Sentences with phrase «for women and equalities»

The Minister for women and equalities Justine Greening has said: «We have more women in work, more women - led businesses than ever before and the highest proportion of women on the boards of our biggest companies.

De Piero, a former broadcast journalist, has previously served as shadow minister for women and equalities, and shadow minister for young people and voter registration.

It was argued on behalf of the supposedly LGBTI - friendly UK Government (represented by Nicky Morgan, the Secretary of State for Education and Minister for Women and Equalities) that the High Court should follow two anti-LGBTI decisions from 2006.

Morgan's role will also include minister for women and equalities, which on the surface is a good combination to have within the one cabinet office as so much of the global issues in education involve equal access and support for education.

«I'm very much looking forward to getting on with my role as secretary of state for education and minister for women and equalities and I feel incredibly fortunate to be re-appointed,» she said.

In April this year, Ms Morgan became financial secretary to the Treasury and minister for women and equalities.

Speaking on Monday at the Wealth Management Association, Education Secretary Nicky Morgan, who is also Minister for Women and Equalities, linked the low number of girls studying technical subjects and the gender pay gap.

He opened the letter saying that he was writing to her not just in her capacity as Education Secretary, but also as Minister for Women and Equalities.

Secretary of state for education and minister for women and equalities, Justine Greening said: «I'm proud that the Department for Education has taken an important step in reporting its gender pay gap, setting an example to other employers as we build a stronger economy where success is defined by talent, not gender or circumstance.

Education Secretary and Minister for Women and Equalities Justine Greening said: «Flexible working is already happening in many other sectors — it's vital we ensure it is happening in our schools too so we continue to attract the best and brightest into teaching.

In addition to her new role, she will continue as Minister for Women and Equalities.

The Rotherham MP, who resigned from Corbyn's frontbench in the aftermath of the EU referendum but returned within weeks, becomes shadow minister for women and equalities.

«My understanding is that my Right Honourable Friend, the Minister for Women and Equalities, either has made, or is just about to make, an announcement by way of a letter to members of this House explaining that she intends to intervene to fund abortions in England for women arriving here from Northern Ireland.»

Mr Hammond said the issue of abortion was «a matter of great importance» and that Justine Greening, the Minister for Women and Equalities, would be making an announcement «by way of a letter to members of this House explaining that she intends to intervene to fund abortions in England for women arriving here from Northern Ireland».

Gloria De Piero, shadow minister for women and equalities, said: «The Tories have spent the last few days briefing that this would be the reshuffle which fixed David Cameron's «women problem» but it's turning in to a damp squib.»

She was Financial Secretary to the Treasury at the same time as she was named Minister for Women and Equalities.

Under the Coalition government, the Lib Dem MP was the Under - Secretary of State for Employment Relations, Consumer and Postal Affairs and for Women and Equalities.

She also maintains her role as Shadow Minister for Women and Equalities.

Justine Greening has been appointed education secretary and minister for women and equalities, Number 10 said.

Gloria Di Piero is the shadow cabinet minister for women and equalities and Emma Reynolds moves to housing.

Shadow Minister without Portfolio and Deputy Party Chair Jon Trickett MP Shadow Minister for Women and Equalities Gloria De Piero MP

«Jo Swinson, minister for women and equalities, said yesterday that observers were expecting Kate to meet «impossible standards» to reduce her weight... The Liberal Democrat minister said it was wrong to believe that Kate and other women who have just given birth were «failing» if they did not work instantly to regain their pre-pregnancy figure.

The shadow minister for women and equalities, who first made her name as a political correspondent with GMTV, has been tasked by Ed Miliband with reaching out to new supporters after the success of her «why do people hate me» roadshow.

Mention of religion and belief was largely absent from the government's announcements on its new equalities strategy, launched this morning by Secretary of State for Women and Equalities, Rt Hon Theresa May MP.

Shadow First Secretary of State, Shadow Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills Angela Eagle MP Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer John McDonnell MP Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury Seema Malhotra MP Shadow Home Secretary Andy Burnham MP Shadow Foreign Secretary Hilary Benn MP Opposition Chief Whip Rosie Winterton MP Shadow Secretary of State for Health Heidi Alexander MP Shadow Secretary of State for Education Lucy Powell MP Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions Owen Smith MP Shadow Secretary of State for Defence Maria Eagle MP Shadow Lord Chancellor, Shadow Secretary of State for Justice Lord Falconer of Thoroton Shadow Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, Shadow Minister for the Constitutional Convention Jon Trickett MP Shadow Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change Lisa Nandy MP Shadow Leader of the House of Commons Chris Bryant MP Shadow Secretary of State for Transport Lilian Greenwood MP Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Vernon Coaker MP Shadow Secretary of State for International Development Diane Abbott MP Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland Ian Murray MP Shadow Secretary of State for Wales Nia Griffith MP Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Kerry McCarthy MP Shadow Minister for Women and Equalities Kate Green MP Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport Michael Dugher MP Shadow Minister for Young People and Voter Registration Gloria De Piero MP Shadow Minister for Mental Health Luciana Berger MP Shadow Leader of the House of Lords Baroness Smith of Basildon Lords Chief Whip Lord Bassam of Brighton Shadow Attorney General Catherine McKinnell MP Shadow Minister without Portfolio Jonathan Ashworth MP Shadow Minister for Housing and Planning John Healey MP

She also takes over Theresa May's duties as minister for women and equalities.

Gloria De Piero MP, Labour's shadow minister for women and equalities, responding to the lifting of Lord Rennard's suspension, said: «Nick Clegg has sent a clear message to women voters — he is more interested in trying to salvage the Lib Dems» fading election hopes than do the right thing by the women who made these serious complaints.

[17] In a March 2016 speech, Corbyn advocated the decriminalisation of the sex industry «without any discussion or consultation with his shadow cabinet, with me as his shadow minister for women and equalities, with women in the PLP or, to the best of my knowledge, with anyone in the wider Labour Party».

She said it was good to see more female whips, but it would have been better to have a woman as chief whip and suggested it felt like an «afterthought» to make Amber Rudd minister for women and equalities.

De Piero, who was shadow minister for women and equalities in Ed Miliband's shadow cabinet but quit as a shadow junior minister before the leadership challenge to Corbyn last summer, has a new role as shadow justice minister.

The comments made by Loughton were branded «disgusting» by Jo Swinson, the Liberal Democrat minister for Women and Equalities.

The role of minister for women and equalities has been split, with Ms Morgan taking on the women's brief and Mr Javid handling equalities.

Shadow Minister for Social Care and Mental Health - Paula Sherriff (formerly Shadow Minister for Women and Equalities).

In opposition she has been shadow foreign secretary and shadow home secretary, as well as shadow minister for work and pensions and for women and equalities.

Labour's shadow minister for women and equalities said in response to yesterday's labour market statistics:

«It is simply not good enough that forty years after the Equal Pay Act women still don't earn equal pay for equal work, and despite doing better at school and university more women end up in lower skilled and lower paid jobs than men,» Labour's shadow minister for women and equalities, Gloria De Piero said.

She had served as work and pensions secretary during the final years of the New Labour government; after that she has been shadow minister for women and equalities, shadow foreign secretary and shadow home secretary.

Nicky Morgan, MP, Secretary of State for Education and Minister for Women and Equalities, Department for Education, U.K.

Among those who joined us in London: Jane Griffiths, Company Group Chairman, Janssen EMEA; Neelie Kroes, Special Envoy, Startup Delta, The Netherlands; Former European Commissioner for Digital Agenda; Sheikha Lubna Al Qasimi, Minister of Tolerance, United Arab Emirates; Emma Marcegaglia, President, BusinessEurope; Chairman, Eni SpA; Vice Chairman and CEO, Marcegaglia Group; Nicola Mendelsohn, Vice President EMEA, Facebook; Nicky Morgan, MP, Secretary of State for Education and Minister for Women and Equalities, Department for Education, U.K.; Lubna Olayan, Chief Executive Officer, Olayan Financing Company; Mary Portas, Founder, Portas; Author, Shop Girl; and Helle Thorning - Schmidt, Former Prime Minister, Denmark and Chief Executive Officer, Save the Children International.

«It is unacceptable in this day and age to have any all - male boards,» Nicky Morgan, education secretary and minister for women and equalities, said at the launch of the review.

Yvette Cooper, the shadow home secretary and minister for women and equality, intervened as the archbishop of Wales complained that the government had put his church in an «enormously difficult position», which threatened to «severely curtail» its freedom to act according to its conscience.

Ms Smith claims she went to senior party figures but was told by Jo Swinson, the party's spokesperson for women and equality, that «no - one wants to make a formal complaint», despite her Ms Smith's willingness to do so.

She served as trade and industry secretary and minister for women and equality from 2001 to 2005, and economic secretary to the Treasury.

For me, it was about learning so much about Billie Jean and watching footage of her and reading interviews with her, just steeping myself as much as possible in her particular story and learning more about the time period, how much was shifting and what a pivotal time it was for women and equality.

Not exact matches

The increasing availability of education, coupled with shifting roles in the home for women, is not only changing women's lives but also reworking attitudes toward gender differences and equality.

Whether it's leading a national conversation about gun control or fighting for girls» education and gender equality around the world, an increasing number of young women are stepping forward as change agents.

Global Citizen's latest European concert was held during the G - 20 summit in Hamburg in July, where leaders including Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau appeared on stage in support of empowering women and girls in the fight for equality.

By leveraging data, finding mentors and advocating for equality in the workplace, the startup world can level the playing field for women.

While Japan has made progress on economic participation and opportunity for women — one of the report's four gender equality measures — it's seen a reversal in women's political empowerment.

And Britain's equalities minister recently touted Christina Hendricks, the curvy star of Mad Men, as a healthy role model for young women.