History of the Campaign for Gender Balance
The Campaign for Gender Balance (formerly the Gender Balance Task Force) is the group set up by the Party's Federal Executive committee (FE) to achieve the targets for women agreed by the Party at the Federal conference held in Bournemouth in September 2001.
It brings together all of the bodies within the party that influence selection and election procedures and all those which are working to improve the representation of women. The targets include 40% of our new MPs being women after the next election and an additional 150 women on the approved list.
The Campaign for Gender Balance has not been tasked with dealing with the whole range of equalities issues, but we are keen to promote women for whom ethnicity, sexual orientation or disability are issues!
The Chair is currently Rosalyn Gordon, who was a Vice Chair from 2005 - 2008. The Vice Chairs are Dinti Batstone and Tamora Langley. In the past, Jo Swinson MP, Helen Bailey, Sandra Gidley and Baroness Harris of Richmond have served as Chair, and Baroness Walmsley and Candy Piercy as Vice Chairs.
Since 2010, the Campaign has been run by the National Diversity Unit based at Lib Dems HQ which is responsible for coordinating and promoting diversity initiatives across the Party. The unit has been established to deliver a programme of action around the country, working with regional representatives to widen participation and proactively engage with individuals and communities from a wide range of backgrounds.
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