Women Members
The NASUWT has a range of campaigns and activities supporting women members within both the Union and the workplace. The National Women’s Advisory Committee has informed policy development on issues of concern to women members, including commissioned research on the pay and careers of women teachers, supporting campaigns on issues of concern to women members such as ‘Tackling Violence Against Women’.
Events for Women Members
The annual Women Members’ Consultation Conferences have proved to be highly successful. This year's conference took place on 31 October and attracted almost 200 delegates. The theme of the Conference was 'Realising our Potential' and covered issues such as career progression, managing the menopause, tackling domestic violence, age discrimination and assertivness. The conference discussions will form the basis of the NASUWT motions to the TUC Women's Conference,which takes place 10-12 March 2010. Next year's Women Members' Consultation Conference will take place on 2 October 2010 at the Hilton Metropole, Birmingham.
View images of the 2009 Consultation Conference
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Have your say!
The NASUWT provides a two-day training course specifically aimed at women interested in getting involved in the Union. This course for new women activists is available in two stages and although available at some Regional Centres, it is primarily delivered at Hillscourt Education Centre in Rednal, Birmingham.
Useful links
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Women’s Parliamentary Radio
The Fawcett Society
National Alliance of Women's Organisations
National Assembly of Women
Reclaim The Night
Charter for Women
Women's Resource Centre
YWCA
Womankind Worldwide
Women's Aid
News and Campaigns
News
- 'End the pain and misery of abusive relationships' says the NASUWT
- NASUWT welcomes call for action on gender pay gap
- 'TDA's hand-wringing about male role models in teaching must stop' says NASUWT
Women in Politics
The NASUWT has sponsored the book A Great Act of Justice: The Flapper Election and After published by the Centre for Women and Democracy. A Great Act of Justice has been published with the support of the NASUWT to commemorate the Flapper Election of 1929 - the first British general election to be held with universal suffrage. It also recalls pioneering women MPs, celebrates what they achieved and looks at how their work has shaped the world we live in today. The NASUWT is at the forefront of campaigns to increase women's involvement in the Union and the political arena. Copies of the book cost £9.99 and can be ordered from the Centre for Women and Democracy (new window).
Violence against Women
The NASUWT sponsored the Reclaim The Night (new window) march and rally this year and also in 2008. This year's march took place on Saturday 21 November and around 2,000 women marched through central London demanding an end to all forms of violence against women. The Reclaim The Night march gives women a voice and a chance to reclaim the streets at night on a safe and empowering event. The march gives women one night when they can feel safe to walk the streets of their own towns and cities.
The NASUWT also supported the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women on 25 November. The Union raised awareness of the White Ribbon Campaign (new window) and sent a campaign poster to all Union Representatives. The Union hosted a fringe meeting with the White Ribbon Campaign at this year's NASUWT Annual Conference, which explored the the role of education in preventing violence against women and also responded to the Home Office consultation on 'Tackling Violence against Women and Girls' ( new window).
Women Chainmakers' Festival
The NASUWT sponsored the fifth annual Women Chainmakers' Festival, which took place on Saturday 12 September 2009 at the Black Country Living Museum. The festival, which attracted over 3,000 attendees commemorates the 1910 dispute in which 800 women chainmaker's were "locked out" of work for demanding the employers paid them the agreed minimum wage for their labours. The women won the dispute - and established their right to a minimum wage, which set the scene for 89 years of campaigning before the establishment of a national minimum wage in 1999. One of the newest buildings at the museum is the Workers' Institute, which was originally built from the surplus in the Women Chainmakers strike fund and now gives a new focus to the role of women in Black Country history.
The NASUWT had a stall at the Festival and the Union sponsored brass band led the NASUWT delegation on the commemorative march around the museum.