Women and Equalities Committee

The Women and Equalities Committee (WEC) will hear from business experts and academics during the first evidence session of its female entrepreneurship inquiry in Parliament on Wednesday, 2 April.

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.

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.

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.

Introducing statutory bereavement leave for those who miscarry during pregnancy, in new employment laws “will make a vital difference”, the Women and Equalities Committee Chair Sarah Owen has said.

WEC welcomes government response to report on ‘medical misogyny’ in women’s reproductive healthcare

Tougher laws and new body to better protect victims required to tackle “shocking” scale and impact of NCII, WEC says

Women and Equalities Committee to hear evidence on female genital mutilation (FGM)

WEC to hear evidence on paternity and shared parental leave

New strategy and legal protections needed to tackle ‘pervasively ageist culture’, the Women and Equalities Committee says

WEC launches new inquiry into gendered Islamophobia

WEC to question Ministers Bridget Phillipson and Anneliese Dodds on women and equalities issues

WEC launches new inquiry into female entrepreneurship

WEC to hear from Dame Sara Khan during first evidence session of community cohesion inquiry

WEC will hear from women working across the music industry during its follow-up evidence session in Parliament one year on from the publication of its report into Misogyny in music

MPs on the cross-party committee raised concerns that progress towards recognising the grief of those who experience pre-24 week pregnancy losses “does not go far enough”

The Women and Equalities Committee will hold a one-off evidence session in Parliament on Wednesday, 15 January examining issues around gendered Islamophobia

Women experiencing painful reproductive health conditions such as endometriosis, adenomyosis and heavy menstrual bleeding are frequently finding their symptoms ‘normalised’ and their ‘pain dismissed’.

The Women and Equalities Committee is launching a call for written evidence on statutory paternity and shared parental leave to examine options for reform.

The Women and Equalities Committee launches its first new inquiry of the Parliament into community cohesion.