Starmer, Reeves and Rayner host International Women’s Day event at No 10

Starmer, Reeves and Rayner host International Women’s Day event at No 10

Guests included Olympic athlete Dame Kelly Holmes and actor Anna Maxwell-Martin, alongside faith leaders, musicians, lawyers and others.

The Women’s Institute spent 15,000 euros on catering offered at the Prado Museum on 7 February, in the celebration of the institutional event on the occasion of International Women’s Day. The event was closed by the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez. “If today they asked a woman where in the world she would like to be born, grow and live, I am convinced that one of her first options would be Spain, it would be,” she said in her speech.

Gender equity in spotlight

It was International Women’s Day last Thursday, and Woodend-based Animal Justice Party MP Georgie Purcell was pleased to be able to talk to Kyneton Women’s Football Club representatives about gender equality in sport. The KWFC members were visiting Parliament House to help raise awareness about the significant challenges faced by women and girls in community sport across the state. Ms Purcell called on Minister for Community Sport, Ros Spence, t…