Über Fawcett Society

The Fawcett Society is the UK’s leading charity campaigning for gender equality and women’s rights.

We’ve been advancing women’s equality since 1866 when at just 19, Millicent Fawcett collected signatures on a petition for women’s votes. She went on to lead the constitutional suffrage campaign and made this cause her lifetime’s work, securing equal voting rights 62 years later.

Today we continue her legacy of fighting sexism and gender inequality through hard-hitting campaigns and impactful research.

We believe in a society where no one is prevented from reaching their full potential because of their gender.

If you believe in it too, join us.

WHAT ARE WE FIGHTING FOR?
The Fawcett Society campaigns to:

Close the gender pay gap. At current rates of progress, it will take 62 years to close it.

Secure equal power. Just 30% of MPs and 33% of councillors are women.

Challenge attitudes and change minds. 20% of men aged 25-34 say women’s equality has ‘gone too far’.

Defend women’s rights post-Brexit. There must be no turning the clock back.