We are the Women and Equalities Select Committee, a cross-party committee of MPs appointed to scrutinise the Government on equalities. RTs ≠ endorsements.
We have published a report on the prevalence of STIs in young people.
Our report includes recommendations on:
💰 Funding of sexual health services
🎒 Education
🏥 Take up of vaccines
Read our report:
We wrote to
@Microsoft
,
@Pinterest
,
@X
and others about non-consensual intimate image abuse.
@StopNCIIorg
has developed a system to help tackle the issue, but some platforms have not signed up to use it.
Read the responses from major tech companies on our website 👇
We're now on Instagram! Follow
UKCommonsCommittees for more about our work and how select committees at the House of Commons help shape policy in the UK.
Tomorrow, we're holding a follow-up session into
#MisogynyInMusic
🎧
From 2.20pm, we'll hear from the Creative Industries Independent Standards Authority and
@officestudents
about the recommendations made in our recent report.
Find out more ⬇️
Tomorrow, we will hold an evidence session on
#MisogynyInMusic
🎧
@DCMS
has responded to the recommendations we made in our report which uncovered endemic levels of discrimination and abuse faced by women in the industry.
Find out more ⬇️
.
@DCMS
has responded to the recommendations we made in our
#MisogynyinMusic
report 👇
On 24 April, we'll be following up with the Creative Industries Independent Standards Authority (CIISA) and
@officestudents
. Details on that session will follow soon.
Today at 2.10pm we're questioning advertising & media regulators
@IpsoNews
,
@Ofcom
&
@CAP_UK
as part of our inquiry on the rights of older people.
We'll hear about stereotyping and age discriminatory language in advertising and the media.
Watch live:
Does stereotyping older people as helpless or wealthy “boomers” stop them from participating fully in society?
We're questioning advertising & media regulators
@IpsoNews
,
@Ofcom
&
@CAP_UK
as part of our inquiry on the rights of older people.
Watch live⬇️
.
@StopNCIIorg
has developed technology to help tackle the issue of revenge porn, but some platforms have not signed up to use it.
Read our letters to
@Microsoft
@Pinterest
@X
and others👇
📢We're calling on Ministers to radically increase funding for sexual health services amid red flag STI data on young people.
🔎Read our report on the prevalence of STIs in young people and other high risk groups:
Sports Direct promotes Nike football boots in stores to men and boys, even those developed specifically for women like the Phantom Luna.
Women and girls play football too, so we've again asked
@SportsDirectUK
why
@Nike
boots are marketed in this way 👇
At 2.20pm today, as part of our inquiry on escalating violence against women and girls, we're questioning
@Laura__Farris
, the Minister for Victims and Safeguarding,
@MoJGovUK
,
@ukhomeoffice
.
Watch here ⬇️
#VAWG
This week, we're taking evidence for our inquiry on the escalation of violence against women and girls.
We're questioning
@Laura__Farris
, the Minister for Victims and Safeguarding,
@MoJGovUK
,
@ukhomeoffice
.
Follow the inquiry on our website ⬇️
#VAWG
We've published a report on the accessibility of products and services to disabled people. We have made recommendations on:
- website accessibility
- bank cards and ATMs
- food packaging
Read our report:
We've pubished a report on the accessibility of products and services to disabled people.
Not all businesses consider the needs of disabled consumers when designing products and services, for example bank card design.
Read our recommendations:
For our inquiry on the escalation of violence against women and girls, we're questioning
@Laura__Farris
, the Minister for Victims and Safeguarding,
@MoJGovUK
&
@ukhomeoffice
.
This is the final evidence hearing of the inquiry.
Find out more:
#VAWG