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Oct 1, 2020 14 tweets 9 min read
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
Sep 22, 2020 32 tweets 9 min read
We're starting our webinar on Black Women's Maternity Health 🤰🏿 You can quickly sign up and watch here us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regist… #FWNLab20 Image 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
Sep 18, 2020 7 tweets 9 min read
We cannot wait for #LabourConnected starting tomorrow with Women Connected.

#LAB2020 #fabianfringe
#fwnlab20

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
invited.
Book via Labour Women Connected

labour.org.uk/labour-connect…
Sep 16, 2020 5 tweets 1 min read
🗳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.
Jul 29, 2020 4 tweets 2 min read
Our exec member, the inspirational Cllr @shaistaAziz has just begun a new role as Head of Media and Comms at @SolaceWomensAid and has been appointed as a commissioner for the Oriel College Independent Inquiry into the Rhodes Statue. Our exec member, the awesome Cllr @abigailmashall is doing wonderful work in leading FWN North, for all our sisters across the NW, NE, Yorks & Humber. Abi is a huge encouragement to everyone on our EC and we are so grateful to have her expertise on our committee.
Jun 16, 2019 5 tweets 4 min read
Only one week to go until the application window for cohort 9 of our award winning mentoring scheme closes!

Apply to change your life, by midnight 23rd June: fabianwomen.org.uk/mentoring/ Image Here's a few testimonials from our previous cohorts to inspire you: @RachaelLoftus from our very first cohort in 2011.

Apply by 23rd June fabianwomen.org.uk/mentoring/ Image
Dec 18, 2018 10 tweets 6 min read
Thank you so much to all those who joined us for our AGM and festivities last night.
We had a wonderful evening with friends old and new.
We couldn’t be more grateful for the support of @unisontweets for their constant support, and for hosting us in their beautiful building. 🙌 Thank you also to our fantastic speakers - to @RachelReevesMP, who reminded us just how special the places that women occupy in politics are, how hard our sisters fought to get us here and how much more there is to be done. Image
Nov 27, 2018 10 tweets 6 min read
Today the 8th cohort of our brilliant Fabian Women’s mentoring scheme were in Brussels, learning about the European Parliament, cross-European solidarity, and the wonderful work MEPs do.

A huge thank you to @maryhoneyball for once again, hosting and supporting the mentees. Fabian Women on tour in the European Parliament!

Thank you again to @maryhoneyball for showing us around. Image
Jul 9, 2018 11 tweets 6 min read
We are very excited for our fabulous fundraising dinner tonight, and about hearing from a range of fantastic speakers.

We couldn't put on our range of events throughout the year without this fundraising dinner, so please do come along if you can: eventbrite.co.uk/e/phenomenal-f… We are delighted that our new general secretary @JennieGenSec will be joining us tonight- truly an inspiration for women in the party and beyond. Image
Mar 20, 2018 4 tweets 2 min read
A huge thank you to the speakers in our sessions so far.

We were lucky to have Stephen Pearse, General Secretary of @EuroLabour and Jessica Watts, Head of Office for the EPLP leader, speak to us about how the Labour Party works within the EU. Image Next, we were thrilled to be joined by @SueHayman1 who is also visiting Brussels on her shadow DEFRA brief. Great to hear about environmental issues from Sue, and have the chance to pick her brains on policy! Image
Feb 27, 2018 7 tweets 5 min read
Less than a week to go until our fantastic event on the Next Generation of Suffragettes - hearing from the women who are fighting today's gender equality battles.
Let us introduce them all properly 👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼

(and sign up to come here: facebook.com/events/3981050… ) First up is @stellacreasy - a feminist champion in and outside of parliament. Come listen to Stella next week - all details here: facebook.com/events/3981050… Image