Dennis the 'Bloody Peasant'
24th October 2012, 16:26
Demonstrators, including the great-grand-daughter of suffragette Emmeline Pankhurst, have urged MPs to put "feminism at the heart of politics".
In a rally near Parliament, pressure groups called for action to limit the impact of austerity measures on women and more support for abortion rights.
Helen Pankhurst said spending cuts had "disproportionately" affected women.
Speaking at Prime Minister's Questions, David Cameron said there were more women in work than at any time before.
More than 200 representatives of different groups - including UK Feminista, the Fawcett Society, the End Violence Against Women Coalition, the British Pregnancy Advisory Service, Women for Refugee Women, the Daycare Trust and Object - gathered in Westminster to call for women's needs and concerns to be more central to government policymaking.
(More at http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-20066101)
In a rally near Parliament, pressure groups called for action to limit the impact of austerity measures on women and more support for abortion rights.
Helen Pankhurst said spending cuts had "disproportionately" affected women.
Speaking at Prime Minister's Questions, David Cameron said there were more women in work than at any time before.
More than 200 representatives of different groups - including UK Feminista, the Fawcett Society, the End Violence Against Women Coalition, the British Pregnancy Advisory Service, Women for Refugee Women, the Daycare Trust and Object - gathered in Westminster to call for women's needs and concerns to be more central to government policymaking.
(More at http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-20066101)