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
By Eleri Butler, CEO, Welsh Women’s Aid Wales’ groundbreaking Violence Against Women, Domestic Abuse and Sexual Violence (Wales) Act 2015 legislates to ensure public services take action to prevent violence against women in all they do, as well as protecting and supporting... Read More
For the 2014 WEN Wales Annual Lecture, we invited Beatrix Campbell, Pragna Patel and Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett to share their experiences and thoughts on Fourth Wave feminism and the current status of women in the UK. WEN Wales are to be congratulated for putting together... Read More
So, we want to achieve gender parity in local and national elections, and public life more widely, by 2020. It's 6 years away, should be easy, yes? Hmm, maybe not. In 1997 the Westminster General election saw more women elected than in all the previous parliaments combined.... Read More
