Helen Pankhurst

Helen Pankhurst

CBE
Helen Pankhurst; CBE
	Dr. Helen Pankhurst at Broadcasting House, London during BBC 100 Women 2016
Born	Helen Pankhurst; 1964 (age 59–60)
Alma mater	Edinburgh University; Sussex University; Vassar College;
Occupations	Activist; Writer; International Development Expert;
Children	2
Parents	Richard Pankhurst (father); Rita Eldon (mother);
Relatives	Alula Pankhurst (brother); Silvio Corio (paternal grandfather); Sylvia Pankhurst (paternal grandmother); Richard Pankhurst (paternal great-grandfather); Emmeline Pankhurst (paternal great-grandmother); Christabel Pankhurst (paternal great-aunt); Adela Pankhurst (paternal great-aunt); Sophia Goulden (maternal great-great grandmother);

Helen Pankhurst CBE (born 1964) is a British women's rights activist, scholar and writer. She is currently CARE International's senior advisor working in the UK and Ethiopia. She is the great-granddaughter of Emmeline Pankhurst and granddaughter of Sylvia Pankhurst, who were both leaders in the suffragette movement. In 2018 Pankhurst convened the Centenary Action Group, 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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