{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} '''Women2Win''' is a mentoring and pressure group within the British Conservative Party that promotes the election of more Conservative women MPs and increased involvement of Conservative women in public life.<ref name="Gill"/>
Women2Win was founded in 2005 by Theresa May (who subsequently became Prime Minister and later Baroness May of Maidenhead) and by Anne Jenkin (who became Baroness Jenkin of Kennington).<ref name="About W2W"/><ref name="Allan"/> In 2018, Theresa May launched Women2WinWales at the Welsh Conservative Party Conference, launching the campaign to elect the first female Welsh Conservative MP.<ref name="W2W Wales"/> Charlotte Carew Pole serves as the director.
When Women2Win was founded there were 17 Conservative women MPs (9% of the parliamentary party) and by 2018 this had increased to 67 (20%);<ref name=Crosbie/> the work of Women2Win and of Theresa May in particular have been credited for contributing to this trend.<ref name="Lagan"/>
==References== <references>
<ref name="Gill">{{cite news |last1=Gill |first1=Martha |title=Theresa May's positive legacy? She's a feminist champion |url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/jul/15/theresa-may-legacy-feminist-champion-women |accessdate=21 August 2019 |work=The Guardian |date=15 July 2019 |location=London}}</ref>
<ref name="About W2W">{{cite web |title=About us |url=https://www.women2win.com/about-us |website=Women2Win |accessdate=21 August 2019 |archive-date=4 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191204130622/https://www.women2win.com/about-us |url-status=dead }}</ref>
<ref name="Allan">{{cite news |last1=Allan |first1=Kate |title=The women in the running for Theresa May's cabinet |url=https://www.ft.com/content/6c07519c-48e1-11e6-b387-64ab0a67014c |accessdate=21 August 2019 |work=Financial Times |date=13 July 2016 |location=London}}</ref>
<ref name=Crosbie>{{cite news |last1=Crosbie |first1=Virginia |title=The number of female Tory MPs has almost quadrupled since 2005 – and all we did was ask |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/suffragettes-centenary-women-vote-tories-theresa-may-women2win-female-mps-a8197551.html |accessdate=21 August 2019 |work=The Independent |date=6 February 2018 |location=London}}</ref>
<ref name="Lagan">{{cite news |last1=Lagan |first1=Aine |title=Theresa May's Resigned, But The Next Female PM Will Owe Her More Than We Realise |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/theresa-may-resigns_uk_5ce7d0e6e4b010ec43ac95ac |accessdate=21 August 2019 |work=HuffPost |date=24 May 2019}}</ref>
<ref name="W2W Wales">{{cite web|title=Prime Minister Theresa May launches Women2Win Wales|url=https://www.women2win.com/news/prime-minister-theresa-may-launches-women2win-wales|website=Women2Win|accessdate=22 August 2019|archive-date=22 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190822195713/https://www.women2win.com/news/prime-minister-theresa-may-launches-women2win-wales|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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==External links== {{Official website|www.women2win.com/}} *[http://www.conservatives.com Conservative Party]
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