1. Helen Pankhurst was born on 1964 and is a British women's rights activist, scholar and writer.
20 Facts About Helen Pankhurst
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Helen Pankhurst is the great-granddaughter of Emmeline Pankhurst and granddaughter of Sylvia Pankhurst, who were both leaders in the suffragette movement.
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In 2018 Pankhurst convened Centenary Action, a cross-party coalition of over 100 activists, politicians and women's rights organisations campaigning to end barriers to women's political participation.
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Helen Pankhurst was brought up in Ethiopia until the age of 12, the daughter of historian Richard Pankhurst.
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Helen Pankhurst began her studies in French, at the Lycee Guebre-Mariam in Addis Ababa.
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Helen Pankhurst continued her schooling at the Lycee Charles de Gaulle before going on to the Atlantic College in Wales, the first of the United World Colleges.
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Helen Pankhurst then studied at Sussex University in England, Vassar College in New York, and finally Edinburgh University, Scotland, where she gained a PhD degree in social science.
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Helen Pankhurst's thesis was published by Zed Press in 1992 as Gender Development and Identity: An Ethiopian Study.
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Helen Pankhurst has worked for a range of international development organisations including ACORD, Womankind Worldwide and CARE International, primarily in Ethiopia.
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Helen Pankhurst's focus has been on programme and policy in urban and rural development, water hygiene and sanitation, and women's rights.
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Helen Pankhurst has been a trustee of Water Aid, Farm Africa and Action Aid and has been a visiting senior fellow at the London School of Economics and a visiting professor at Manchester Metropolitan University.
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At the 2012 Summer Olympics opening ceremony, Helen Pankhurst appeared alongside her daughter, Laura.
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In 2018 Helen Pankhurst established Centenary Action, a cross-party coalition of over 100 activists, politicians and women's rights organisations campaigning to end barriers to women's political participation; as of October 2024 she is its convener.
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Helen Pankhurst leads and sits on the steering committee of GM4women2028, a charity creating change for the women of Manchester.
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Helen Pankhurst has an honorary PhD from Edge Hill University.
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Helen Pankhurst was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 2019 New Year Honours for services to gender equality.
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Helen Pankhurst is the daughter of historian Richard Keir Pethick Pankhurst and librarian Rita Pankhurst, her brother is Alula Pankhurst.
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Helen Pankhurst married David Loakes and has two adult children.
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Helen Pankhurst advised on and had a cameo role in the 2015 film Suffragette alongside her daughter.
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Helen Pankhurst promoted the film around the world, visiting Australia, Japan, USA and throughout the UK.