LOCAL EVENTS:
EQUALITEAS -
24 June at 15:00–17:00 - HIGH WYCOMBE -
Wycombe Labour Women's Forum are inviting all left-leaning women to our 'EqualiTEA' party to mark 90 years since the Representation of the People (Equal Franchise) Act became law. What does it mean to you to have the same democratic rights as everyone else? Join together with people from all over the country to celebrate this historic Act in 1928, which gave all men and women over 21 the equal right to vote. Why a tea party? Historically, tea parties were hotbeds of political activism. It was one of the few ways women could meet without men to discuss and plan. The leading suffrage organisations used tea parties and tea shops as central elements in their campaigning. They were excellent spaces to increase awareness, discuss tactics and raise money. It will be free to attend, and is a women only event (children are very welcome, too) but not restricted to those with Labour party membership - invite your female friends, relatives and neighbours to share, debate and celebrate what equality means to you. It is being held in our Women's Officer Abi's back garden and (to keep her address off our public page) the exact location will be sent to those that reply. It is less than 10 minutes walk from Wycombe town centre, there's plenty of free parking and the garden is accessible to all. And if the weather is not on our side there will be space indoors.
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EQUALITEAS -
24 June at 15:00–17:00 - HIGH WYCOMBE -
Wycombe Labour Women's Forum are inviting all left-leaning women to our 'EqualiTEA' party to mark 90 years since the Representation of the People (Equal Franchise) Act became law. What does it mean to you to have the same democratic rights as everyone else? Join together with people from all over the country to celebrate this historic Act in 1928, which gave all men and women over 21 the equal right to vote. Why a tea party? Historically, tea parties were hotbeds of political activism. It was one of the few ways women could meet without men to discuss and plan. The leading suffrage organisations used tea parties and tea shops as central elements in their campaigning. They were excellent spaces to increase awareness, discuss tactics and raise money. It will be free to attend, and is a women only event (children are very welcome, too) but not restricted to those with Labour party membership - invite your female friends, relatives and neighbours to share, debate and celebrate what equality means to you. It is being held in our Women's Officer Abi's back garden and (to keep her address off our public page) the exact location will be sent to those that reply. It is less than 10 minutes walk from Wycombe town centre, there's plenty of free parking and the garden is accessible to all. And if the weather is not on our side there will be space indoors.
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Brace yourselves...
10 reasons why men opposed votes for women By Francesca Gillett BBC News
10 reasons why men opposed votes for women By Francesca Gillett BBC News
Key 2018 anniversaries:
6th February 1918 Representation of the People Act (100 years) -
All men over 21 and some women over 30 were granted the vote for the first time
21st November 1918 Parliament (Qualification of Women) Act (100 years) -
Gave women over 21 the right to stand for election as an MP. 1918 General Election (100 years)
General Election 14 December 1918 (100 years) -
Women over 30 (and all men over 21) vote in a General Election for the first time
1928 Representation of the People (Equal Franchise) Act (90 years) -
Gave women electoral equality with men
1958 Life Peerages Act (60 years) -
Female and male life peers could be members of the Lords
6th February 1918 Representation of the People Act (100 years) -
All men over 21 and some women over 30 were granted the vote for the first time
21st November 1918 Parliament (Qualification of Women) Act (100 years) -
Gave women over 21 the right to stand for election as an MP. 1918 General Election (100 years)
General Election 14 December 1918 (100 years) -
Women over 30 (and all men over 21) vote in a General Election for the first time
1928 Representation of the People (Equal Franchise) Act (90 years) -
Gave women electoral equality with men
1958 Life Peerages Act (60 years) -
Female and male life peers could be members of the Lords
WOMEN IN PARLIAMENT
6th FEBRUARY 2018: A CENTURY SINCE SOME WOMEN FIRST GOT THE RIGHT TO VOTE
To mark that important anniversary Radio 4 has been asking experts to come up with their suggestions for the most influential British woman of the century in the fields of music, engineering and technology, art and architecture, maths and science, sport, business and workplace, politics and public life, law and human right, fashion and design, and literature
HEAR THE PODCASTS
To mark that important anniversary Radio 4 has been asking experts to come up with their suggestions for the most influential British woman of the century in the fields of music, engineering and technology, art and architecture, maths and science, sport, business and workplace, politics and public life, law and human right, fashion and design, and literature
HEAR THE PODCASTS
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"BBC Radio 3 announces new choral commission by Pankhurst relatives BBC Radio 3 announces a brand new choral commission to mark the 100th anniversary of women’s suffrage in the UK. The Pankhurst Anthem is a choral work with music by composer Lucy Pankhurst and text by women’s rights activist and writer Helen Pankhurst based on words by her great-grandmother Emmeline. Written to be performed in two parts, Echoes of Emmeline is followed by Anthem, which features an uplifting melody designed to be easily learnt, sung by any number of voices and especially composed with the view to encouraging music-lovers across the UK to perform the piece themselves to mark the anniversary year together. The BBC Singers conducted by Hilary Campbell will perform The Pankhurst Anthem in an online premiere available to view on the BBC Radio 3 website from the 100th anniversary of women’s suffrage on Tuesday 6 February..." read more |
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IWD march and rally in Reading
Walk With Women
8th March 2018
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local activists will speak on the importance of solidarity in the UK and internationally with the struggles women face, with personal accounts from DPAC, Trans activist, Palestinian rights activist from Jewish voices for Labour, a trade unionist, and others to be confirmed.
Walk With Women
8th March 2018
facebook.com/walkwithwomenReading
local activists will speak on the importance of solidarity in the UK and internationally with the struggles women face, with personal accounts from DPAC, Trans activist, Palestinian rights activist from Jewish voices for Labour, a trade unionist, and others to be confirmed.
Your Story, Our History 2018
To mark 100 years since some women gained the right to vote, new #YourStoryOurHistory films will be released on 6 February, exploring how the laws passed by Parliament have changed the lives of women.
Tobi’s story explores the Representation of the People Act 1918. Tobi shares her first voting experience and explores the impact of women’s franchise on women from all walks of life.
Sarian’s story looks at the Female Genital Mutilation Act 2003. Born in Sierra Leone, she talks about how the Act protects her and her children from FGM since moving to the UK.
Courtenay & Therese's story looks at the impact on women of the act that created the National Health Service, and the 1967 Abortion Act.
The Your Story, Our History films are part of a series which explore how Parliament has impacted on people’s lives. You can also view our series on race relations and the LGBTQ+ community.
Watch Your Story, Our History films
To mark 100 years since some women gained the right to vote, new #YourStoryOurHistory films will be released on 6 February, exploring how the laws passed by Parliament have changed the lives of women.
Tobi’s story explores the Representation of the People Act 1918. Tobi shares her first voting experience and explores the impact of women’s franchise on women from all walks of life.
Sarian’s story looks at the Female Genital Mutilation Act 2003. Born in Sierra Leone, she talks about how the Act protects her and her children from FGM since moving to the UK.
Courtenay & Therese's story looks at the impact on women of the act that created the National Health Service, and the 1967 Abortion Act.
The Your Story, Our History films are part of a series which explore how Parliament has impacted on people’s lives. You can also view our series on race relations and the LGBTQ+ community.
Watch Your Story, Our History films
FEATURING LOCAL WOMEN
PROFILE:
EMAIL TO FEATURE A LOCAL WOMAN YOU FEEL MAKES OR HAS MADE A NOTABLE OR LASTING CONTRIBUTION TO OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY
GUEST SPEAKERS AT MAIDENHEAD CLP MONTHLY MEETING:
Anneliese Dodd Labour MP Oxford East Guest speaker at Maidenhead CLP meeting May 24th 2018 8pm Friends Meeting House West Street |
WHERE WE ARE:
STREET STALLS IN MAIDENHEAD:
STREET STALLS IN MAIDENHEAD:
GENDER PAY GAP STREET STALL
DATE: tbc
TIME: 10am to 12md
LOCATION: outside Wilkos, High Street, Maidenhead
DATE: tbc
TIME: 10am to 12md
LOCATION: outside Wilkos, High Street, Maidenhead
1 Gender pay gap:
Gender pay gap regulations (GPGR) enforced by the Equalities and Human Rights Commission (EHRC). Private and voluntary sector employers with 250 or more employees must report the required pay gap information annually, this year it will be by 4th April 2018. Public sector employers in England must publish the required information by 30 March 2018.
'Equal pay day':
highlights when a woman on an average wage stops being paid relative to their male counterparts which last year was on Nov 10th, although in some areas it is in September such as in Maidenhead last year! In Windsor and Maidenhead men earned £5.43 per hour more than women. The gender pay gap here is 27.9%. This is equivalent to women working unpaid from 20 September. Nationally, if the mean average pay gap for full time workers of 14.1% closes at the rate it has over the last five years, it won't reach 0% until 2117.
Equality and Human Rights Commissions Gender Pay Gap Regulations (GPGR) -
guidance on reporting requirements
Reporting Enforcement Plan for GPGR
1 Gender pay gap:
Gender pay gap regulations (GPGR) enforced by the Equalities and Human Rights Commission (EHRC). Private and voluntary sector employers with 250 or more employees must report the required pay gap information annually, this year it will be by 4th April 2018. Public sector employers in England must publish the required information by 30 March 2018.
'Equal pay day':
highlights when a woman on an average wage stops being paid relative to their male counterparts which last year was on Nov 10th, although in some areas it is in September such as in Maidenhead last year! In Windsor and Maidenhead men earned £5.43 per hour more than women. The gender pay gap here is 27.9%. This is equivalent to women working unpaid from 20 September. Nationally, if the mean average pay gap for full time workers of 14.1% closes at the rate it has over the last five years, it won't reach 0% until 2117.
Equality and Human Rights Commissions Gender Pay Gap Regulations (GPGR) -
guidance on reporting requirements
Reporting Enforcement Plan for GPGR
WOMEN AND AUSTERITY STREET STALL
tbc :DATE
10am to 12md :TIME
outside Wilkos, High Street, Maidenhead :LOCATION
tbc :DATE
10am to 12md :TIME
outside Wilkos, High Street, Maidenhead :LOCATION
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2 Women and Austerity: Women lose more than men and black and Asian households lose more than white households. Taken together this sees the poorest Black and Asian women triply disadvantaged by income, gender and ethnicity Huffington Post article: women hit hardest by austerity In 2010 Teresa May warned of “real risks” saying that “women, ethnic minorities, disabled people and older people will be disproportionately hit by cuts” Guardian: Due to a toxic concoction of institutional racism and sexism, under austerity working class BME women are hit the hardest Low-income black and Asian women are paying the highest price for austerity. By 2020 they will have lost nearly double the amount of money poor white men have The research Women's Budget Group and The Runnymede Trust |
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WHERE WE ARE GOING:
what needs to be done to achieve gender parity?
what needs to be done to achieve gender parity?
THE GUARDIAN:
Women's rights: 100 revolutionary years
End domestic violence, vanquish trolls and defeat body shame: feminist fights for the next century. One hundred years after suffrage, there is still so much to campaign for. Women including Jo Brand and Archie Panjabi set out the change they would like to see by 2118 – from unisex loos to challenging the dominance of male desire
Women's rights: 100 revolutionary years
End domestic violence, vanquish trolls and defeat body shame: feminist fights for the next century. One hundred years after suffrage, there is still so much to campaign for. Women including Jo Brand and Archie Panjabi set out the change they would like to see by 2118 – from unisex loos to challenging the dominance of male desire