BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.3.6//EN TZID:Europe/London X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/London BEGIN:VEVENT UID:85@thcvs.org.uk DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210311T123000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210311T134500 DTSTAMP:20210212T124034Z URL:https://thcvs.org.uk/events/why-the-green-new-deal-must-be-feminist-we binar/ SUMMARY:WHY THE GREEN NEW DEAL MUST BE FEMINIST! - WEBINAR DESCRIPTION:by Wen (The Women's Environmental Network)\n\n\n\nHelp shape th e Feminist Green New Deal Manifesto to be launched at COP26 Glasgow Climat e Talks in November at t this interactive webinar.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \;\nA bout this Event\nBOOK HERE\n\n\n\nJoin Wen and The Women's Budget Group  at this free event to celebrate International Women's Day. In the first of a programme of events and workshops\, leading up to COP26 Glasgow Clima te Talks\, we will hear from the authors of the UK Feminist Green New Deal policy paper. This event will be interactive with time for Q&\;As - we want to hear from you!\n\nThe set of ideas broadly known as a 'Green New Deal' has a lot to say about the changes needed to tackle global inequalit y and climate catastrophe but\, it hasn't always considered how gender\, o r other forms of discrimination like race or class\, interact with the cli mate emergency in the UK.\n\nWen and The Women's Budget Group have publish ed a policy paper which outlines the key elements of what a Feminist Green New Deal would look like in the UK\, bringing a gender analysis to the Gr een New Deal and transitioning to a green economy.\n\nSpeakers include:\n\ nDR SHERILYN MACGREGOR\, UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER\n\nCo-author of the Femi nist Green New Deal UK policy paper\, Sherilyn is an academic at The Unive rsity of Manchester whose research focuses on the relationship between fem inist and environmental politics. Sherilyn advocates an intersectional eco feminism for the 99% and explores what a just future could look like in th e face of climate emergency.\n\nMAEVE COHEN\, UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER\n\n Maeve is Director of Rethinking Economics and is currently studying for a Masters in Political Economy at the University of Manchester and Co-author of the Feminist Green New Deal UK policy paper.  Maeve was a co-founder of the Post-Crash Economics Society (PCES) at the University of Manchester . PCES went on to become one of the founding groups of Rethinking Economic s\, an international\, student-led campaign to reform economics education. \n\nROSHINI THAMOTHERAM\, CAMPAIGNS PROJECT COORDINATOR\, WEN\n\nRoshini i s Campaigns Project Coordinator at Wen. Roshini is the Campaigns Project C oordinator at Wen. She has a passion for social justice. Having been a cla ssroom teacher\, outdoor educator and activist with marginalised groups\, she recently completed a MA in Race\, Media and Social Justice at Goldsmit hs University.\n\nSARA REIS\, HEAD OF RESEARCH &\; POLICY\, WOMEN'S BUD GET GROUP\n\nSara has a PhD in Politics from the University of Sheffield a nd previous experience in the rights of victims of crime\, women’s right s in the EU\, and the impact of migration on local areas in England. She j oined the Women’s Budget Group in 2017 and has been involved in various projects including research on female poverty\, funding for the women’s sector\, affordable housing\, economic circumstances of migrant women in t he UK and impact of Covid-19 on women in Coventry.\n\nThis interactive eve nt will be chaired by:\n\nZARINA AHMAD\, WEN ADVISER\n\nZarina Ahmad is a climate change communicator and trainer with CEMVO Scotland\, a race-equal ity organisation and intermediary with Scottish government. She works to i ncrease the involvement and participation of ethnic minority groups in env ironmentalism and has worked for CEMVO for the last eight years.\n\nRead h ere for more information\n\nPart of the Feminist Green New Deal Project in partnership with Wen &\; Women's Budget Group\n\n\n\n\n CATEGORIES:Events in Tower Hamlets END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/London BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20201025T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR