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A member of the world’s most famous feminist family, Helen Pankhurst talks about feminism, her hopes for her children, and what men can do to help the movement

A member of the world’s most famous feminist family, Helen Pankhurst talks about feminism, her hopes for her children, and what men can do to help the movement

And as the UK marks the centenary of the first limited suffrage for women, the link to today's struggle will be highlighted when the march is led by 30 women dressed as suffragettes […]

“Rape victims suffer trauma and shame and the majority don’t report it.But even if they did, how many women want their child to […]

Refuge services for survivors of domestic violence have been decimated by the public-sector funding cuts, UNISON’s women’s conference heard

Dr Helen Pankhurst addresses UNISON women’s conference

UNISON’s women’s conference votes to support the ageing female workforce

General secretary backs Birmingham strikers as he speaks to ‘the biggest gathering of women trade unionists in this country’

"She shows me that you can be a mother, wife, daughter, sister and engineer if you wish.” Conference voted to: work with branches and regions to create a […]

UNISON president and hospital catering assistant Margaret McKee gives rousing speech to women’s conference

The Abortion Act became law 50 years ago this week on 27 October 1967

There is a memorial in Westminster to the brave women who fought for women’s suffrage, but one of the key campaigners doesn’t feature on it.

The commitments that were made to women members almost a quarter of a century ago matter as much today as they did then – and as we approach our union’s 25th anniversary celebrations, we must return once again to those commitments, and renew them for the next quarter century to come.

We used the results to brief our service groups and self-organised groups on key equality issues for their bargaining and organising agendas. Take […]

National conference calls on ILO to count girls in forced childhood marriage as child labour