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January 18, 2016
The Guardian: Why the new women and work all-party parliamentary group matters

Minister for Justice and Equality-Frances Fitzgerald
April 18, 2015
Is not having children the price women pay for political success?

There are many advocates for gender quotas to help women advance in politics - including front-bench politicians like Frances Fitzgerald.

Younger women and the 2015 election
November 24, 2014
Millennials, not Mumsnet: Younger women and the 2015 election (United Kingdom)

Should politicians be appearing on programmes like the X Factor to reach new audiences?

Or should they be breaking down complex political subjects and putting them in simpler terms to get more potential voters interested?

Girls Matter
September 7, 2014
Girl guides venture into the political jungle: Movement calls for school lessons in 'body confidence' and equal numbers of men and women in Parliament in first manifesto

The Girl Guides once taught young women to cope away from civilisation with camping trips and nature skills.

Now, they are more concerned with helping them face the challenges of modern life.

August 16, 2014
Forget quotas for women Members of Parliament – time to limit the number of men

Rebecca Naden/PA Wire

Baroness Warsi
August 11, 2014
Why British women need a diplomatic coup

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Dido Harding, Karren Brady, Nosheena Mobarik and Joanna Shields
August 10, 2014
David Cameron brings tranche of young, tech-friendly women into the House of Lords (UK)

From top left, clockwise: Dido Harding, Karren Brady, Nosheena Mobarik and Joanna Shields  Photo: PA/Bloomberg

July 21, 2014
Lucy Powell-British Member of Parliament: We need to have even more women entering politics

Women in politics is high on the agenda this week after David Cameron's reshuffle which his own spin doctors rather unfortunately dubbed a ‘catwalk reshuffle’.

September 19, 2013
Lib Dem all-women shortlist considered post-2015, United Kingdom

The Lib Dems could introduce positive discrimination to redress the party's gender and ethnic imbalance, one of its cabinet ministers has said.