Depressing statistics marked the start of the More Women More Power campaign, launched in the House of Commons today. Vera Baird, the solicitor general, told the event organised by One World Action, that on average women earn 17.4% less than men doing the same job. Before 1997, just 9% of MPs were women and today that figure is still only 19.4%. Even with Labour's all-women shortlists, Baird ...

Today we have published Women and Recession, a report considering the impacts that this downturn will have for women in formal employment. While we are not arguing that women will be affected more than men we highlight that women will be hit more by this downturn than previous recessions, and that...

Harriet Harman MP, Labour's Deputy Leader, in a speech to Labour's Women's Conference, said: I'm delighted to see you all here today and excited to hear all you've got to say. It is right to remind ourselves why we are meeting as women, as Labour women, today. It is because we want to meet together as women, party members, MEPs, MPs, councillors, trade union women, Labour ...

Women working full-time in the UK get paid 17% less than men. As this is equivalent to women working the last two months of the year for free, the Fawcett Society have calcuated that today marks women’s no pay day - from today until the end of the year many women are effectively working for...

More than 500 women will meet at Labour Women’s Conference to discuss what women want and to demand action from the Government to stop women bearing the brunt of government cuts. Labour women are coming together at a crucial time to discuss the fact that women are being hit twice as hard as men by the tax and welfare changes being brought in by this Government. Changes to women’s pensi...

Harriet Harman, Deputy Leader of the Labour Party, today joined Stella Creasy and women parliamentary candidates in Walthamstow to release 'Your voice, Your choice' profiling Labour's women candidates and setting out the mechanisms put in place to improve women's and minority representation. Nominations for the General Election close today and Labour is fielding more women cand...

Two women MPs standing down today as a result of the MPs expenses scandal provides a timely reminder to us activists that it could mean even fewer women MPs in the next Parliament. Labour has by far and away the best record of the mainstream political parties on seeking to get more women elected to the House of Commons. (Footnote to 50+% of the electorate - which party is on your side?). There hav...

More than 500 women will meet at Labour Women’s Conference to discuss what women want and to demand action from the Government to stop women bearing the brunt of government cuts.

From his Daily Mail column today: Women who get drunk are more likely to be raped than women who do not get drunk. No, this does not excuse rape. Men who take advantage of women by raping them, drunk or sober, should be severely punished for this wicked, treacherous action, however stupid the victim may have

291 women and 4559 men have been elected to the House of Commons since women were enfranchised in 1918. So those shouting "not in my name" and "meritocracy" to argue against the possible means of all women shortlists do have a prima facie case to answer. But David Cameron's claims that his party gets it enough to continue if he fell under a bus is rather challenged by the ferocity of the resp...