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Chwarae Teg, the charity inspiring, leading and delivering gender equality in Wales 1992 - 2023.
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It is with extreme sadness that the Board of Chwarae Teg has agreed the proposed closure of the charity. Further details in our statement here:
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1 in 4 people in the UK will experience a mental health problem this year.
Don't suffer in silence.
#WorldMentalHealthDay
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Today we’re launching a campaign to celebrate wonderful Welsh women – who is yours?
#dayofthegirl
#womenspire
#internationaldayofthegirl
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Today is
#EqualPayDay
...
As of 3.34pm, women will effectively be working the rest of the year for FREE, as a result of the gender pay gap.
That's why Chwarae Teg are here;
That's why we work hard;
That's why there's hope!
Together we can all make
#Wales
fairer for everyone!
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Meet our new CEO!
Lucy Reynolds will take up her role on 27th February 🙌
Lucy joins our organisation from Thrive Women’s Aid, where she has spent the last 8 years leading the domestic abuse organisation
We're delighted to have you on board,
@LucyReynolds02
! 👏
#WomenWhoLead
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The team at Chwarae Teg would like to extend a huge thank you to our supporters, both past and present.
Since 1992, we’ve been working to ensure that women in Wales can enter the workplace, develop their skills and build rewarding careers.
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🏆 Winner of our Leader Award is DCI Tracey Rankine 🏆
A proven talent for appreciating team dynamics & individual needs which Tracey consistently harnesses to the benefit of all. She has recognised the need for structural change to attract & retain a more diverse workforce.
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Our Community Activist 2019 winner is Sahar Al Faifi. A molecular geneticist, Sahar has taken a sabbatical to combat Islamophobia & dedicates her life to encouraging young people to get engaged in public life. Sponsored by
@GEAviation
#Womenspire19
#BeWomenspired
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Today is the launch of
#LeadHerShip
! To celebrate International Women's Day 2018, we are giving young Welsh women aged 16-25 the unique opportunity to shadow their Assembly Member for the day! Apply online -
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Our first winner of the evening is our People’s Choice award winner, the amazing Chisomo Phiri! Chizi tells us why the award means so much to her!
#womenspire19
#bewomenspired
@ChisomoPhiri96
@MCJDocumentary
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Robyn Lock is this week's Wonderful Welsh Woman.
We were blown away when we received the nomination for Robyn and we invite you to hear her inspirational story...
#Womenspire
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A huge congratulations to our Chief Exec
@CerysFurlong
, who has just won the award for ‘Leadership in the Voluntary & Not for Profit Sector’ at
#LWA2018
! We are delighted!
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"A new character is joining the Mr Men and Little Miss series - a female engineer...
Little Miss Inventor has been created as a "positive role model" for girls, its author and illustrator Adam Hargreaves said."
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2019 Leader Award winner is Tracy Myhill! As Chief Exec of Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University Health Board, Tracy helps women to succeed by providing mentoring & is an active member of the LGBT+ community. Sponsored by Vauxhall
#Womenspire19
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@CatSouthall
(Please RT) Will you join us in celebrating the remarkable women of Wales?
Our
#Womenspire18
Awards recognise and promote women from all walks of life and we want YOUR nominations - they're not open for much longer, so act fast!
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🎉 Congratulations / Llongyfarchiadau to all of our
#Womenspire19
Finalists! 🎉
With so many amazing nominations, it was a tough job shortlisting, but we are delighted to announce our finalists for each category.
See the full list here:
#BeWomenspired
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🏆🏆Congratulations to Hazel Lim!
#Womenspire20
Champion of Champions! 🏆🏆
Hazel has provided a lifeline for many families in Swansea. Her commitment and passion for inclusion is what makes her our Womenspire Champion 2020.
#BeWomenspired
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We’re delighted that Betty Campbell, who was our first ever
#WonderfulWelshWoman
, will be celebrated with a statue. We’ll be pressing for it to be the first of many statues immortalising the achievements of women across Wales
#HiddenHeroines
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We're offering free career development for women in Wales.
Share their story.
Get involved.
Be inspired.
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Molly Fenton from Cardiff wins!✨- Molly is a 21-year-old activist and founder of the Love Your Period campaign, which she set up four years ago to end period poverty and stigma for school pupils.
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We’re proud to launch our latest research today, looking at the barriers BAME Women face to participating in the economy.
Read our press release and the reports here:
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The amazing Tracy Myhill is our Leader award winner! Congratulations 🤩
#Womenspire19
#BeWomenspired
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And Leader of the Year goes to Professor Bela Arora! Her nominator said “Bela is a role model for young BME women everywhere, an inspirational woman with humour, intellect and knowledge of a world leader.”
#womenspire18
#bewomenspired
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🙌We are live!🙌
Mothers, daughters, nieces, aunties, friends, colleagues and more!
Nominate your inspirational woman for a
#Womenspire20
award.
Visit our website:
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And the Wonderful Welsh Women winner is Tahirah Ali. Tahirah has been volunteering with
@EYSTWales
for over 5 years, whilst contributing to the community and enjoying every minute of it. Working with different community groups, she feels this has shaped her as a young individual
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🏆Our Woman in STEM winner is Dr Youmna Mouhamad🏆
With energy and vibrancy, Youmna advocates for inclusivity and diversity within
#STEM
, and has a passion for helping students to overcome challenges that they face during their university education.
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We've got a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for women aged 16-25 looking to get into politics...
Help us inspire the next generation of female leaders!
#Wales
#politics
#LeadHerShip
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And the winner of the Building Wales Award is Delyth Prys. Delyth leads a mixed team of linguists and software developers to develop language technologies for minority language. Congratulations Delyth!
#womenspire18
#bewomenspired
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We are proud to stand alongside partner organisations in solidarity with our trans siblings and in support of a truly inclusive Wales
85 prominent organisations from across Wales have today presented a statement to
@WelshGovernment
expressing their support for trans non-binary inclusion in the LGBTQ+ Action Plan. We were proud to present the statement to
@hannahblythyn
, Deputy Minister for Social Partnerships.
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A dark day for women's rights as Roe v Wade is overturned
We stand in solidarity with sisters in the USA and across the world fighting for this most basic of rights
#WomensRightsAreHumanRights
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And that’s a wrap for another year! Wow, what an amazing evening it has been! Thank you to all of our sponsors, finalists and guests for joining us and we hope you have left feeling truly inspired!
#Womenspire19
#BeWomenspired
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Nominations for
#Womenspire19
are now LIVE! Visit our website to see the award categories and nominate an inspirational woman NOW:
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On Tuesday 6th March, the unveiling of the very first Purple Plaque will take place at the Senedd!
Honouring the achievements of remarkable Welsh women, the first recipient of a Purple Plaque will be the former Assembly Member and equality campaigner Val Feld.
@AssemblyWales
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Do you identify as a girl or young women, aged 18-25 and living in north Wales? Do you want to help us identify the barriers you face and to do something about them? Then take part in our research - click here for more info
#HaveYourSay
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🏆
#Womenspire
2021 Board Member is Karen Harvey–Cooke🏆
Karen’s main goal is to make sure people have a space where they can be themselves and feel empowered. An ally for trans rights Karen is the chair of the staff LGBT network at Cardiff University
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We're having a celebration - AND YOU'RE ALL INVITED!
Come and join Wales' leading gender equality charity Chwarae Teg as we celebrate 25 years of making Wales fairer for all.
Amazing performers, inspirational speakers & much more!
#Next25Years
#Cardiff
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🎉Today was the day we were due to celebrate the amazing achievements of women in Wales, more specifically our incredible line up of Womenspire 2020 finalists.
📢Instead it’s the day we announce that
#Womenspire20
is going online, with plans to stream on multiple platforms.
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Everyone is arriving and it’s filling up here at
@itvwales
for our
#Womenspire19
launch event 🎉
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How would you like the idea of your daughter going to an alternative careers fair with school and exploring 'non-traditional' job opportunities, is it something you'd support?
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Our Wonderful Welsh Woman this week is
@LeanneWood
.
As the first female leader of
@Plaid_Cymru
and Welsh Assembly Member (AM) since 2003, Leanne's political success and social justice advocacy make her a shining inspiration for anyone looking to get into
#politics
!
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Are you juggling work and caring responsibilities? Are you dealing with work deadlines and home-schooling?
We're looking into how women in
#Wales
have been affected by
#Covid19
#CovidCymru
#WomenandCovid
Tell us about your experiences so far:
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Our Chief Exec
@cerysfurlong
speaking at tonight's
#StopTrump
rally in Cardiff Bay. "He's dangerous to all of us. He's most dangerous to those who don't have a voice"
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🏆 Enillydd ein Gwobr Arweinydd yw’r Dr Gwenllian Lansdown Davies 🏆
Mae Gwenllian yn chwilio’n gyson am ffyrdd newydd o wella, a phobl newydd all ddysgu rhywbeth iddi hi neu gall bartneru gyda hi er mwyn creu diwylliant cadarnhaol lle mae pawb yn bwysig.
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The first ever
@WalesPurple
has been unveilied in memory of Val Feld.
"She listened to and cared about ordinary people"
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Happy International Women's Day! Here's to celebrating women's achievement & helping them to prosper
#BeBoldForChange
#IWD2017
#MakeYourSelf
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Croeso i Gymru
@HillaryClinton
Will you help us showcase more female role models by supporting our
#WonderfulWelshWomen
campaign
#womenspire
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We want to hear about the women who have supported you, from small gestures to facing the pandemic head on – they’re all doing amazing things during this crisis and we want to shine a light on them. You can email us at womenspire
@chwaraeteg
.com or share with us on social media.
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Thanks again to all the AMs who stopped by today to talk about our latest report. It’s crucial that we listen to young women’s voices when preparing for future work in Wales. 💡
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Chwarae Teg has been proud to inspire, lead and deliver gender equality in Wales, since 1992. ⚖️
We have existed to support:
▪️ Women in the Economy
▪️ Women Represented
▪️ Women at Risk
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Today is
#womenspire
! We can’t believe it’s our sixth year of celebrating Wales’ incredible women and businesses. Good luck to all the finalists tonight!
Make sure you tune in via
@ITVWales
Twitter and Facebook.
#Awards
#Wales
#bewomenspired
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Winner of our inaugural People’s Choice Award for
#Womenspire
2018,
@BeciNewton
, is one of just 35 female firefighters
@SWFireandRescue
. She is also part of
@antarctic_fire
, a team of firefighters to try the first all-women Antarctic crossing. More info:
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A huge thank you to our media partner
@ITVWales
for all of your support at
#Womenspire19
.
@ruthwignall
tells us why it’s so important to ITV to sponsor the awards.
#BeWomenspired
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.
@chwaraeteg
, we want Wales to be a nation where all women can thrive, regardless of their background. A nation where inequality, discrimination and oppression are eradicated. Read our
#manifesto
for a
#GenderEqualWales
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"Winning the Womenspire Award for Leadership was not only one of my highlights of 2019, but one of my career highlights." Read
@TracySBUHB
's account of her Womenspire experience here:
#inspiration
#nominations
#womenspire20
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We have so many amazing women here in Wales! Some familiar faces that have appeared in our Wonderful Welsh Women campaign and hopefully some future nominees for
#Womenspire2018
#IWD2018
#PressforProgress
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Congratulations to Hilary Lappin-Scott from
@SwanseaUniversity
, our winner of ‘Woman in STEM Award’!
#Womenspire17
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.
@LeanneWood
“We need to redefine leadership & look at it from a different perspective. It’s about working with others & nurturing others so they can become leaders too. We as a group of people can push forward together to achieve great things.”
#LunchandLearn
#WellbeingWednesday
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*WOMENSPIRE 2018 FINALISTS ANNOUNCEMENT*
Congratulations to our finalists for this years
#Womenspire18
Awards!
With over 400 amazing nominees, picking our finalists was extremely hard, but we are pleased to announce the following list...
#FridayFeeling
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Our Wonderful Welsh Woman this week is Dr Kate Brain, a pioneering health psychologist based in
@CardiffUni
.
Catch her full inspirational interview - along with her 3 tips for success - below:
#Womenspire
#MarieCurie
#MarieCurieDay2017
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We're offering young women a chance to shadow their Assembly Member for the day...
Like, tag and share this post with anyone you think would appreciate this wondrous insight into the world of
#politics
!
#LeadHerShip
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And the Sports Category winner is Mica Moore! Huge congrats to these amazing sportswomen, you were inspirational finalists
#womenspire18
#bewomenspired
#womeninsport
@mica_lolita
@sport_wales
@WelshAthletics
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“I want to see what I have never seen before, and that’s a face like mine, the face of a woman of colour in
@assemblywales
” answers Angel Ezeadum when asked what she wants to see by the next 20th anniversary of devolution
#Gwlad
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We want to hear about as many special women from across the nation as possible, who have made a real difference to their own lives and the lives of others. Nominate your inspiration today
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We're having a FREE-to-all festival next month celebrating 25 years of fighting for gender equality - it will feature incredible performers and inspirational speakers!
Come along, have your say, or simply help us spread the word:
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Though we close our doors next month, we still have work to do - proud today to mark the end of our New Futures programme, which has supported Welsh women in to
#CareersInTech
! Big thanks to
@LearnWorkUK
,
@C19SupportFund
,
@CodeFirstGirls
,
@fintechwales
&
@OUCymru
#LWNewFutures
Looking forward to our final
#LWNewFutures
@chwaraeteg
legacy event tomorrow! We’ll be celebrating our graduates 🎓 & their career switch successes! We’re going out on a high 💜
@LearnWorkUK
@C19SupportFund
#womenintech
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We’re supporting today’s
#marchofthemummies
demanding recognition, respect and change for working mums
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The 2019 Creative and Media winner is…Tamara Harvey! As Artistic Director of Theatr Clwyd, Tamara’s productions have been recognised nationally, and the venue a finalist in the UK award for the top regional theatre.
#BeWomenspired
#Womenspire19
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And Learner of the Year goes to Nicole Kinnaird! Nicole re-entered education as a mature student. Nicole’s achievements have come from her determination not to allow her serious disability to stop her from achieving her goals. Huge congrats Nicole!
#womenspire18
#bewomenspired
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On International Women’s Day, the Minister for European Transition Jeremy Miles has announced an additional £6 million investment to improve gender equality in workplaces all over Wales.
#IWD2020
#EachforEqual
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We have released a joint statement with
@WENWales
,
@WelshWomensAid
and
@Women_CF
on the forthcoming consultation on reforms to the Gender Recognition Act (2004).
You can read the full statement in Welsh and English on our website -
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Today we launch our Manifesto for a Gender Equal Wales, setting out our vision for Wales and how we get there.
With Welsh elections on the horizon this is an opportunity to radically change what we do and how we do it, so we can tackle the root causes of inequality.
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Today we’re launching our report looking at the experiences of Women in Poverty in Wales.
It is crucial that women’s voices are heard and used to inform decision making in Wales
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'Swansea Bay City Deal photocall criticised for lack of women'
Visible role models are important, it's disappointing to see such a lack of diversity in this picture. The economy is for everyone.
#GenderEquality
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On
#InternationalYouthDay
, we're pleased to learn that 69% of British teenage girls identify themselves as feminists
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📣 Great turnout for our ‘ask the candidate’ event this evening.
Ahead of the Senedd election it’s incredibly important that gender equality is on the agenda in Wales 🏴.
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This week's Wonderful Welsh Woman is Lady Rhondda.
In her remarkable life, Lady Rhondda survived a German torpedo in World War 1, experimented with her own homemade explosives and championed equal rights for women with the Suffragettes!
#Womenspire
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Winner of the inaugural People’s Choice Award is Beci Newton! Beci is one of just 35 female firefighters at South Wales Fire and Rescue Service. Congratulations Beci!
#womenspire18
#bewomenspired
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We’re set up and ready to go at home and the studio! A huge thanks to all of our finalists, sponsors & partners. You’ve proved that nothing will stop us from celebrating
#Womenspire20
.
You can tune in at 7pm on
@ITVWales
Twitter or Facebook.
#BeWomenspired
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Chief Exec
@cerysfurlong
was asked 'Why she is so driven?'- "I had strong female role models in my life including my mother and sisters & I have a strong sense of social justice. I want to make a difference and improve the future of our country"
@EleriSion
@BBCRadioWales
#IWD2018
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Inspiring words from
@ElinCeredigion
to our
#LeadHerShip
participants today about the need for female role models to be visible to empower women to play a full role in public life
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We want to deliver on our commitment to recognising the inspirational women of Wales one final time before we close, that’s why…
🥁 🥁 🥁 …
We are proud to reveal our
#Womenspire
Awards finalists for 2023!
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4 shortlisted for ‘Leader of the Year’
#Womenspire17
.
And the winner is…
Congratulations Nicola Carter!
@dyfedpowyspolice
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Our truly inspiring Woman in Sport winner, Julie Thomas, with Judi Rhys from
@sportwales
our category sponsor!
#BeWomenspired
#Womenspire19
@MCJDocumentary
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🌈 Who's at
#CardiffPride
today!? 🌈
We will be walking in the Pride Parade, keep a look out for our banners and come and say hi if you see us! 🏴 💜
@PrideCymru
#Equality
#StillProud
#LGBTQ
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🎉Congratulations to all our Womenspire 2020
#finalists
🎉
Hundreds of outstanding entries have been whittled down, and we’re excited to introduce you to our finalists:
More information on each finalist to follow over coming weeks!
#Womenspire20
#Awards
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Sian Preddy, a student midwife at the University of South Wales, the winner of Learner of the Year!
@PrincipalityBS
#womenspire17
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Today is
#Womenspire
! We can’t believe it’s our seventh year of celebrating Wales’ incredible women and businesses. Good luck to all the finalists!
Make sure to tune in at 7pm tonight👉
@ITVCymruWales
#Awards
#Wales
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Grass Roots
We're proud to celebrate
#InternationalYouthDay
and the contribution young people make to social justice.
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Womenspire 2019 overall Champion is Julie Thomas! Julie lost her sight ten years ago. Despite all odds in 2018 she reached the National Welsh Elite fully sighted finals and was selected for the Commonwealth Games, coming back with a bronze medal!
#Womenspire19
#BeWomenspired
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Frances Hoggan was the first woman in the UK to obtain a Medical Degree - and only the second woman in all of Europe!
#Wales
#Womenspire
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Start having a think about which women move and motivate you...
Nominations for our Womenspire18 extravaganza begin tomorrow!
#Womenspire18
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Coronavirus has highlighted how unequal our economy and society still is. Our recovery cannot mark a return to business as usual.
Our Chief Exec
@cerysfurlong
makes the case for a care-led recovery and the need to properly value women's work.
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Worrying that the latest announcement from
@GOVUK
focuses support on sectors that mainly employ men, while women bear the brunt of the economic impact of the crisis.
Important analysis from
@WomensBudgetGrp
outlines a different approach to invest in our care sector
#CareEconomy
Boris Johnson’s answer to economic crisis caused by pandemic is to ‘build, build, build’. But our analysis shows our focus needs to be on ‘care, care, care’. Investment in care would also be good for the economy
#borisjohnsonspeech
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It's
#InternationalWomensDay
Today we will unite, motivate and
#PressforProgress
towards gender equality
#IWD2018
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