Whenever war or lawlessness overtakes a country, it seems that women become particularly victimised by rape, torture and humiliation. What is it about men that allows this to become the leitmotif of civil breakdown? How do we ensure a safe place for women?

In 1997, Peter Mandelson said “I say to the doubters, judge us after ten years in office. For one of the fruits of that success will be that Britain has become a more equal society. However, we will have achieved that result by many different routes, not just the redistribution of cash from rich to poor, which others choose as their own limited version of egalitarianism…” (Peter Mandelson, Labour’s Next Steps: Tackling Social Exclusion, Fabian Society 1997)

Progress: Whither Worcester Woman - is Labour losing the women's vote?

1800-1930 - Wednesday 7 March - Boothroyd Room, Portcullis House, Westminster

Join Vera Baird MP, Constitutional Affairs Minister; Julia Clarke, Head of Political Research at MORI; Meg Munn MP, Minister for Women; Polly Toynbee, Guardian columnist and more speakers to be confirmed. Lorna Fitzsimons, Patron of Progress, will chair the meeting.

This Progress event will debate whether Labour is losing its appeal to female voters because of the challenge from David Cameron or whether it can be explained by their disengagement from the political process as a whole. Which policies should Labour adopt to win back women's support and how can the party change as a whole to attract more involvement from women?

To register, please submit your name and email address to Tom Brooks Pollock, at tom@progressives.org.uk or 0203 008 8180.

Progress: Whither Worcester Woman - is Labour losing the women's vote?

1800-1930 - Wednesday 7 March - Boothroyd Room, Portcullis House, Westminster

Join Julia Clarke, Head of Political Research at MORI; Meg Munn MP, Minister for Women; Polly Toynbee, Guardian columnist and more speakers to be confirmed. Lorna Fitzsimons, Patron of Progress, will chair the meeting.

This Progress event will debate whether Labour is losing its appeal to female voters because of the challenge from David Cameron or whether it can be explained by their disengagement from the political process as a whole. Which policies should Labour adopt to win back women's support and how can the party change as a whole to attract more involvement from women?

To register, please submit your name and email address to Tom Brooks Pollock, at tom@progressives.org.uk or 0203 008 8180.

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