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#ChooseToChallenge

Join the Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health (FBMH) for our annual International Women's Day celebration event with guest speaker Dr Nicole Brown, Director of Social Research & Practice and Education Ltd. and Lecturer in Education at the UCL Institute of Education, London.

Nicole's research focus is on the experience of disabled, chronically ill and/or neurodivergent members of higher education staff. She has presented extensively on cost-benefit analyses of disclosure as well as strategies and initiatives individuals and institutions may employ to bring about attitudinal changes regarding ableism.

In this keynote titled, "It's all in your head": The experience of disabled women in higher education’, Nicole will draw on her research with academics with fibromyalgia.

By presenting the complexity of the condition and lived experiences of her participants, Nicole will extrapolate specifically what it means to be a woman with an invisible illness and/or disability in the context of the contemporary higher education in the UK.

Nicole will be joined by Dr Natalie Gardiner, Director of Social Responsibility (School of Medical Sciences), FBMH, and Vikki Goddard, University PS Lead for Equality, Diversity and Inclusion and Faculty Director of Operations, FBMH for a Q&A session.

How can I watch the event?

The talk will take place online on the Faculty's Facebook page. Account not required. Visit the event page here.

Please register for this event. You will be sent further details including instructions on how to watch the event a few days before.

If you require subtitles to watch the event please contact srbmh@manchester.ac.uk

How can I get involved?

This year's International Women's Day theme #ChooseToChallenge focuses on how collectively, we can all help create an inclusive world by choosing:

• to challenge and call out gender bias and inequity
• to seek out and celebrate women's achievements

You can show your solidarity in #ChooseToChallenge by taking a photo of yourself raising your hand high to pledge your support. Why not tag @FBMH_SR in your photos on Twitter?

Who is the event for?

This special event is open to everyone.

Enquiries

Please direct any enquiries to srbmh@manchester.ac.uk.

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