Section: Progress Magazine Articles

Older women are facing down unfairness  I was proud to be secretary of Labour’s Older Women’s Commission, chaired by Harriet Harman. Founded in 2012, we involved a diverse group of women who went around the country to listen to women aged over 50 and talk about what...

Other parties being appalling does not give Labour the right to be merely bad, argues Emma Burnell I am often told the Labour party does not need feminism any more. That I am complaining over nothing about women’s representation and role in our party. Or worse – that...

We need to open the door to real diversity, writes Bonnie Greer Recently I joined Tottenham MP, David Lammy, along with two senior media professionals, in a meeting with representatives of Question Time. We wanted to talk about the flagship political programme’s lack...

Does International Women’s Day still matter? —Of course International Women’s Day still matters. Get ready for the usual shtick … we get paid less, raped more, and we are still left doing most of the caring, cooking and cleaning. Our bodies are still objects for...