Chwarae Teg (Welsh for "Fair Play") is a

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based charity working in

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to support the economic development of women as well as working with businesses and organisations to develop and improve working practices.

History

Chwarae Teg was launched by a consortium in 1992 in South Wales, and

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, now a minister in the

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, was appointed its first director. In 2009 Chwarae Teg launched their

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and Welsh Government sponsored project, Agile Nation (more details below). Referred to as "Chwarae Teg Agile Nation project #1", the project was completed in March 2015. On 22 July 2015 Chwarae Teg launched another

and Welsh Government sponsored project, "Agile Nation #2".

Activities

Agile Nation

Launched in 2009 and completed in March 2015, the Chwarae Teg Agile Nation project aimed to promote

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, support the career advancement of women and contribute to a reduction in the

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. Agile Nation was a £12.5 million project funded by the European Social Fund and the Welsh Government. The project had two training programs: Ascent (targeted at individual women) and Evolve (targeted at employers). These helped over 2,921 individual women and 504 businesses as of March 2015.

Policy

Chwarae Teg's policy function monitors economic and workforce developments that impact on women and business across Wales and provides advice to academia, government and industry. This knowledge is used to identify areas where new targeted projects can be developed to address areas of under-representation of women in the workplace.

Membership

Chwarae Teg is a registered charity which offers membership to individuals, businesses, organisations and institutions.

Trustees

The trustees of Chwarae Teg are: *Sandra Busby - Chair *Jeffrey Andrews *Carol Bogue-Lloyd *Rachel Cunningham *David Pritchard *Susan Lane *Dr Anita Shaw *Catherine Thomas *Alison Thorne *Christopher Warner *Sian Wiblin

Past chief executives

(1992–1999) * Ruth Marks (1999–2005) * Marcella Maxwell (2006–2008) * Katy Chamberlain (2008–2012) * Joy Kent (2013-2016)

Past chairs

* Jane Jones *

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CBE * Gwenda Williams * Jacky Tongue * Debbie Green