I am 51 and do not want the younger generation to put up with the everyday inequality I grew up with, across my life and work, expectations and opportunities. It seems that its not possible to be a silver fox(y) - now I get both age and gender bias. This is not the future I want to leave for my fellow beings andI can no longer rage in silence.

I am troubled that the world hasn't moved any further towards equality than since I was a child. Until there is equal representation, girls will lack role models. Without role models; aspirations and ambition cannot grow. Without growth and education our world will stagnate in old ideas. This isn't good for women or men. That is why I am WE

on the grounds that we are too irrational, weak or vulnerable to protect ourselves from violence and depredations of all kinds. This is an admirable sentiment and IF they ever manage it, they should let us know! Which ever bits one was born with, and how one uses them should be the concern of healthcare, and nothing else. It does not determine or require any other distinction in any other field.

I am WE because I want to: Empower Negate injustice Demonstrate Incite change Never give up until the fight is won Educate Question Unify Activate Liberate Inspire Transform Yield action I am WE!

I think this TED talk says it all, and should be watched by all members and supporters!

Recently, a photograph of a group of teenage girls in shorts and bikini tops and another of a pouting teenager in a similar outfit turned up in my facebook feed. They were labelled 'slags' and the caption said they were thirteen. Rather than quietly deleting them, I commented that sexualising young people says more about those calling them slags than it does about the people in the photograph. I also said that there is no justification for calling any woman a slag because women have the right to enjoy sex just as men do. Apparently, I was missing the point and it was all just a bit of fun - and, besides, they clearly were slags. Would I let my daughter dress like that? I tried to answer each point made to me, this drew the conversation into paedophilia and hebephilia and rape. I was then criticised for this - the person who asked the question was not. I was called a man-hater for saying that attitudes like 'they're asking for it' gave tacit approval to rapists. A woman - a WOMAN! - tried to insult me by calling me an angry feminist. I don't understand why she wasn't an angry feminist when our young people cannot dress as they please without being perved over ("I wonder how long I would get?!"). And told me I needed to get over it because we have the vote... Finally, I was told, by one commenter, that not only would he pour acid on me if I was on fire but that I was jealous because I was too old and shrivelled to be raped and, also, that I had a vagina like a wizard's sleeve. I gave the young man a quick science lesson about what, exactly, would happen, if he poured acid on a fire, informed him that I would tell the man who did rape me that he should check with this lad next time he felt like raping somebody and ignored the wizard's sleeve thing because I had had enough and didn't feel like getting into the whole stereotyping of wizards debate at that time. I dread the thought that my son might turn out like that young man.

I don't remember anyone telling me i couldn't become whatever I wanted to become as I grew up in the eighties and for that reason it has taken me a long time to realise that I was brought up unequal but as an adult looking back I realise i was gently moulded by those around me to become what they considered lady-like. I really hate that term 'lady-like'; It suggests that wanting to mess with computers, to get covered in mud playing sports, to have more interest in the engineering principles taught by Meccano and Lego than the humdrum life of your inanimate Barbie Doll is somehow inappropriate for a girl or lady. I have a one year old daughter of my own called Aria, partly after the Character in the 'A Song of Ice and Fire' series. Aria is a great namesake, she is willful, independent and focused. As a mother I aim to give Aria the opportunities I didn't have and try to help her be ready for an adult life that may be quite different to how we live now. I want her to have the confidence I have lacked and the ambition to do things with her life. I hope she will forgive me for buying her Meccano for Christmas when her friends have tiny tears dolls, for buying her the cute red, blue or green jumper or dress instead of the tacky pink crap that is persistently pushed on us by major companies. I hope she will forgive me for being uninterested in makeup and celebrities, 'women's' magazines and other 'women's' interests. For me, being a woman isn't for anyone else to define, to use to categorise me into a neat demographic pool. It is part of what makes me, me but it isn't the be all and end all of who i am. This is why, I believe in equality for women.

I don't remember anyone telling me i couldn't become whatever I wanted to become as I grew up in the eighties and for that reason it has taken me a long time to realise that I was brought up unequal but as an adult looking back I realise i was gently moulded by those around me to become what they considered lady-like. I really hate that term 'lady-like'; It suggests that wanting to mess with computers, to get covered in mud playing sports, to have more interest in the engineering principles taught by Meccano and Lego than the humdrum life of your inanimate Barbie Doll is somehow inappropriate for a girl or lady. I have a one year old daughter of my own called Aria, partly after the Character in the 'A Song of Ice and Fire' series. Aria is a great namesake, she is willful, independent and focused. As a mother I aim to give Aria the opportunities I didn't have and try to help her be ready for an adult life that may be quite different to how we live now. I want her to have the confidence I have lacked and the ambition to do things with her life. I hope she will forgive me for buying her Meccano for Christmas when her friends have tiny tears dolls, for buying her the cute red, blue or green jumper or dress instead of the tacky pink crap that is persistently pushed on us by major companies. I hope she will forgive me for being uninterested in makeup and celebrities, 'women's' magazines and other 'women's' interests. For me, being a woman isn't for anyone else to define, to use to categorise me into a neat demographic pool. It is part of what makes me, me but it isn't the be all and end all of who i am. This is why, I believe in equality for women.

I don't remember anyone telling me i couldn't become whatever I wanted to become as I grew up in the eighties and for that reason it has taken me a long time to realise that I was brought up unequal but as an adult looking back I realise i was gently moulded by those around me to become what they considered lady-like. I really hate that term 'lady-like'; It suggests that wanting to mess with computers, to get covered in mud playing sports, to have more interest in the engineering principles taught by Meccano and Lego than the humdrum life of your inanimate Barbie Doll is somehow inappropriate for a girl or lady. I have a one year old daughter of my own called Aria, partly after the Character in the 'A Song of Ice and Fire' series. Aria is a great namesake, she is willful, independent and focused. As a mother I aim to give Aria the opportunities I didn't have and try to help her be ready for an adult life that may be quite different to how we live now. I want her to have the confidence I have lacked and the ambition to do things with her life. I hope she will forgive me for buying her Meccano for Christmas when her friends have tiny tears dolls, for buying her the cute red, blue or green jumper or dress instead of the tacky pink crap that is persistently pushed on us by major companies. I hope she will forgive me for being uninterested in makeup and celebrities, 'women's' magazines and other 'women's' interests. For me, being a woman isn't for anyone else to define, to use to categorise me into a neat demographic pool. It is part of what makes me, me but it isn't the be all and end all of who i am. This is why, I believe in equality for women.

As someone working in the corporate world I am continually shocked by the lack of women in senior roles. I see people who have all the soft skills, qualities and knowledge, who do not rise to the seniority required. This is an obvious and quantifiable element of sexism, but it exists in far more subtle, difficult to measure forms. Why do we need sexual equality? Because everyone should get the same treatment no matter what their gender, race or background. Because we can only have the best society by letting people reach their full potential and to be rewarded properly. Because a fair society is a society where everyone feels that their hard work, ability and achievement is compensated. Because nobody should feel uncomfortable because of their gender. Because so much talent and ability is wasted as a result of sexism.

Working for One25 - a charity that supports women trapped in street sex-work - I see women face poverty, addiction and violence on a daily basis. A party that wants to see an end to violence and give a voice to women who are to afraid to speak out certainly gets my support.

I am a 50+ Lesbian woman with a partner Ellen and 4 children ranging from their 30's to 6 years old. I have a degree in Politics and Sociology from Manchester, and have studied Gender Inequality in everything from Linguistics to Politics and all things in between. I am for my sins an ex member of the local executive of the Liberal Democrats, and was instrumental in getting the first ever LibDem Councillor elected to Doncaster council, producing all election literature. Oh my this is coming over awfully like a CV, I do apologise. I am very passionate about gender equality (as indeed I am about equality for all), I have dedicated much of my life to it, with little success often, though I have managed some firsts at university in particular. My most recent success at uni was in my final year (2006) when I became the chair of student council. In a university of over 30,000 students I was shockingly the first. I look forward to watching our fledgling party grow and develop, though when I say watch I hope to become much more proactive than that.

I'd like to *think* I've always been reasonably equality-minded, though I'm not going to claim that makes me innocent of occasional sexist behaviour myself. Over the last year or so, I've been increasingly aware of sexism as an issue - both in terms of how much action is needed, and how close we *might* be to a tipping point where things can actually change. Silently willing active feminists luck isn't sufficient for me any more; I want to be more actively involved, in whatever small way I can. I want to be an agent of change instead of just a witness to it. How can I tell my sons that sexism is wrong if I'm not prepared to stand up and be counted? I don't know how much good I can actually do, but at the very least I can stop being silent. As an aside, I hope more men join #WE to show that this isn't a struggle of all women against all men - it's a struggle of considerate people against a sexist culture which devalues women. There's no shame and no betrayal in a man being a feminist.

there is far too much to go into about my story but inequality is rife throughout all life. Just about every policy, system,concept used by government and business is full of extremist inequality and I want the abuse to stop now.

Universal equality and compassion allows for the possibility of awareness, empathy and peace to develop, for the benefit of all human beings.

I was raised to believe that men and women were born equal, and there was a time when I believed it. Now that I've reached my mid-thirties, and I can see I'm living in a society that is absolutely riddled with sexism. And I see other societies the world over where things are as bad, or worse. This needs to change, and the only way it will is if we take a stand.

I have a mixed race daughter and her battles will be many. I want her to see that you can make change and you can have your voice heard..that being part of a movement is a positive thing. I want her to be able to be proud to be female and mixed and not to be daunted by politics or science and to be able to build really healthy relationships in the world

When will the pay gap change? Why do people assume that a woman has the support of a male partner's income. I'm a single person on a woman's wage and its barely enough to cover my rent. Why do we live in a world where plumbers earn more than care workers and does that suggest that we care more about our heating than our elderly and disabled relatives? More about objects than people? I don't work in a traditionally female industry but to me this seems that women's work is valued less because its done more often by women, not because of the skill level. Caring and interacting with vulnerable people is highly skilled work.