On the eve of International Women’s Day and in the pivotal 100th anniversary year of the first woman to be admitted to an Inn of Court, the Temple Women’s Forum held a conversation about how far women have progressed since first being granted the vote in 1918.
Temple Women's Forum
How Far Have We Come?
Then, Now and the Future - Reflections on How We Have Progressed Since Women Gained the Vote
Then, Now and the Future - Reflections on How We Have Progressed Since Women Gained the Vote
How Far Have We Come?
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Hosted on behalf of the Temple Women's Forum by The Inner Temple on Thursday 28 February 2019, the panel was co-convened by Her Honour Judge Sapnara and Her Honour Judge Deborah Taylor, and consisted of women drawn from across the law, journalism, politics and the arts:
- Dana Denis-Smith (founder of 100 years project, former international journalist and Linklaters lawyer)
- Baroness Helena Kennedy QC (barrister, broadcaster and Labour member of the House of Lords)
- Judith Bourne (Programme Director for Law at St Mary’s University)
- Dr Maggie Semple OBE FCGI (QC Appointments Panel, Founder of The Experience Corps Ltd and Maggie Semple Ltd)
- Suella Braverman MP (Conservative Party MP for Fareham)