) in the international league table of women’s representation... More
11 Feb, 2010
On Monday 8th February Costa Rica elected its first female president in a landslide victory. The ruling party candidate, Laura Chinchilla, was elected after gaining 47% of the vote putting her... More
10 Feb, 2010
Harriet Harman and the Spanish Equalities Minister Bibiana Aido Almagro co-hosted the 2nd Women in Power Summit in Cadiz on 3rd February. This event brought together an unprecedented number of EU... More
3 Feb, 2010
As the General Election creeps ever closer, the Centre for Women & Democracy is preparing three projects for the election period. Firstly, we will be looking at how women fare at... More
11 Jan, 2010
CFWD has welcomed the final report of the Speaker’s Conference, published this morning, which has accepted the main proposals in CFWD's submission to it. Women currently constitute just 19.5% of Members... More
3 Dec, 2009
A new bill submitted to the French parliament this week will, if passed, require half of all board members of leading French companies to be women by 2015. At present, just... More
2 Dec, 2009
The Equalities & Human Rights Commission has announced that it has issued compliance notices to three local authorities warning that they need to take steps immediately to address gender inequality... More
30 Nov, 2009
The National Childbirth Trust has today released a report suggesting that many women returining to work after maternity leave are not receiving the support they need. They surveyed 1,500 women... More
19 Nov, 2009
Big business is failing to get more women onto its boards, a new report says. The Cranfield School of Management's 2009 Female FTSE report shows that, despite much hype and discussion during... More
18 Nov, 2009
Prior to the Queen's Speech, there had been some speculation that the Equalities Bill might not be included in it. However, it has survived any hypothetical axe there may have... More
13 Nov, 2009
Tate Britain has named its first female director. Dr Penelope Curtis was selected to replace the current director, Dr Stephen Deuchar who is leaving after eleven years in the post. In... More
13 Nov, 2009
Last year the gender pay gap narrowed very slightly, according to a report from the Office of National Statistics (ONS). Pay rates for full-time women workers rose by 4%, whilst... More
10 Nov, 2009
The World Health Organisation's new report on the health of women and girls has found that, although women live longer than men, they are not necessarily either healthier or happier. The... More
6 Nov, 2009
New research shows only 15% of candidates selected through open primaries for seats where the MP is retiring are women. Initial work by the Centre for Women & Democracy (CFWD) has... More
5 Nov, 2009
It may be more than 400 years since the Gunpowder Plot, but it's also 137 years since the American suffrage campaigner Susan B Anthony tried to make a different point about the... More
31 Oct, 2009
Today marks the 25th anniversary of the assassination of Indira Gandhi, then prime minister of India. She remains a figure who inspires mixed feelings at home as well as abroad,... More
30 Oct, 2009
Today is Equal Pay Day, a reminder that the UK is still some distance away from achieving true equal pay, and that women are still significantly underpaid in many areas.... More
29 Oct, 2009
There has been a lot of conjecture recently about the possible candidates for the roles of the permanent President of EU Council and the Foreign Policy Chief, who will also... More
5 Oct, 2009
As regular visitors to our site will notice, the CFWD website has had a makeover. The main content of the site has remained the same and we will continue to... More