Helen Pankhurst
@helenpankhurst
Activist & Academic - Advisor to CARE International, Convenor of Centenary Action Group and GM4Women2028, Prof at MMU, Chancellor of UOS
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03-05-2011 11:08:27
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Team CARE are very excited to be setting off on Stylist Magazine's #StrongWomenTrek on this beautifully sunny morning😎 Massively grateful to Stylist and all the amazing trekkers for their generous support: 10% of all ticket revenue will be donated to CARE!
Thanks to Stylist Magazine for organising a fabulous 22km walk in the Surrey Hills, creating time for many a conversation. Grateful for the support to CARE International UK, the ice cream & snacks…and the goodie bag at the end! Lisa Smosarski, Jo Broughton Mareen Buschmann
Congrats to Nusrat Ghani MP, Caroline Nokes and Judith Cummins MP for being elected Deputy Speakers of the House of Commons. Look forward to hearing their ‘Order, Order’ & their engagement - with many others - in the modernisation and feminisation of Parliament 💜💚💜 Centenary Action
At the last election women were 42% more likely than men to be turned away due to voter ID rules, according to DemocracyVolunteers. This is worrying. #SheVotes24. Centenary Action Fawcett Society Elect Her 50:50 Parliament
Interesting from Ellie Chowns. With so many new MPs it's time to revisit modernisation esp gender/diversity sensitive reform. Sarah Childs and I wrote a report for Centenary Action recommending reforms based on the different ways of working in HofC in Covid
Care is the backbone of our society and all of us will be dependent on it in different forms at some point in our lives. Do our policies reflect this reality - globally? bmj.com/content/386/bm… CARE International UK Cherie Blair Foundation for Women The BMJ
NEW: In the British Medical Journal today our adviser Helen Pankhurst sets out why Governments, including the UK's Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office Anneliese Dodds, should invest in #CaringEconomies in the UK and globally. The BMJ bmj.clicksocialimg.top/rkl3ejz
We stand in solidarity with everybody affected by the attacks and riots in the UK. Violence, racism and islamophobia are unacceptable, whether on our streets or anywhere. Here at CARE International UK we regularly see firsthand the kindness of people in this country, when people give to
In the face of racist & Islamophobic rioting we stand with all those uniting & working against hate & violence. In particular, in sisterhood with the MPs who themselves have been - and continue to be - on the receiving end of abuse & intimidation. Compassion in Politics The Jo Cox Foundation
This week our Senior Advisor Helen Pankhurst joins Alice Levine & Matt Forde on the British Scandal podcast to discuss the impact the Pankhurst family has had on Britain. Helen is the great-granddaughter of Suffragette activist Emmeline Pankhurst and granddaughter of Sylvia
Very sad to hear of the passing of the inspiration and trailblazing Nicky Gavron (1941-30/8/2024). Deputy Mayor of London, a Labour member of the London Assembly, a local community activist in North London, feminist, environmentalist….Also the mother of wonderful Sarah Gavron
Wonderful event last night organised by Centenary Action bringing businesswoman, female campaigners and cross-party politicians together. The room was🔥 Working together to improve representation, rights, resilience for women and girls, as well as wider equality
The Suffragette line of the London Overground: to help me better understand the new name, I met international activist (& great-g’daughter of Emmeline Pankhurst!) Helen Pankhurst and the awe-inspiring comedian Cally Beaton Namaste Motherf**kers podcast 🙏, for TfL’s podcast #MindTheGap ▶️link.chtbl.com/MindTheGap