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We are proud of our members & recognise that not all women experience the same barriers to participation in politics & so want to take some time today (and every day) to celebrate the women of colour on our exec and in our network #WomenInPolitics #RepresentationMatters #Shero
Our exec member, the brilliant Cllr @JosieChanner has a book coming out next week - Diary of a Prison Officer. You can join us for the launch event here. eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launch-…
Our exec member, the wonderful @TaiwoOwatemi was elected as Coventry North West’s first Black MP in Dec 2019. A former NHS pharmacist, she is now part of the Shadow Home Office team and is already making waves in parliament with her intellect, calm approach and wisdom.

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Oct 1, 2020
Thanks to everyone tuning in tonight! Do you have a question for @shaistaAziz or @kate_murray? Let us know #FWNwriting
.@shaistaAziz highlights the importance of knowing what you believe and knowing what you think. If you can crack that, you can crack writing to be heard. #FWNwriting
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Professor Neena Modi is up first. She's setting the scene first with some keys fact: black women are 5 times more likely to die during pregnancy than white women #FWNLab20
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Sep 18, 2020
We cannot wait for #LabourConnected starting tomorrow with Women Connected.

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Please check our our events in this thread ⤵️⬇️
First up tomorrow we have Women Leading In The North East with @joy4bishoptown @JessieJoeJacobs and chaired by @abigailmashall. @Keir_Starmer
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Sep 16, 2020
🗳On #DemocracyDay we point out that

👩Men still hold more than 66% of the seats in the UK parliament despite a record number of women elected in December.

👩🏿Only 34% of councillors are women.
👵Only 24.3 per cent of all national parliamentarians were women as of February 2019, a slow increase from 11.3 per cent in 1995.

👩🏾Rwanda has the highest number of women parliamentarians worldwide, where, women have won 61.3 per cent of seats in the lower house.
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Jun 16, 2019
Only one week to go until the application window for cohort 9 of our award winning mentoring scheme closes!

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Here's a few testimonials from our previous cohorts to inspire you: @RachaelLoftus from our very first cohort in 2011.

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.@unsachaudri from cohort three says the programme gave her confidence to stand for elected office!

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