Jeremy Corbyn is set to unveil plans to achieve gender balance across all public offices.
The Labour leader will pledge to "remove the barriers in our society to women achieving full equality" and make sure women are "at the heart of all our policy making" as he continues his campaign to try to keep the party top job.
Mr Corbyn is locked in a fierce battle with leadership challenger Owen Smith and the incumbent will use a speech in London this evening to flesh out his latest set of proposals to win over voters.
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Mr Corbyn will commit Labour to undertaking a regular gender audit of party policies to ensure it is always working towards an equal society.
He will also announce a consultation on the setting up of a Women's Advisory Board which will help ensure decisions made by the party's leadership better reflect and meet the needs of women from across society.
A commitment to working to strengthen the law in order to crackdown on sexual harassment and threats made online is also expected.
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Mr Corbyn is expected to say: "We will never be a successful society in which everybody is able to achieve their potential until we have full equality for women.
"Under my leadership, Labour will take action to remove the barriers in our society to women achieving full equality, we will tackle discrimination, sexism and violence against women and girls, both online and physical."
Mr Corbyn will pledge to increase women's representation in society, democracy and within the Labour Party by supporting all-women short-lists to achieve equal representation in Parliament as well as a similar aim for all public offices.
Under his leadership Labour will also seek to ensure increased recruitment of women into science, technology, engineering and manufacturing jobs as the party seeks to tackle "occupational segregation".
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Other plans due to be set out include handing increased powers to the Equality and Human Rights Commission to penalise companies that do not publish detailed gender pay data and a wide-ranging consultation on how to strengthen existing sexual harassment legislation.
Meanwhile, measures will also be considered to increase the responsibility placed on organisations to promote safe and respectful "community standards" online in a bid to reduce abuse.
Mr Corbyn's policy promises come after a YouGov poll put the Labour leader 24 points ahead of Mr Smith.
The poll of those entitled to vote in the leadership contest put Mr Corbyn on 62% with Mr Smith trailing on 38%.
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