Fantastic to see so many sisters at #lab18 women’s conference this year. We have two brilliant events in this conference, one on rising homelessness and one on technology and equality:
On #lab18 Monday, we have a brilliant panel - including the Mayor of Manchester, @AndyBurnhamGM - discussing the problem of rising women’s homelessness in the context of a near decade of austerity measures:
On #lab18 Tuesday, we have an expert panel discussing how we use technology for the common good and make the most of it to bring teach equality to the many:
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.@shaistaAziz highlights the importance of knowing what you believe and knowing what you think. If you can crack that, you can crack writing to be heard. #FWNwriting
"There's a reason why journalism is such an elite, white privileged profession... They are not reflective of the wider population" - @shaistaAziz on the issue of fair pay in journalism and the problem of people being asked to work for free #FWNwriting
Professor Neena Modi is up first. She's setting the scene first with some keys fact: black women are 5 times more likely to die during pregnancy than white women #FWNLab20
NM: During the beginning of COVID-19 between March to April, 56% of pregnant women who tested positive with the virus were BAME #FWNLab20
👩Men still hold more than 66% of the seats in the UK parliament despite a record number of women elected in December.
👩🏿Only 34% of councillors are women.
👵Only 24.3 per cent of all national parliamentarians were women as of February 2019, a slow increase from 11.3 per cent in 1995.
👩🏾Rwanda has the highest number of women parliamentarians worldwide, where, women have won 61.3 per cent of seats in the lower house.
👩🏻Globally, there are 27 States in which women account for less than 10 per cent of parliamentarians in single or lower houses, as of February 2019, including 3 chambers with no women at all.
Our exec member, the inspirational Cllr @shaistaAziz has just begun a new role as Head of Media and Comms at @SolaceWomensAid and has been appointed as a commissioner for the Oriel College Independent Inquiry into the Rhodes Statue.
Our exec member, the awesome Cllr @abigailmashall is doing wonderful work in leading FWN North, for all our sisters across the NW, NE, Yorks & Humber. Abi is a huge encouragement to everyone on our EC and we are so grateful to have her expertise on our committee.
Our exec member, the exceptional Cllr @KindySandhu won her council seat from a Tory and has not stopped grafting since. An incredible local representative, Kindy has a doctorate in the impact of austerity on BAME women and is a specialist in an intersectional approach to the GND.