On Tuesday 14th May we held an event in Parliament on ‘Making Parliament Work for Women’. We were delighted that Maria Miller MP sponsored the event and we had a fantastic cross-party panel of parliamentarians sharing their experiences and civil society experts sharing their recommendations.
Parliamentary panel:
Dame Maria Miller MP, Conservative MP and Chair of the Women in Parliament APPG
Ashley Dalton MP, Labour MP and Shadow Minister for Women
Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson, Crossbench member of the House of Lords
Kirsten Oswald MP, Scottish National Party MP and SNP Spokesperson for Women and Equalities.
Baroness Smith, Plaid Cymru member of the House of Lords
Civil society experts:
Su Moore, CEO of the Jo Cox Foundation
Alesha De-Freitas, Director of Policy, Research and Advocacy at The Fawcett Society
Fazilet Hadi, Head of Policy at Disability Rights UK
Chair: Professor Helen Pankhurst CBE, convener of Centenary Action