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  • Government Equalities Office to join Cabinet Office

    The Minister for Women and Equalities Penny Mordaunt has announced that on 1st April 2019 the Government Equalities Office will move to Cabinet Office

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Hampton-Alexander Review speech

    Minister for Women Victoria Atkins: Speech at the launch of the Hampton-Alexander Review 2018

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • FTSE companies urged to appoint more women leaders

    Figures published today in the Hampton-Alexander Review's 2018 report show a welcome increase in the number of women in FTSE 350 leadership positions.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Penny Mordaunt: "I see a chamber filled with powerful and strong women".

    Speech by Minister for Women and Equalities and Secretary of State for International Development at the Women MPs of the World event in the House of Commons.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Elected women from around the world tackle gender equality

    Women parliamentarians will sit in the House of Commons for an historic event to push for progress on women’s equality.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • £2.6 million to improve lives of LGBT people

    More school children will be protected from homophobic, biphobic and transphobic bullying following a £1 million extension to a successful programme as part of the government’s LGBT Action Plan, Minister for Women and Equali…

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • LGBT Advisory Panel Recruitment

    The Government Equalities Office has begun an open application process to select members for the government’s LGBT Advisory Panel.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Women Mean Business speech

    Women and Equalities Minister Penny Mordaunt: Speech at The Telegraph's Women Mean Business event on Wednesday 31 October.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Facts about the Gender Recognition Act consultation

    There has been inaccurate speculation in the media this weekend about the Gender Recognition Act.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • UK government and Bloomberg L.P. announce partnership to promote and improve reporting on gender equality in the workplace

    New partnership unites public and private sector goals of accelerating women's economic empowerment around the globe.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • £500,000 awarded to organisations helping to tackle causes of the gender pay gap

    Funding to help people who have taken lengthy career breaks to care for others get back into work announced by the Minister for Women, Victoria Atkins.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Everyone will benefit if men include more women in top roles

    Minister for Women and Equalities Penny Mordaunt has told men in leadership roles, everyone will benefit if we address “the inequalities of the gender pay gap.”

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Men as Change Agents speech

    Women and Equalities Minister Penny Mordaunt: 'Men as Change Agents' speech at event hosted by The Duke of York at St James's Palace on Thursday 6 September.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Fortunes of mankind depend on the talents of womankind

    An op-ed from the Minister for Women and Equalities, Penny Mordaunt, has been published in today's (Friday 7 September) Telegraph.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • More than £400,000 awarded to organisations increasing diversity in politics

    Grant funding will directly benefit over 2,000 people across the country.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • 100% of UK employers publish gender pay gap data

    For the first time ever, 100% of UK employers identified as being in scope of gender pay gap regulations have published their data.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Baroness Williams’ speech: LGBT action plan launch event

    Minister for Equalities Baroness Williams’ speech at the launch event of the LGBT Survey Research Report and the LGBT Action Plan.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Launch Event: LGBT Action Plan 2018

    Minister for Women and Equalities Penny Mordaunt’s speech at the launch event of the LGBT Survey Research Report and the LGBT Action Plan.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Government announces plans to reform process of changing legal gender

    Government launches the Gender Recognition Act consultation on how to make it easier for transgender people to change their legal gender on birth certificates.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • New government action plan pledges to improve the lives of LGBT people

    On Tuesday 3 July, we published the LGBT Action Plan: Improving the Lives of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender People.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government