The results of the survey were revealed at an event in Westminster on Wednesday night, hosted by Baroness Shami Chakrabarti and with a cross-party panel of women including Labour MP Kate Osamor, Conservative MP Helen Grant and Lib Dem deputy leader Jo Swinson.

Charlotte Chorley, director of press and communications at What Women Want 2.0, told Stylist.co.uk that the group is currently debating the next stages of the project.

“We hope to take what we’ve learned in the survey, and build a toolkit to support others replicate it in their own communities – we hope to see a ‘What Black women want’, ‘What Scottish women want’, ‘What disabled women want’,” she said.

“We really believe that platforming women’s raw, unedited voices in this way can help shape more diverse and inclusive policies, and affect real change. We are committed to supporting others who want to find out what women want. We also want to turn the eight key themes from the report into a pledge for MPs to sign and communities to lobby with.”

The first What Women Want 2.0 survey was conducted in 2016 with support from the Women’s Equality Party. That 2016 survey was itself a rebooted version of the 1996 feminist campaign What Women Want, which asked women around the UK to write down their hopes and dreams on postcards. Those postcards were exclusively shared with Stylist.co.uk, and revealed concerns including the tampon tax, domestic abuse and sexual harassment (plus ça change, right?).

A spokesperson for What Women Want 2.0 said that the modern group’s motivations are the same as those of the original 1996 campaign.

“As in 1996, the idea was for a group of motivated young feminists to record this moment in time, and build a legacy for future generations of feminist activists and historians,” she said. “What Women Wants 2.0 follows in feminist footsteps and we hope that, if what you find here makes you angry or impatient, it also leaves you energised, inspired and, most of all, ready to fight for what you want.”

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On International Women’s Day, survey reveals what women actually want