!["Despite their lead in the polls, Labour cannot rest on its laurels and take the women's vote for granted."](https://pukstaging.politics.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/cnphoto_0_0_0_0_14124997_1200-1024x683.jpg)
Gender Equality
!["Despite their lead in the polls, Labour cannot rest on its laurels and take the women's vote for granted."](https://pukstaging.politics.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/cnphoto_0_0_0_0_14124997_1200-1024x683.jpg)
!["One of the questions for politics now will be how much of the harassment of women was known about"](https://pukstaging.politics.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/cnphoto_0_0_0_0_14124624_1200-1024x683.jpg)
![O'Mara has resigned from the Women and Equalities Committee](https://pukstaging.politics.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/cnphoto_0_0_0_0_14124550_1200-1024x471.png)
!["That the poorest BAME women have been hit hardest by austerity shouldn't be a surprise to anyone."](https://pukstaging.politics.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/cnphoto_0_0_0_0_14124415_1200-1024x683.jpg)
!["There is nothing wrong with acknowledging the race of the men involved in cases involving grooming gangs but there is a way of doing that without suggesting that all Pakistani men are rampaging around the country raping white girls"](https://pukstaging.politics.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/cnphoto_0_0_0_0_14113248_1200-1024x1006.jpg)
!["Boots say they receive "frequent" complaints from people who "voice their disapproval" that the company sells the morning after pill at all"](https://pukstaging.politics.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/cnphoto_0_0_0_0_14123687_1200-1024x678.jpg)
!["Online abuse is the same as real-world abuse in at least one respect: More often than not, it comes from men"](https://pukstaging.politics.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/cnphoto_0_0_0_0_14119229_1200-1-1024x684.jpg)
![MDU logo](https://pukstaging.politics.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/cnphoto_0_0_0_0_14124256_1200-2-1024x506.png)
Red Whale, a leading provider of lifelong learning and education for GPs and primary care clinicians, has joined the Medical Defence Union (MDU) group, it was announced today. The two organisations, which came together on 31 October 2023, will work hand-in-hand to develop new ways of supporting healthcare practitioners with their educational and professional needs…. Read more »
![Wales Humanists launches report on 100 years of disestablishment](https://pukstaging.politics.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/cnphoto_0_0_0_0_14123216_1200-10-1024x297.png)
The Disestablishment of the Church of England Bill had its first reading in the UK Parliament today. The Bill would disestablish the Church of England and remove the automatic right of bishops to sit in the House of Lords. Humanists UK, which campaigns for a secular state, welcomed the introduction of the Bill. The Bill,… Read more »
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One woman in fifty years isn’t political correctness gone mad, or going too far. It’s barely even starting
!["At a time when we should be seeing an upward trend when it comes to women MPs, a regression on 8th June would be shameful"](https://pukstaging.politics.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/cnphoto_0_0_0_0_14117577_1200-4-1024x681.jpg)
For the first time in 20 years women’s representation in parliament could go backwards
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!["There is one consequence of the law that is not often spoken about and which has potentially helped vulnerable women"](https://pukstaging.politics.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/cnphoto_0_0_0_0_14121082_1200-2-1024x678.jpg)
!["The government's controversial new two-child limit for tax credits is problematic for many reasons - not least because of its gendered impact"](https://pukstaging.politics.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/cnphoto_0_0_0_0_14121470_1200-1024x683.jpg)
!["The fear is so bad that on average a woman will have been assaulted 35 times before her first call to the police."](https://pukstaging.politics.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/cnphoto_0_0_0_0_14122519_1200-1-1024x683.jpg)
![Humanist UK logo](https://pukstaging.politics.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/cnphoto_0_0_0_0_14123216_1200-11-1024x297.png)
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