The academy system was introduced to our schools under New Labour. Removing schools from the control of local authorities, it was initially meant for failing schools, as a last resort where all other strategies for improvement had failed. When Labour left office in 2010, there were only 200 academy schools in England, about 1% of all state schools. Under the Conservatives, the policy has accelerated and 80% of secondary schools and over 25% of primary schools are now academie

If ever there was a time for women’s voices to be heard more fully – it is now. Fabiana Issue No.13, brings the tragedies of the early...

Swedish MP Laila Naraghi and former Special Advisor to Sweden’s Foreign Minister Margot Walstrom, widely regarded as the world’s greatest...

From January to October 2016, at least 102 UK women were killed by men. According to the Counting Dead Women project, this is one woman...

Our Autumn Fabiana edition on Internationalism skilfully edited by committee member Ellie Cumbo is now available for your enjoyment....

With applications for the next cohort of our mentoring programme open (23 May to 15 June 2015), we hear from former mentee Sara Hyde on...

The new issue of Fabiana is now available to download here:

Women need role models. Having more women in top roles would encourage the rest of us to climb the career ladder and challenge gender...

By Gabrielle Bourke and Abi Wood Over the last 10 years, England and Wales have experienced a baby-boom, and the number of midwives simply hasn’t kept up. Almost 80 per cent of NHS trusts don’t meet the recommended ratio of one midwife to 28 births, and despite the on-going baby-boom, 50 trusts and boards employed fewer midwives in 2012 than 2011. The Royal College of Midwives estimates that England is currently short of 5,000 midwives. The Women’s Institue (WI) , the UK’s la

By Charlotte Proudman Women have always been at heart of the Labour party. As early as the 1900s Labour was evolving as a ‘women’s...

By Sarah Hutchinson Jeremy Hunt’s recent announcement about social care funding has been met with a mixture of cautious relief that...