The GREAT Initiative

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A fabulous article by Yasmin Alibhai-Brown: ‘Where are the men to help women fight their battles?’

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A fascinating piece that offers a compelling argument for quotas in business and government to ensure more women take part along with plenty of examples why female representation in both areas has so much to offer society as a whole”. …

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The GREAT website goes live today…

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We’re going to make our website live today and invite all of our existing colleagues to take a look and offer any useful comment, ahead of officially announcing it in a week or so. It’s actually taken us by surprise …

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Gender inequality is a problem in the UK too…

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The initial focus for The GREAT Initiative is Africa, where gender inequality and its consequences on the lives of African people - and on the sustainable development of the continent - are alarming. However, we are wrong to think that …

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An introduction to The GREAT Initiative…

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All four Trustees of the Gender Rights & Equality Action trust today hosted a second lunch to introduce our GREAT Initiative to a small group of influential women that we feel are likely to find the project of interest, and …

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Gender equality advocate Ellen Johnson Sirleaf wins the 2011 FAS African Gender Award

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Many months ago when Marc (Carter) and I first met to discuss how we might create the organisation that has now been realised as the Gender Rights & Equality Action Trust, or GREAT, our goal was to raise awareness of …

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The Corinthia Hotel, London - a special thank you

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I would like to use my first blog entry to express my thanks, alongside that of all of my fellow Trustees in the Gender Rights & Equality Action Trust, to the team at The Corinthia Hotel London who have kindly …

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