Obama 2012: The people behind the numbers

Mary Hough Co-founder of Progressive Women writes of the last two and half years working for President Obama.

Back in 2009, Caroline, Brooke, and I set up Progressive Women, inspired in part by my experiences in the U.S. as a volunteer for the 2008 Obama campaign. Four years later, I’ve just finished working in the [...]

Why Should You Care About the Law on Sexual Harassment at Work?

A Briefing Note on the Repeal of the Law Protecting Women from Sexual Harassment at Work by Clients, Customers and Visitors

Harini Iyengar, a barrister who specialises in Employment and Discrimination law, provides a briefing note about the forthcoming repeal in the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill of a law which currently protects women from [...]

What does progress look like for today’s global female community?

Our guest blogger Vivien Cohen is a freelance writer and a regular commentator on human rights issues

In the fight for global female equality, it often seems that women have been doomed form the start. Blamed for original sin, we were responsible for all the ills in the world. In most religions in fact, women [...]