Above the Parapet has a strong advisory group which provides advice for the project as it develops and seeks to maximise learning and sharing of knowledge. Members are drawn from the sectors into which research will be conducted, bringing relevant experience to bear in their support given to the project. The project will draw on and learn from women’s experiences across political contexts.

Bim Adewunmi

Writer and Editor

Prof the Baroness Haleh Afshar

Professor of Politics & Women's Studies at the University of York

Crossbench Peer

Kat Banyard

Director, UK Feminista

Margot James MP

Conservative Member of Parliament for Stourbridge

Tessa Jowell MP

Labour Member of Parliament for Dulwich and Norwood

Prof Francesca Klug

Professorial Research Fellow, LSE

Marai Larasi

Executive Director, Imkaan

Co-chair of the End Violence Against Women Coalition

Marie-Pierre Lloyd

Seychelles Ambassador to the UK

Sue Marsh

Campaigner

Baroness Shirley Williams

Liberal Democrat Peer

Imagining One Nation Britain

Join the EMPA Programme

Parliamentarian Fellows

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