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York International Women's Week 2022

Chaired by Elly Fiorentini of BBC Radio York, with a panel of local women politicians, and questions from the audience.

Climate change is neither gender neutral nor gender-equal. Women commonly face higher risks and greater burdens from the impacts of climate change in situations of poverty, and the majority of the world’s poor are women. Yet, women can (and do) play a critical role in response to climate change due to their local knowledge of and leadership in e.g. leading sustainable practices at the household and community level, and in the power of their choices as consumers.Join us to discuss women and climate change with our panel members:Denise Craghill has been a Green Party councillor for the city centre Guildhall ward since 2015. She is currently part of the council’s Executive with responsibility for Housing and Safer Neighbourhoods. In 2019 she drafted the motion which led to City of York Council declaring a Climate Emergency and a 2030 net zero carbon reduction target for the city.Councillor Claire Douglas is Deputy Leader of the Labour Group of councillors at City of York Council and Economy and City Development Spokesperson for Labour on the Council . Claire is currently the Chair of Trustees of Tang Hall Community Centre and Founder/Chair of Big Futures Foundation. She was also, until recently, the owner and director of a small international technology business.Emily Bell is the Treasurer of the York branch of the Women&#x27;s Equality Party. She is an educator who helps women find, understand and use data to advocate for economic equality.Councillor Paula Widdowson is the Liberal Democrat Executive Member for the environment and climate change. Paula has 30 years experience in business and operates a sustainability consultancy across the private sector.It promises to be a lively and insightful 90 minutes!Note: This event will be recorded via Zoom cloud recording services, and will later be uploaded to YouTube. If you do not wish to be recorded, please keep your camera and microphone off during the event and use the chat function to ask questions where appropriate. Contact us at yorkwomensvoices@gmail.com

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