Four years ago when I was in my early sixties I joined a political party for the first time in my life. It was in March 2015 and while watching the political reporting on the TV I felt compelled to be more active in politics because I feared that my life values and... Read More
Fay Jones, a spokesperson for TV Licensing in Wales explains: Issues around gender equality are consistently in the media spotlight, but many people may not be aware of the action being taken by TV Licensing to tackle gender disparity in prosecutions.The Government’s... Read More
Hilarie Owen is a successful director, author, strategist, founder and Chief Executive of the Institute of Leadership. In her blog she talks about her new book weLEAD: The route map for women leaders and inclusive organisations and the launch is on March in Cardiff,... Read More
Gwendolyn Sterk, Public Affairs Manager, at Welsh Women’s Aid writes about the Times Up movement in Wales. Time's Up on inaction - we need to create the changes now! On January 2018 the international Time’s Up movement was launched as a unified call for change... Read More
Skills for Life was a project run by Oxfam Cymru from March 2017 to March 2018 which helped enable women in Cardiff to gain the skills and confidence they need to progress into decent work. With a particular focus on Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) women,... Read More
We had the pleasure of welcoming Helen Molyneux, of the Institute of Welsh Affairs at our recent AGM. During her insightful talk, she spoke about people often wanting her top tips for Business success. But with many women being overlooked in the workplace, "we don't need... Read More
Halloween: the time of year when you might spot ghosts and ghouls doing their weekly shop in the supermarket. But did you know that Halloween originated from Celtic origins? Both the Gaelic and Welsh people in medieval times saw their original folk beliefs... Read More
I run a project called Herstory, which uses feminist art to engage people of all genders with women’s history. About three years ago I was listening to an episode of Woman’s Hour that shared significant women from history. Whilst listening, I realised I had never... Read More
Bethan Elfyn has been broadcasting across BBC radio and TV since the late 1990s - first of all with local station BBC Radio Cymru, and moving to front the new shows for the Nations on BBC Radio One in 1999. The decade was spent firmly ensconced in the UK's music scene,... Read More
The time is fast approaching for us to celebrate a significant part of our annual calendar and one of my favourite events of the year – International Women’s Day. Founded in the early 1900s, IWD is a global celebration of the incredible social, economic, cultural and... Read More
