Contact Info
Centre for Women & Democracy
2 Blenheim Terrace
Leeds
LS2 9JG
Tel: 0113 234 6500
E-mail: info@cfwd.org.uk
Welcome to The Centre for Women & Democracy
News & Events
> CFWD News
23 Apr, 2012
CFWD research has found that this year there has been a 2% increase in the level of women candidates in...
19 Apr, 2012
'More of the Same?', a study of women candidates in the Scottish local elections by Dr Meryl Kenny and Dr...
> Fawcett News
http://www.fawcettsociety.org.uk
15 May, 2012
Fawcett disappointed in plans to bring forward review of the Public Sector Equality Duty ...
14 May, 2012
Failing to consider the combined effects of different measures means ignoring the reality of how financial decisions affect women's...
Recent Reports
In Our Own Words
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"There is a special place in Hell reserved for women who do not help other women."
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"How anyone who has seen the effect of the women's interest upon public affairs could believe in dictators, I can't conceive."
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"In societies where men are truly confident of their own worth, women are not merely tolerated but valued."
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"When the Founding Fathers said 'we, the people', they did not mean me."
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"I know from my own experience that there is no limit to what women can do."
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"One never notices what has been done; one can only see what remains to be done."