The Women and Work APPG provides a forum to constructively examine and debate the role that policy makers can play to deliver gender balance within the economy.
About the Group
The Women and Work APPG provides a forum to constructively examine and debate the role that policy makers can play to deliver gender balance within the economy. It also allows Members of Parliament and interested stakeholders to examine the responsibilities of employers and explore what more is required from the private, public and third sectors to deliver the Government’s ambitions for women and work. The APPG’s first annual report, Women Returners, summarises the findings of the Group’s 2016 programme of activity. The recommendations helped to shape policy with the introduction of £5m funding for returnships in the Spring Budget. In 2017 the APPG conducted an inquiry looking at how the Government’s Industrial Strategy could help to deliver gender balance within the UK economy, and published its second report, Making the Industrial Strategy Work for Women. In 2018 the APPG is looking at How to Recruit Women for the 21st Century, examining proposals to improve female recruitment across the employment and labour market.
Group chairs
Co-Chair Jess Phillips MP Labour, Birmingham Yardley
jessphillips.net @jessphillips Jess Phillips has been the Labour MP for Birmingham Yardley since 2015. She has committed her life to improving the lives of others, especially the most vulnerable, and spent five years working for Women’s Aid supporting and defending women. Jess became a councillor in 2012 through the Labour Future Candidates Programme. In this role she worked tirelessly to support residents, with her work being recognised when she became Birmingham’s first ever Victims Champion.
Co-Chair Gillian Keegan MP Conservative, Chichester
www.gilliankeegan.com @gilliankeegan Gillian was elected as the MP for Chichester in 2017. Having spent 25 years working and living abroad, working in the manufacturing, banking and IT industries, Gillian switched her focus to politics and was first elected as a local councillor in October 2014. In May 2015 she stood as a parliamentary candidate in St Helens South and Whiston, Merseyside, where she gained second place for the Conservatives for the first time. Gillian is particularly interested in improving career opportunities for school leavers and attracting more business investment. She is a great advocate for high quality apprenticeships, having started her career as an apprentice at Delco Electronics aged 16 – an opportunity which gave her the right start in life to go on and build a successful career. Information on all the group’s officers can be found here.
Campaign Updates
Women and Work APPG announces 2018 theme – How to Recruit Women for the 21st Century
The Women and Work APPG is delighted to announce its 2018 theme, How to Recruit Women for the 21st Century. Throughout our work in the past two years we have heard repeatedly from different sources about the ways in which employers struggle to attract and recruit women.
Women and Work APPG launches 2017 annual report: Making the Industrial Strategy Work for Women
The Women and Work APPG has launched its 2017 annual report, Making the Industrial Strategy Work for Women. Throughout 2017 the cross-party group of MPs and Peers conducted an inquiry looking at how the Government’s Industrial Strategy could help to deliver gender balance within the UK economy.
Women and Work APPG launches its first annual report: Women Returners
A cross party group of MPs yesterday called on the Government and employers across the country to do more to help women enter and re-enter the workforce.
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Group materials
Making the Industrial Strategy work for women – the Women and Work APPG Annual Report 2017 Women returners – the Women and Work APPG Annual Report 2016 Coverage of the report launch
Minutes
Building the Pipeline – March 2018 Getting Women Through the Door – February 2018 Doubly Disadvantaged – May 2018 Occupational Segregation – July 2018 Getting Women out the Low-Pay Cycle – October 2018 Successful Second Careers – November 2018
Contact the Group
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Group Sponsors
The Group is supported by a range of organisations across the business world who help fund the running of the Group via its secretariat, Connect. Information on all the Group’s sponsors can be found here. If you are interested in becoming a sponsor of the Group please contact womenandworkappg@connectpa.co.uk.
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