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...

Following the success of our joint LME/FWN event last summer, we are now setting up a programme of work on Women & Europe. We are...

Tuesday 28th January, 6.45pm for 7pm. Houses of Commons, Committee Room 6 Please allow at least 20 minutes to go through security. With: ...

FWN Committee 2013-2015 Shamshia Ali Ivana Bartoletti Ellie Cumbo Felicity Slater Susie Gilbert Farah Hussain Sara Hyde Sofie...

The Autumn 2013 edition of Fabiana is now available to download. Please click on the image to download a PDF version or click here for an...

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

The Fabian Women’s Network Public Speaking Club 18 December, 7-9pm, the Grimmond Room, Portcullis House (House of Commons) The Fabian...

The Conference is an exciting event being organised by London Labour women in London in support of International Women’s Day. Come and...

Following the astounding success of the first two years of the Fabian Women’s Network mentoring scheme, we are now recruiting our third...