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Women in Public Life

The Ministers for Women are committed to leading the way in achieving fair representation of women in public life.

Women Take Part

Launched in October 2007, the Women Take Part campaign will look at what currently exists to help women from underrepresented groups into decision making, and provide effective models and networks. A conference was held in May 2008 to explore these issues, and the discussion will feed into a report. To find out more please click here.

Women in Politics

The government has legislated to allow political parties to take positive measures to reduce inequality in the numbers of men and women elected in local, national and European elections. More

Councillors Commission

The Commission on the role of local Councillors was announced on 8 February 2007. The Commission published its report in December 2007 which looked at the incentives and barriers to serving on Councils, with an aim of increasing diversity. More

Public Appointments Vacancies Website

The public appointments vacancies website provides a single source of information about public appointments vacancies at national, regional, and local levels across England and the UK. You can search the site by area of interest, government department and by location to identify the vacancies of most interest to you.

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Office of Commissioner for Public Appointments
020 7276 2625

http://www.ocpa.gov.uk

Public Appointments Unit
0845 000 0040

Public Appointments Unit Vacancies Website

www.publicappts-vacs.gov.uk

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