Participation
When you talk, who listens?
GM4Women2028 successfully lobbied for the Greater Manchester Combined Authority to establish a Women and Girls’ Equality Panel – and the main priority of the Participation group over the next year will be to channel our data-driven calls for change into that panel.
If you’re a woman in Greater Manchester, we want to hear your voices – and make sure they’re listened to. To join the GM4Women2028 Participation group, email GM4Women2028@gmail.com with ‘FAO Francesca Gains’ in the subject line.
Research
On Gender
On Gender takes a gendered lens to devolved policy and puts gender on the agenda.
This publication aims to identify what we know – and what we need to know – about gender inequality in tackling the big policy agendas devolved to Greater Manchester and other areas with devolution deals

Mind The Gap
Getting women’s voices into policy making matters. For far too long there has been a clear gender inequality in the way we determine public policy; one that should no longer apply in modern times. How to gather evidence about inequalities, what techniques and tools will help redress the imbalance and the need for practical guidance for policymakers is what led to this publication.
