Deeds not words helen pankhurst5/24/2023 ![]() ![]() Or how when male officers in Northern Ireland were issued with a personal protection firearm and baton in the 1970s, women police officers were issued with a handbag. Consider that as recently as 1996, there were only 60 women MPs in Parliament. The numbers supporting women’s testimonies are startling. Some are amusing or inspiring, others disturbing. In each, she asks women to share their experiences to allow for a collective consideration of how to move forward. Her analysis is divided into six sections: politics, money, identity, violence, culture and power. Why must women wait until 2069 for the gender pay gap to close completely? Why are one in three women globally still experiencing sexual or physical violence? How can we work together to create a fairer society? Amusing, inspiring and disturbing Why is equality taking so long, asks Pankhurst. Series: 100 years since women got the vote ![]()
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