Website: www.fawcettsociety.org.uk

Stated Aims

FAWCETT IS THE UK'S LEADING CHAMPION OF WOMEN'S RIGHTS. OUR ROOTS ARE IN THE CAMPAIGN FOR THE VOTE AND TODAY OUR AUTHORITATIVE, RESPECTED AND VIBRANT CAMPAIGNS ENSURE THAT WOMEN'S RIGHTS ARE HIGH ON THE POLITICAL AGENDA. OUR CAMPAIGNS AIM TO: ELIMINATE DISCRIMINATION, VIOLENCE AND HARASSMENT AGAINST WOMEN AND ENABLE WOMEN TO PLAY A FULL AND EQUAL PART IN DECISION MAKING, EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT.

Context

In a farcical display of 'dissent', this state-funded pressure group will march/has marched (delete as applicable) against Harriet Harman's overtly discriminatory 'Equality Bill' on June 8 2009. Harriet Harman is a supporter and has been photographed in one of their t-shirts.

Typically of a fake charity, the Fawcett Society says that the bill - which will allow employers to discriminate on the basis of gender and race - does not go far enough and that it should be implemented earlier.

Details

Its latest accounts show a total income of £538,810, of which:

• Equal Opportunities Commission: £10,000
• The Home Office: £42,000
• Electoral Commission: £10,866
• Department of Communities and Local Government: £19,950
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• Total £62,886 (15.4% of all income)