On 24 October approx. 400 women and men from across the country descended on Westminster for our Feminist Lobby of Parliament. They were joined by Helen Pankhurst, great granddaughter of Emmeline Pankhurst, as well as the ‘Olympic Suffragettes’. The campaigners were calling on MPs to stop the growing attacks on women’s rights and to start driving progress on women’s equality forwards.
Read our press release.
Media coverage of the Feminist Lobby of Parliament:
- Debate: Is Feminism Dead? | Grazia, 26.10.2
- Suffragettes are on the march again – for real equality | The Times, 25.10.12
- UK Feminsta: voices that can’t be ignored | New Statesman, 25.10.12
- The Metro, 25.10.12
- BBC News at Ten, 24.10.12
- Equal Pay Victory | Channel 4 News, 24.10.12
- Feminist activists urge ‘women’s voices’ to be heard as they rally in Parliament | BBC Daily Politics, 24.10.12
- Sky News, 24.10.12
- BBC Breakfast, 24.10.12
- Radio 5 Live, 24.10.12
- BBC News Channel, 24.10.12
- BBC World, 24.10.12
- BBC Parliament, 24.10.12
- Emmeline Pankhurst’s granddaughter leads parliament rally for women’s rights | ITV News online, 24.10.12
- Suffragette’s great-granddaughter leads march on Parliament | The Guardian, 24.10.12
- ‘Suffragettes’ hold rally for equal rights for women | The Guardian, 24.10.12
- Pay discrimination: the equality trap | The Guardian, 24.10.12
- UK Feminista Suffragettes To Rush Parliament | Huffington Post, 24.10.12
- Suffragettes Storm Parliament As Part Of UK Feminista Lobby (PICTURES) | Huffington Post, 24.10.12
- Pankhurst brands parliament ‘an old boys’ club’ | Evening Standard, 24.10.12
- In pictures: modern-day suffragettes protest outside parliament | Scotsman online, 24.10.12
- In pictures: Suffragettes storm the Houses of Parliament for feminist lobby | Time Out, 24.10.12
- Landmark win for women’s equal pay | Morning Star, 24.10.12
- Dr Helen Pankhurst: David Cameron should reverse cuts to childcare support for low-income families | The Telegraph, 23.10.12
- Women in north-east bear brunt of cuts | The Guardian, 23.10.12
- What does feminism mean to you? | The Guardian, 22.10.12
- Feminism – a spent force or fit for the 21st century? | The Observer, 21.10.12
- Kat Banyard: ‘We were sold a lie on an almighty scale, that equality had been won, the battle was over’ | The Guardian, 14.10.12
- Radical by birth | The Independent, 14.10.12
- Dr Helen Pankhurst | BBC Woman’s Hour, 12.10.12
- Women’s rights run in my veins, so I’ll be joining a new march on parliament | The Guardian, 21.8.12
- Olympic suffragettes regroup for women’s rights march on parliament | The Guardian, 19.8.12
COMMENTS