WRC launches ‘Power and Prejudice’ report on combating gender inequality through women’s organisations
Power and Prejudice, the Women’s Resource Centre’s groundbreaking new report examines what helps – and what hinders – women’s organisations in creating change at a local level. The research identifies the barriers facing women’s organisations in creating change on a local level, examines what tools can be used to support local engagement and offers clear, practical solutions to both public bodies and women’s organisations to improve engagement and services for women locally.
The report, based on 18 months of action research, harnessed the experiences and expertise of four local women’s organisations working across England to examine the barriers stopping women’s organisations from being able to get heard locally – RISE in Brighton, the Joint Forum women’s group in Liverpool, CRASAC in Coventry and NAADV in Newham.
Women play an active role in supporting and improving their local communities, however, they remain under-represented in local decision-making and gender inequality still remains entrenched. Local public bodies would make better decisions – and communities would receive better services – if informed by the experiences and perspectives of women’s organisations.
You can find a full copy of the report on our site here: http://www.wrc.org.uk/includes/documents/cm_docs/2010/w/wrc_power_and_prejudice_final.pdf
Additional resources to assist women’s organisations and local bodies will be made available on our website in the coming weeks.