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Our campaign to get out the women’s vote
On Tuesday 11th June 2024 Centenary Action launched our initiative to get out the women’s vote as part of the #SheVotes24 - Putting women at the heart of the election campaign....
Making Parliament Work for Women Event
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...
Women in Business Network
Many women in business not only support the campaign for a gender equal Parliament, and the issues that sit behind the campaign, but are themselves at the forefront of ensuring...
Making Women’s Votes Count
On Thursday 21st March 2024 we brought together a stellar panel of women's civil society leaders to discuss how to Make Women's Votes Count at the upcoming election. If you...
Action for women’s representation across the globe
2024 is poised to be an unprecedented milestone in the annals of global democracy, heralding the most expansive election year in history. Globally, more voters than ever in...
Joint statement with Disability Rights UK on the Government’s Disability Action Plan
Joint statement from Disability Rights UK and Centenary Action on the Government's Disability Action Plan, Feb 2024. Despite recognising the disproportionate barriers that...
Centenary Action at the Democracy Network conference
Centenary Action was pleased to join the Democracy Network's January conference. Helen Pankhurst was on the 'Where now for representation?' panel discussion speaking about the...
Why women should consider a career in politics event in Birmingham
On Thursday 30th November 2023 we brought together 40 women interested in politics to hear from our inspirational panel of speakers. On the panel we had Labour MP Paulette...
Over 40 organisations call for the reinstatement of the Access to Elected Office Fund
With our partners the Disability Policy Centre and Disability Rights UK, Centenary Action coordinated a joint statement calling for the reinstatement of the Access to Elected...
Centenary Action joins We Belong Here – A Women’s Take Over of the Senedd
On Saturday 21st October 2023 Centenary Action joined women in Wales taking over the Senedd for WEN Wales and Elect Her's We Belong Here- A Women's Takeover of the Senedd event....
Centenary Action at Party Conferences 2023
Centenary Action attended Lib Dem, Conservative and Labour conferences this year. We enjoyed catching up with our connections in the different parties and attending some great...
Roundtable with the Jo Cox Foundation
On Wednesday 18th October Centenary Action and the Jo Cox Foundation hosted a cross party roundtable with Centenary Action members and others working to increase women's...
Centenary Action welcomes Labour’s commitment to #Enact 106
At the Labour Party Women's Conference Anneliese Dodds announced that Labour would #Enact106 of the Equality Act so that parties have to publish diversity data on candidates....
Joint submission to the government’s Disability Action Plan consultation
On 6th October 2023 Centenary Action, Disability Rights UK, Disability Policy Centre and Elect Her submitted the below response to the government's Disability Action Plan...
Online roundtable on the Government’s Disability Action Plan
On Wednesday 13th September, in collaboration with Elect Her, Disability Policy Centre and Disability Rights UK, we held two online roundtables on 'What do disabled women...
Letter from Naomi Long
We received this letter from Naomi Long, leader of the Alliance Party, in response to Helen Pankhurst's letter about out our #GenderEqualParliament pledge.
Letter from Maria Caulfield MP
Letter from Maria Caulfield MP, Minister for Women, in response to Helen Pankhurst's letter about our #GenderEqualParliament pledge.
Letter from Keir Starmer MP
We received this reply from Keir Starmer MP, Leader of the Labour Party, in response to a letter sent from Helen Pankhurst about our #GenderEqualParliament pledge.
Statement on the Government’s Disability Action Plan Consultation
“We are pleased to note that as part of the Government’s Disability Action Plan Consultation, they will be reviewing the past and present forms of funding for disabled...
Celebrating Women MPs in Parliament
As part of our #celebratingwomenMPs campaign we brought together over 100 women in parliament to celebrate the achievements of women MPs and call for more women to be selected...
Centenary Action joins Scotland’s Women GatHER
On Sat 24th June 2023 women took over the Scottish Parliament for an inspiring day of panel discussions and workshops about how women can get involved in politics. The event was...
Letter to Party Leaders
As part of our #celebratingwomenMPs campaign we wrote to Rishi Sunak and all the party leaders asking them to pledge to support actions that will deliver a gender equal...
Helen Pankhurst interviewed by Frances Scott
Helen was interviewed by Frances Scott, founder of 5050 Parliament, for Chamber magazine. You can watch the interview here: https://youtu.be/vFVzQLS0GUQ and read the article...
Increasing the participation of women of colour in politics
We were delighted to be able to work together with Muslim Women's Network UK, Elect Her and 5050 Parliament to bring together a group of inspirational women from across the...