Women account for over half of the UK population, and yet they make up just 22% of our parliament. The gender balance in UK Parliament and in our own party is far from representative and we hope you will join us in our effort to change this.
Liberal Democrat conference has gone online and we are looking forward to seeing you there! Here are some of our highlights to look out for.
LDW is delighted to have our newly elected women MPs at our fringe meeting on Monday, 18 September. Chaired by Baroness Lorely Burt, this promises to be a cracker of a meeting. So, come along, listen and be ready with your questions.
The Fawcett Society are also working with with indie band Bon Iver on their campaign 2 A Billion to tackle violence against women and girls.
Liberal Democrat Women strongly reject the apparent proposals which would restrict the ability of trans women to use women’s single-sex spaces.
Recently, the Fawcett Society and the Institute for Public Policy Research looked at women both as elected representatives and as candidates. The results were quite stark.