Lizzy Davies Fawzia Koofi was elected as an MP in 2005 and became the Afghan parliament’s first female deputy speaker. Photograph: Graeme Robertson for the Guardian The questions came thick and fast but the woman sitting on the podium in a pink headscarf and high heels took them all in her stride. The Taliban,...
We are a group of women with an interest in public or political life who have become increasingly concerned by the number of all-male panels at policy debates, particularly in Westminster and also across the country. Recently advertised examples include the RSA’s “Tale of Two Cities” on whether Londoners are on the brink of...
