Please note this is a wireless event with limited capacity. We advise those wishing to attend arrive early to secure a seat. The event is inside the secure zone and attendees will require a Labour Party Conference pass.
Labour Party Conference Wireless event: Building a Better Future for Northern Women: Health, Opportunity, Equality
Time: 2.00pm – 2.45pm
Location: ACC Riverside Balcony.This event is being held inside the secure zone.
Speakers: Kirith Entwistle MP for Bolton North East, Professor Louise Kenny Executive Pro Vice Chancellor of the Faculty of Health and Life Sciences at the University of Liverpool, Hannah Davies, Executive Director of Health Equity North and Professor Dame Lesley Regan, Women’s Health Ambassador for England (invited).
This event focuses on our Woman of the North report which found that women living in the North have lower healthy life expectancy, fewer qualifications, worse mental health, and are more likely to suffer domestic violence or to end up in the criminal justice system than their counterparts in the rest of England. The economic cost of these inequalities is also explored in the report which estimates women in the North lose out on a staggering £132m every week, compared to what they would get paid if wages were the same as women in the rest of the country.
