Female leadership in politics

This week we are joined by Emily Batchelor and Amy Dwyer, both
newly appointed Women’s Officers for the Young Fabians, to
discuss female leadership through Covid and beyond. We spoke
about how female leaders around the world have had some of the
most effective and competent responses to the current pandemic
and explore the reasons behind it. We spoke about the importance
of gender parity within Parliament and what measures
organisations such as 50:50 Parliament are doing to achieve this.
We also discussed the need for more female leaders and visual
representations of powerful women towards dismantling the
obstacles women face when running for office.



Speakers:


Emily Batchelor - YF Women’s Officer
https://twitter.com/EmilyJBatch


Amy Dwyer - YF North West Womens Officer and Ambassador for 50:50
Parliament https://twitter.com/AmyDwyer23


Carolina Saludes - YF Vice Chair
https://twitter.com/CarolinaSaludes


Louie Marlow - YF Content Producer
https://twitter.com/louiemarlow



Resources: 


Amy Dwyer’s Blog piece female leadership during Covid:
bit.ly/2DKcY2l 

Emily Batcherlo’s Blog piece on Female liberation:
https://bit.ly/393s92a 

Tessa Jowell profile and obituary: https://bit.ly/3h9AuVa

The 50:50 campaign for equal representation in parliament:
https://bit.ly/2OAk8Zb 

International Index on gender equality:
https://bit.ly/3fBaaCY

UN figures on representation in public bodies:
https://bit.ly/2CG4qsU 

5:38’s piece on sexism in the 2016 US Presidential Election:
https://53eig.ht/3jbO8sz 



This event was recorded on Thursday 16th July.





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