A record number of women elected to Parliament
A record number of women have been elected to Parliament in the 2024 election, representing another milestone in the campaign to achieve gender balance in Parliament by 2030. When the House of Commons returns, women will have 263 (41%) out of 650 seats, up from 34% at...
Funding to allow NCW to engage more young women
In October 2023 NCWGB was delighted to receive funding from the International Council of Women, to improve our engagement with young women aged 16 to 30 years. The funds are to support work to engage young women who face disadvantage or discrimination. Several of our...
NCW calls for urgent climate action
NCW is using the opportunity of COP28 (the United Nations Climate Change Conference) to call on the international community to deepen and speed up action on climate change. Through the International Council of Women, NCWGB has access to the UN and will attend the...
Update on progress of the Media Bill
NCW Trustee Jan Leventhall attended the VLV (Voice of the Listener and Viewer) Autumn conference on 29th November and heard interesting debates on the future of Public Service Broadcasting and the Media Bill relating to our joint resolution with VLV on protecting...