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Poverty pathways: ethnic minority women's livelihoods
Tue, 30 Jun 09
This new report looks at why ethnic minority women as a group experience considerably higher rates of poverty than White women in the UK.
Postcode lottery for victims of rape continues with a growing gap in conviction rates between police force areas
Wed, 10 Jun 09
The Fawcett Society has obtained the latest available figures on rape conviction rates from the Government which demonstrate that the postcode lottery for victims of rape continues.
Fawcett comments on cabinet reshuffle and appointment of Alan Sugar to Government
Mon, 8 Jun 09
Fawcett comments on the backsliding on women's representation in the cabinet reshuffle and appointment of Alan Sugar to Government.
Fawcett responds to loss of four of the most senior women in British politics
Tue, 2 Jun 09
Three senior female Labour MPs have announced their resignation and Britain's first female home secretary Jacqui Smith will be standing down in Gordon Brown's cabinet reshuffle.