1. Sophie Walker was born on 27 May 1971 and is a British political activist who was the founding leader of the Women's Equality Party in the United Kingdom.
18 Facts About Sophie Walker
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Sophie Walker led the party from 2015 until 2019, first appointed unanimously by the steering committee and then winning the Party's first leadership election in 2018.
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Sophie Walker was appointed Chief Executive of the Young Women's Trust in June 2019.
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Sophie Walker was born on 27 May 1971, the daughter of Lesley and David Sophie Walker.
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Sophie Walker was born in Blackpool, in England, but grew up in Glasgow, in Scotland.
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Sophie Walker attended university in England, studying English and French at the University of Reading.
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Sophie Walker then took a postgraduate diploma in newspaper journalism at City University, in London.
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Sophie Walker covered the fields of finance, business and trade, plus politics.
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Sophie Walker reported from London, Paris and Washington and from Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan.
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Sophie Walker launched the policy manifesto of the Women's Equality Party at Conway Hall, 20 October 2015, with six core objectives: equal representation in politics and business; equal representation in education; equal pay; equal treatment of women in the media; equal parenting rights; and an end to violence against women.
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The term of office is five years and was due to run until 2023, but Sophie Walker resigned in early 2019 citing frustration at the lack of diversity within the party.
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Sophie Walker stood for election in the London mayoral election held on 5 May 2016.
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Sophie Walker stood in the 2017 general election in Shipley against the sitting Conservative MP Philip Davies, an anti-political correctness and men's rights campaigner.
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Sophie Walker received 1,040 votes and finished fourth out of four candidates.
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Sophie Walker is married to Christopher Naylor, the former chief executive officer of Barking and Dagenham council.
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Sophie Walker has accepted an advocacy role with the National Autistic Society.
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Sophie Walker has appeared on a number of media broadcasts within the UK including a panel discussion on free speech and equality with Jordan Peterson and Michael Fabricant for The Wright Stuff.
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In 2018, Sophie Walker was named by Vogue magazine as one of the "New Suffragettes".