#Love Your Vote - Stand Up as Women Count too !
Let's come together to celebrate the power women should represent in Parliament, and to make sure our voices are heard loud and clear!
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About this event
- Event lasts 2 hours 30 minutes
#Love Your Vote - Stand Up as Women Count too !
Welcome to our online event where we celebrate and support women in parliament! Join us on Thurs Jul 04 2024 at 12:30 PM BST for an empowering and informative session. Let's come together to discuss the importance of women's representation in politics and how we can all Stand Up to make a difference. Don't miss out on this opportunity to show your support and make Women Count.
We have a great line up of panellists to start the discussion rolling. Helen Pankhurst (founder of Centenary Action) will be joined by Lyanne Nicholl ( CEO of 50:50 Parliament), plus we have an invite to tea with Suffragette Emily Wilding -Davison, portrayed by actor Kate Willoughby.
A gathering for people of all ages, everyone is welcome to join our free event !
#Love Your Vote
In this year of democracy, where over half the world’s population have the opportunity to vote in nationwide elections, actor/campaigner Kate Willoughby invites you to take tea with suffragette Emily Wilding Davison. Emily will look back at the Votes For Women campaign and explore why she believes all our voices matter at the ballot box today. A specially created piece for the National Council of Women, on why voting is important for women to achieve an inclusive society. Through drama, discussion and online engagement this session is a call to action to #LoveYourVote.
Women Count - Centenary Action
Professor Helen Pankhurst CBE is a British women's rights activist, scholar and writer. She is the great-granddaughter of Emmeline Pankhurst and granddaughter of Sylvia Pankhurst, who were both leaders in the suffragette movement. In 2018 Pankhurst convened Centenary Action, a cross-party coalition of over 100 activists, politicians and women's rights organisations campaigning to end barriers to women's political participation.
Sign Up To Stand - 50:50 Parliament : 50:50 Parliament (5050parliament.co.uk)
Lyanne Nicholl is 50:50 Parliament's first CEO, taking over from Founder - Frances Scott - in late 2023. Lyanne has been in the charity sector for nearly twenty years, working for a range of different charities, including Birthrights, Elect Her and Young Epilepsy. Lyanne is also a writer and author, and her first book 'Your Postnatal Body' was published in 2022. Lyanne's keen interest in maternal healthcare is one of the drivers for her keen interest in women's representation on decision-making bodies. 50:50 Parliament is a cross-party campaign to help create gender balance in our elected bodies.