Cat Smith – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Women and Equalities

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Cat Smith on 2016-04-20.

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, which women’s organisations the Minister for Women has met since May 2015.

Caroline Dinenage

The Secretary of State for Education and Minister for Women and Equalities and I have met with many representatives from women’s organisations since taking on our roles as Ministers for Women and Equalities. This includes attending and speaking at conferences and events, including a women and equalities stakeholder event held in July 2015, and our pre-CSW NGO event organised by the Government Equalities Office in November 2015, which was attended by representatives of approximately 40 women’s organisations.

Meetings are a matter of public record, and can be found at www.gov.uk/government/collections/dfe-ministers-quarterly-returns and www.gov.uk/government/collections/moj-gifts-hospitality-travel-and-meetings. Some of the meetings we have held with women’s organisations include:

• Women’s Aid

• Agenda

• 30% Club

• Rights of Women

• Birth Companions

• Women’s Business Council

• Brighton Women’s Centre

• One Small Thing

• Women’s Breakout

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