9 current inquiries
Inquiries allow committees to consider oral and written evidence on a particular topic. They usually result in the publication of a report.
Female entrepreneurship
Opened 30 January 2025
Misogyny in music: follow up
Opened 14 January 2025
Gendered Islamophobia
Written evidence:
Accepting
Deadline 7 April 2025
Opened 11 December 2024
Equality at work: paternity and shared parental leave
Opened 6 December 2024
Community cohesion
Opened 3 December 2024
Equality at work: miscarriage and bereavement leave
Report:
Published
On 15 January 2025
Govt. response:
Published
On 24 March 2025
Opened 29 October 2024
Tackling non-consensual intimate image abuse
Report:
Published
On 5 March 2025
Govt. response:
Due by
On 5 May 2025
Opened 28 March 2024
The rights of older people
Report:
Published
On 19 February 2025
Govt. response:
Due by
On 19 April 2025
Opened 20 September 2023
Women's reproductive health conditions
Report:
Published
On 11 December 2024
Govt. response:
Published
On 5 March 2025
Opened 25 July 2023
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Latest news
Women and Equalities Committee's call for statutory miscarriage bereavement leave to progress in the Lords, Government says
The Women and Equalities Committee’s “invaluable” report on miscarriage bereavement leave highlighted “the gap in support for women and their partners who experience a pre-24-week pregnancy loss”, the Government response has said.
24 March 2025
Women and Equalities Committee to hear evidence on paternity and shared parental leave reforms
The Women and Equalities Committee (WEC) will hear from HR professionals, a best practice employer, and trade unions on the priorities for reform of paternity and shared parental leave during the second evidence session of its inquiry, in Parliament on Tuesday, 25 March.
21 March 2025
Women and Equalities Committee to hear from faith groups on the barriers and aids to community cohesion
The Women and Equalities Committee (WEC) will hear from Jewish and Muslim faith groups during the second evidence session in Parliament on Wednesday, 19 March of its Community cohesion inquiry.
14 March 2025
Upcoming events
Wednesday
2 April 2025
2:00pm
Private
2:20pm
Public
Female entrepreneurship - Oral evidence
2 April 2025
2:20pm
- Debbie Wosskow OBE (Co-Chair at Invest in Women Taskforce)
- Jill Pay (Chair at The Gender Index)
- Stephen Welton CBE (Chair of Board at British Business Bank)
3:20pm
- Professor Ute Stephan (Professor of Entrepreneurship at King's College London)
- Dr Lorna Treanor (Associate Professor in Entrepreneurship and Innovation at University of Nottingham)
- Dr Sarah Marks (Lecturer in HRM and Organisational Behaviour at Swansea University, School of Managment)
TBC
Tuesday
25 March 2025
2:00pm
Private
2:20pm
Public
Equality at work: paternity and shared parental leave - Oral evidence
25 March 2025
2:20pm
- Jonny Briggs (Inclusion and Resource Director at Aviva)
- Claire McCartney (Policy and Practice Manager (Resourcing and Inclusion) at Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD))
- Nikki Pound (Policy Officer (Women's Equality) at Trade Union Congress (TUC))
The Wilson Room, Portcullis House
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