155: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, 05/5/2011, United Kingdom Ref (electoral reform) 2011

When out campaigning, especially in the run up to elections I often encounter women who say they do not vote. This is one area of life where socio-economic status does not seem to be a factor, with mums on council estates and women living in detached mansions all saying the same thing.

The Scottish Government has “betrayed women and girls” by failing to progress legislation designed to protect them, an opposition MSP has claimed.

Last year, the SNP administration said the protected characteristic of “sex” would be added to the Hate Crime Act.

Elon Musk’s X “is not doing enough to keep its customers safe online”, a minister has said, as the UK government prepares to outline possible action against the platform over the mass production of sexualised images of woman and children.

New research from the University of St Andrews has found that increases in women’s parliamentary representation within a country are related to enhanced public trust in the national parliament. 

The Commons women and equalities committee has decided to stop using X after the social media site’s AI tool

Theresa May, Britain’s ex-prime minister, says that rather than reaching for social media the second major news breaks, former world leaders would be better off taking a step back and bringing

Labour has cancelled its national women’s conference and restricted all-women shortlists as it awaits full guidance from the equalities watchdog, drawing criticism from transgender rights and gender-critical campaigners.

As Liberal MP Pam Damoff prepares to leave politics, she joins other Canadian women MPs in warning that growing threats and harassment are

British MP Jess Phillips describing the online attacks she has received from Elon Musk in recent days as “very, very, very tiring” will have struck a chord with many women.

Kemi Badenoch has become the new leader of the UK Conservatives and the first black woman to lead a major political party in the UK.

Last week saw a change of Government and a brand-new cohort of MPs (335 new MPs) elected; but with all this churn how representative is our new House of Commons?

Abuse of female election candidates is becoming worse, say candidates, activists and charities.

Today’s Guardian report

The rapid evolution of artificial intelligence (AI) has prompted many experts to warn about its impacts on democracy. To explore this issue further, the IPU is preparing a series of articles on the topic.

Whether it’s pay gaps, medical misogyny, an

Herald on Sunday research shows that despite promises to act from most parties, just a third of all the candidates selected to fight the next general election are women.

A female Labour MP has reported a shadow frontbench MP to the Metropolitan police, claiming he sexually assaulted her.

Only 18 of 382 councils have minimum gender representation parity, say equality charities

As Nicola Sturgeon quits, online vitriol continues to leave female politicians fearing for their safety

Nicola Sturgeon has announced she will stand down after eight years as First Minister, telling a press confer

Women’s groups express concern as just 23% of those named to new PM’s cabinet are female.

Queen Elizabeth II, the world’s longest-serving head of state who led her subjects for more than seven decades, has

First black chancellor of the exchequer among prime minister’s appointees.

Liz Truss will become Britain’s next prime minister after winning a resounding victory over Rishi Sunak in the bitterly fought Conservative leadership contest.

The 2022 election has seen more women elected to Jersey's government than ever before.

A total of 51% of the newly-elected deputies are women, and women now make up 43% of the overall government.

The Welsh Government is to press ahead with plans to increase the number of Senedd members despite opposition from senior Conservatives.

Nicola Sturgeon has opened up about the challenges of being a woman in politics and warned social media abuse is starting to put women off.

'A proud moment for us,' says Dalit body after Midha's election; she represents the Labour Party.

PLANS to reform Welsh politics hope to see the Senedd expanded to 96 members, with gender quotas and a shake up of constituencies with each selecting multiple members.

Voters in Northern Ireland have returned a record number of women to the Assembly.

Of the 90 MLAs elected to Stormont, 32 are women – an increase from 33pc in 2020 to just over 36pc.

UK government faces growing pressure to tackle sexual misconduct in Westminster as Kwasi Kwarteng rejects idea of inherent sexism.

LONDON (AP) — Women from across British politics called Monday for action to tackle misogyny after a newspaper ran a story accusing the deputy opposition leader of trying to “distract” the prime minister during debates by crossing and uncrossing her legs.

Basic Instinct’ attack on Angela Rayner condemned by Boris Johnson as ‘misogynistic tripe’

Officials and activists had urged more women to stand after none of the female candidates were elected in 2017.

Councillor Rhiannon Spear shared her experience as women from across the political parties called for an end to the 'toxic' atmosphere in politics, which causes many female councillors to step down.

Virtual Senedd meetings should continue long after Covid to make politics accessible to all, a politician with an eight-year-old son has said.