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The Fawcett Society is the UK’s leading membership charity campaigning for gender equality and women’s rights. If you believe in a society where no one is prevented from reaching their full potential because of their gender, join us today. Work with us. Join our movement for women's rights. We campaign for gender equality.

2006 Equality Act receives royal assent on 16 February: extends religion or belief and sexual orientation regulations to cover service delivery as well as employment; places a positive duty on public authorities to promote gender equality; and requires each to produce a gender equality scheme (GES) and

Huge advancements have been made in the battle for gender equality over the past 150 years and the good fight rages on. Let’s take a moment to celebrate the hard-won achievements of the UK’s feminist movement. 1866 1500 signatures are collected for a petition for women’s votes which is presented to the House of Commons by John Stuart Mill. 1867 The London Society for Women’s Suffrage ...

By Tim Lambert 1135-1154 Matilda claims the throne of England but there is another claimant called Stephen and the two fight a long civil war 1553 Mary Tudor becomes queen of England. She is the first woman to rule England in her own right. 1637 Amye Everard Ball is the first woman in England to… Continue reading A Timeline of Women’s Rights UK

(www.pcsproud.org.uk) 1929 The first general election in which women are allowed to vote occurs. The election is sometimes referred to as the ‘Flapper Election’ due to the thousands of women turning out to vote. (www.bbc.co.uk) Women become ‘persons’ in their own right, by order of the Privy Council. (www.bbc.co.uk) 1930s & 1940s

In our mission to increase the awareness of Diversity and Equality in the UK, this timeline has been built to not only remind us of how far we have come, but to show there is still much more we can do to improve. ... Gender Recognition Act 2004 allows people to legally change gender. The United Kingdom Gender Recognition Act becomes law on the ...

10 | Promoting Gender Equality in UK History: A Second Report and Recommendations for Good Practice Abbreviations | 11 • Include everyone, staff and students, in discussions about how to improve gender equality for all historians. The RHS is committed to promoting gender equality through dedicated events and by dissemination of good practice. ...

20 June 1912: Dora Marsden argues in The Freewoman that sexual equality will never be achieved under a capitalist system. 20 June 1912 : Millicent Garrett Fawcett and the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies took the decision to form an electoral alliance with the growing Labour Party , as the only political party which really supported ...

Royal Historical Society report highlights gender inequality in UK History. A new report published today (6 November 2018) by the Royal Historical Society (RHS) recommends steps to promote gender equality in UK History, following the RHS’s recent report on race in UK History.Recent spotlights on the #MeToo movement, “Everyday Sexism”, and the centenary of women’s suffrage in have ...

The journey of gender equality in UK politics is a testament to the resilience and determination of countless individuals who have fought for change. From the early suffragettes to modern-day trailblazers, the landscape of gender and politics in the UK has undergone profound transformations.

Gisela Bock, ZWomens History and Gender History: Aspects of an International Debate, Gender and History 1 (1989) Kathleen Brown, Zrave New Worlds: Womens and Gender History, William and Mary Quarterly, 3rd ser., 50/2 (1993) T. Ditz, The New Mens History and the Peculiar Absence of Gendered Power: Some Remedies from Early American Gender History ...

1975: The Sexual Discrimination Act makes it illegal to discriminate against women due to their gender in the workplace, education, and training. 1979: Margaret Thatcher becomes the first female Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. 1985: The Prohibition of Female Circumcision Act makes female genital mutilation illegal.

The report presents an opportunity to build upon findings and recommendations of the British Council’s recent report onGender equality and empowerment of women & girls in the UK: Meeting the Challenge of the Sustainable Development Goals and forms a basis for developing international discussion and dialogue about these vital issues and ...

The RHS report 'Promoting Gender Equality in UK History' The report on 'Race, Equality and Ethnicity in UK History' Image History Books. Credit: Kevin Harber via Flickr; Media contact Natasha Downes. tel: +44 20 3108 3844. E: n.downes [at] ucl.ac.uk

The final piece in the legal story is the introduction of the Equality Act 2010 (Gender Pay Gap Information) Regulations 2017. Employers with 250+ staff were forced to report salary figures for ...

Steps must be taken to promote gender equality to ensure more women view history as an academic option and profession, according to a new report published by the Royal Historical Society (RHS) and ...

Introduction. As the Equality Bill goes through parliament we should reflect on why it is now possible for a government credibly to propose a statutory duty on public authorities to address the inequalities experienced by members of their workforce and the communities due to their gender, race, religion, age disability, sexual orientation or socio-economic difference, and to ban discrimination ...

These new laws from the 1960s and 1970s marked a huge step forward for women’s rights and equality. From the legalisation of abortion to the enactment of anti-discrimination legislation, each milestone represented a critical step towards dismantling entrenched gender norms and empowering women to fully participate in society.

The UK ranked 14 th globally and 11 th in the European region in the WEF’s Global Gender Gap Index 2024, with a score of 0.789 out of 1 for its gender parity. The 2024 country analysis showed that the UK was doing significantly better in markers relating to “Educational Attainment” and “Health and Survival” compared to “Economic ...