Women's Equality Party | catherinemayer

Catherine Mayer

Nov 8, 20238 min read

Resist polarisation. Embrace complexity. Speech to the Women's Equality Party conference, Nov 2023

In late October, I fell on the towpath next to the Regent's Canal in London, breaking my wrist. A woman ignored me as I called out to her...

Catherine Mayer

Jul 11, 20234 min read

Elif Shafak and Sandi Toksvig on friendship and Primadonna Festival

Two of my favourite women talk about each other, books, storytelling, campaigning, challenges and joy. Elif on Sandi: It’s the smile you...

Catherine Mayer

Dec 11, 20228 min read

Save the media – from the media!

On 10 October, I delivered the annual British Journalism Review Charles Wheeler Lecture to an audience of journalists including Matt...

Catherine Mayer

Nov 29, 20227 min read

Women are Fighting for Survival. So is the Women's Equality Party

I grew up believing the world was getting better. Equality for women and other disadvantaged populations shimmered on the near horizon....

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Catherine Mayer

Jan 2, 20184 min read

How to Celebrate the Suffrage Centenary

Let the bells ring out. A hundred years ago this February, British women won a great war. Not the Great War: Germany wouldn’t agree the...

Catherine Mayer

Jun 5, 20173 min read

An unexpected endorsement from U2

I knew in calling my latest book Attack of the 50 Ft Women that I was setting myself a challenge, just as Sandi Toksvig and I understood...