FWN has been working with the Labour Women’s Network on bringing you a women’s hustings event. We are delighted to announce that both Jeremy Corbyn and Owen Smith have agreed to attend on Monday 5th September at 6.30-8.30pm in the Houses of Parliament. The hustings present a unique opportunity for us to ask both candidates exactly how they will lead for women. Both candidates have signed LWN’s #leadforwomen pledges, one key pledge being to support a rule change for at least

Jo Cox was an all-round amazing Labour woman. We, Fabian women, are shocked, troubled and devastated by the news of the tragic and brutal death of a sister, role model and friend. She touched the lives of all who met her and there is a gaping hole in our movement today. We want to pay tribute to her work: as Chair of the Labour Women’s Network, Jo championed the role of women in public life and worked relentlessly to increase the number of female MPs. She had a long establish

Come and join our fabulous Fabian Women fundraising dinner in central London on Monday 11 July 2016. The summery surroundings of Tas EV will host us for a delicious 3-course dinner, with the first drink thrown in! There’ll be political chat aplenty, as we hear from the Shadow Business Secretary, Angela Eagle MP , FWN President and Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Seema Malhotra MP, Dan Jarvis MP and writer and Guardian columnist Owen Jones . There’ll be entertainment

Following the astounding success of the first five years of the Fabian Women’s Network mentoring and political education programme, we...

With 1 million more women voters than men eligible to vote in the EU referendum and 23% of women still undecided about which way to vote,...

Come and join our fabulous Fabian Women fundraising dinner in central London on Monday 6 June 2016. As we pause for a brief break between...

The next round of applications for the Fabian Women’s Network mentoring Programme will open on Friday May 27th 2016 and close on July 1st...

We are delighted to publish the Spring 2016 edition of Fabiana magazine. The theme of the issue is ‘Devolution: power to the people?’ Contributors include Kate Green MP, Angela Rayner MP, Cllr Judith Blake, Sarah Ditum, Cllr Nick Forbes, and Cllr Sarah Hayward. To download a pdf copy of the magazine, click here or on the image below.

We are delighted to launch ‘Footprints in the sand‘, the latest evaluation report on our mentoring and political education programme....

17 November 2015, 6.30pm | Fabian Society, 61 Petty France, London SW1H 9EU We are delighted to announce that the Fabian Women’s Network...

We are delighted to publish the September 2015 edition of Fabiana, ‘ The Seas of Change: what direction should the democratic left take? ‘, edited by Reema Patel and Paulina Jacubek. Our contributors, including Seema Malhotra MP, Keir Starmer MP and Kate Green MP, seek to explore the challenges ahead for Labour and the centre-left in the face of a Conservative majority government. Click here to download a PDF copy. Featured articles: Never Underestimate Your Opponent – Kezia

We are delighted to be holding two public fringe events at this year’s Labour party conference in Brighton (27-30 September). > Click here to download a copy of the Labour party conference edition of Fabiana. Have we taken women for granted? – in partnership with the LGA Labour Group Sunday 27 September, 12:30 – 13:45 Holiday Inn, 137 Kings Road, Brighton BN1 2JF Confirmed speakers: Helen Goodman MP (member, Treasury select committee) Fiona Twycross AM (economy and fire s

Monday 13 July, 6.30-8.30pm | Fabian Society, 61 Petty France, London SW1H 9EU We would like all our members and friends to join us for our annual summer gathering at the Fabian Society’s offices. As ever, it will be opportunity to get to know each other, talk politics and network. Since the election we are delighted to have had many new members sign up. We look forward to working with all of you so we can play a crucial role in the Labour movement in the months ahead. We a

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...

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

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

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

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

** Please note that applications for the 2015 cohort have now closed. ** Following the astounding success of the first four years of the...

Ahead of the next round of applications for our mentoring programme, we hear from former mentee Shama Tatler on her experience of the...