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Silver Action – an event by artist Suzanne Lacy

Our guest blogger is Lovejit K. Dhaliwal, a London-based journalist, documentary-maker and academic. I’ve got to say I was excited about attending this event at the Tate Modern in London, but wasn’t...

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This International Women’s Day Be the Change you Want to See in the World –...

Caroline Watson is Co-founder and Director of Progressive Women  This International Women’s Day is a time of reflection on the progress women have made towards equality in society, and of course, the...

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Women-only communities: feminism’s past or future?

  The only sound to be heard is the clack of my shoes on the hard floor as I step inside the chapel for Vespers. Twenty Carmelite nuns stand before me undisturbed and immersed in prayer. They live in...

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Progressive Women Making It Happen! Spring Leadership conference

We’re delighted to launch ticket sales for our May leadership conference, Making it Happen, with a keynote speech from Dame Tessa Jowell MP. This one-day event addresses the deficit of women in...

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Making it Happen: more details announced

We’re so excited about our forthcoming Leadership conference on 11 May. Tickets are selling out fast, and we’re delighted to announce the agenda for the day Progressive Women Making it Happen:...

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Alice Walker and thoughts on western feminism

Caroline Watson, Director of Progressive Women, writes on how Alice Walker has shaped her thinking of the limitations of western feminism. I was lucky enough to have the chance to join the audience for...

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Remembering Margaret Thatcher

For all those who care about drive, determination and representation, the passing of Margaret Thatcher should be a moment of great personal significance, writes Progressive Women committee member,...

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Daring Greatly

Emma Ward works for an addiction charity and is co-director of Progressive Women On Saturday May 11th I was privileged to be a part of the Progressive Women Spring Conference, ‘Making it Happen’. The...

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There are fabulous women in film, let’s see more of them!

By Director and Co-founder of Progressive Women, Caroline Watson The comic strip in which the Bechdel test first appeared in 1985 Who would have thought the Metro would be leading the way on feminist...

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Learning to love your body

Guest blog from Lizzie Bailey, a second year sociology student at Durham University, and also the founder and chief presenter at lookPositive In our society we are facing an epidemic of people with low...

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