Voices of Women MK

27/04/2026

27/04/2026

Progress on women’s rights is under threat. The urgent question for all of us is: why is it happening & what can we do together to challenge it?

📣 Meet our writers...

Join us at this year’s conference, where we’re bringing together some of the sharpest voices in feminist thinking and current affairs.

Our panel chairs are writers who are shaping the conversation right now, including feminist writer Marisa Bate

Marisa was the first member of staff at the Webby award-winning ,The Pool and has gone on to become one of the UK’s most respected feminist journalists, writing for The Guardian, The Times, The i Paper, Grazia, Vogue.co.uk and more.

She’s the author of The Periodic Table of Feminism and And Still We March, and her work continues to explore motherhood, inequality and power through a feminist lens.

She’s also an ambassador for Surviving Economic Abuse, and her recent podcast series Echoes of Harm, exploring the psychological toll of violence against women and girls across Europe, was nominated for a British Podcast Award.

We cant wait for Marisa to bring her skills, expertise and passion for feminism to our day, book your ticket now and be part of it too 👉 https://bit.ly/FawcettConferenceTickets

27/04/2026

Read Milton Keynes Fawcett's latest Blog

https://miltonkeynesfawcettgroup.blogspot.com/2026/04/colliding-worlds-parallel-universes.html

27/04/2026

Read the April blog from the Milton Keynes Fawcett Group. "Colliding Worlds, Parallel Universes"

The Fawcett Society - Official
Soroptimist Milton Keynes
Women Leaders UK
Women in Enterprise MK
Community Action: MK

MK Fawcett - a group of Fawcett Society members who meet on the 2nd Monday each Month. Read our blog. New members welcome. Opinions are our own.

30/03/2026

Read the latest blog from the Milton Keynes Fawcett Group. https://miltonkeynesfawcettgroup.blogspot.com/2026/03/march-winds.html

30/03/2026

Read our latest Blog post "March Winds"

The Fawcett Society - Official
Women Leaders UK
Soroptimist Milton Keynes
Women in Enterprise MK
Community Action: MK
Mk Act Charity
SAASS Buckinghamshire and Milton Keynes
Q:alliance

MK Fawcett - a group of Fawcett Society members who meet on the 2nd Monday each Month. Read our blog. New members welcome. Opinions are our own.

09/03/2026

New global research highlights concerning shifts in attitudes towards women’s equality among younger generations.

Commenting in the BBC, our Chief Exec Penny East warned that “in a lot of ways women’s rights are being rolled back and public attitudes towards women’s rights are unfortunately going in the wrong direction.”

Read the full article: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4g55v1g95qo

Research from the Global Institute for Women’s Leadership (GIWL).

09/03/2026

It's 2026, and as of yet, no country has achieved gender equality.

At the current pace of progress, the world still has a long way to go before women and girls enjoy the same rights and protections as men.

Sunday is International Women’s Day.

via UN Women

09/03/2026

Our city's White Ribbon Craftivism Exhibition is on display in the Library Building at The Open University in Milton Keynes, from 9-13 March.

Last year, the Orange and White Vigil organisers invited local creatives to help raise awareness about violence against women and girls by making handmade craft pieces that could adorn the pillars at the Milton Keynes Rose annual Vigil on 25 November.

Here's an opportunity to see the photographic exhibition of the crafts that the community made.

Soroptimist Milton Keynes Women Leaders UK Women in Enterprise MK Community Action: MK Q:alliance Mk Act Charity SAASS Buckinghamshire and Milton Keynes