Hi Friend,

Following on form the great success of our Zoom event last week, we're hosting our second #CoronaConversations event, 'Struggling to Survive: Women, Work and Welfare'.

Women are more likely to be in low paid and insecure work, and existing inequalities, especially for BAME women, mean that they are being disproportionately impacted by the Covid-19 outbreak. Women still do the majority of unpaid care and school and nursery closures mean women are having to give up work or reduce their hours. On top of this, the majority of key workers in highest risk role are women and with PPE shortages their lives are being put at risk.    

Join us at 7pm on Tuesday 28 April for a panel discussion about the problems and solutions with experts in this field, chaired by our CEO Sam Smethers.

We'll be hearing from:

FAHMIDA RAHMAN
RESEARCH & POLICY ANALYST, RESOLOUTION fOUNDATION

Fahmida is a Research and Policy Analyst at the Resolution Foundation where her work focuses on incomes and inequality. She takes a keen interest in structural and intersectional inequalities relating to race, gender and social class, among others, and has written extensively on these topics.  Prior to joining the Resolution Foundation, she worked as a civil servant in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and Home Office.

ROSALIND BRAGG
DIRECTOR, Maternity Action

Rosalind is the Director of Maternity Action, the UK’s maternity rights charity dedicated to promoting, protecting and enhancing the rights of all pregnant women, new mothers and their families to employment, social security and health care. She has led campaigns to challenge pregnancy discrimination at work, strengthen redundancy protections for new mothers, improve support for asylum seeking women and to ensure access to maternity care for vulnerable migrant women. Rosalind has worked in the voluntary sector and civil service in the UK and Australia in the areas of employment, health, social exclusion and inequalities.

HANNAH WILLIAMS
WOMEN'S OFFICER, THE INDEPENDENT WORKERS UNION of GREAT BRITAIN (IWGB)

Hannah was recently elected Women’s & Non-Binary officer of the IWGB Couriers and Logistics Branch. She works as a courier day to day in the North East. She aims to be a voice for female and non binary workers and to break down barriers and stereotypes which may prevent women from achieving what they want in the workplace. She suffers with chronic illness/disabilities and has been an advocate for others with disabilities, as well as setting up support groups for those in need. 

The event will be hosted on Zoom and you will receive a link once you have reserved your place through the booking link below.

This time we are also asking if you would consider making a donation towards the cost of the event. We want to keep this event series free so that our events are as inclusive as possible, but right now we urgently need more funding, so if you feel you can afford to make a contribution we would be very grateful. Details for this are also via the booking link.