Suffrage Centenary

Prime Minister encourages young women to get into politics

18 JULY 2018: Over 500 women attended Fawcett and 50:50 Parliament ‘Courage Calls: Ask Her to Stand’ event for women interested in a career in politics.Read more

Tatty Devine Announces Partnership with Fawcett

21 MAY 2018: We are delighted to announce we will be launching a range with the iconic British jewellery brand Tatty Devine to celebrate the centenary year.Read more

Fawcett comments on call to grant suffragettes legal pardon

6 FEBRUARY 2018: Suffragette activism was for a noble cause and many of them became political prisoners. It would be a fitting tribute to pardon them now.Read more

100 Years Since Women First Won the Vote, U.K. Pessimistic about Achieving Gender Equality in Parliament

06 FEBRUARY 2018: Although today marks 100 years since the first women won the vote, less than half of young women think equal representation in Parliament will be achieved in their lifetime.Read more

Centenary of women’s suffrage a ‘missed opportunity’ unless barriers to political participation are removed, say campaigners

17 JANUARY 2018: Systems and culture have to change. Unless they do, we risk the 2018 centenary being a missed opportunity.Read more

Gillian Wearing announced as artist of Millicent Fawcett statue in Parliament Square

13 APRIL 2017: Gillian Wearing will be the first woman to create a statue for Parliament Square.Read more

Millicent Fawcett to be commemorated with statue in Parliament Square

02 APRIL 2017: Millicent Fawcett will be the first woman to be honoured in Parliament Square to mark 100 years since women first secured the vote.Read more

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Millions of young women being let down in workplace, says Young Women's Trust

13 SEPTEMBER 2018: Major new report from Young Women’s Trust has found that, despite the #MeToo movement and reforms including gender pay gap reporting, millions of women continue to lose out in the workplace – and mental health inequalities have got worse.

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Women’s representation in local government ‘stuck in the past’

10 SEPTEMBER 2018: In the centenary of women's suffrage, 97% of English councils remain male dominated, according to Fawcett Society analysis of council elections in May 2018.

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