IRDR Centre for Gender and Disaster
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Based at @UCLIRDR, the centre aims to develop awareness of, and responsiveness to, gender equality in @DRR in research and teaching https://t.co/tlHerjCKW7 @GRRIPP
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https://www.ucl.ac.uk/risk-disaster-reduction/research/centre-gender-and-disaster 15-02-2018 16:18:37
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“Older women are particularly susceptible to intense & frequent heat waves”
The group Senior Women for Climate Protection just won their landmark case. The court ruled that failing to meet #ClimateAction targets = a breach of human rights!
Congrats KlimaSeniorinnen !💚👊
I presented my operational definition of #labourexploitation (tinyurl.com/yc4tp6bm) & Acciari & I's work on care workers'conditions & health IRDR Centre for Gender and Disaster panel.
The brilliant Bella Ruiz & Isabel Cortes United Voices of the World & Henry Lopez IWGB exemplified workers'conditions & struggles.
You can tell by the HUGE GRIN that I am proud to rep my union United Voices of the World and speak alongside Bella, the amazing care worker, who with her colleague’s took strike action in the harshest of conditions during a global pandemic.
Join us this Friday to celebrate #WorldEssentialWorkersDay with a special event on front-line care workers during the pandemic!
Online and in-person, registration required:
ucl.ac.uk/risk-disaster-…
THIS FRIDAY! Join us for a panel discussion on 'Essential yet exploited? Invisibilised frontline workers during the pandemic.'
Grab your free ticket here: bit.ly/48xw4BJ
The event is followed by a networking reception & a poster exhibition by our BSc students. IRDR Centre for Gender and Disaster
We are making this event hybrid!
You can join us even if you are not in London. Register through the link, and you will be sent login details before the event👇
FLEX Department of Health and Social Care CSI Palliative Care Margaret Beels (DLME) GLAA United Voices of the World IWGB Unite the union: join a union Trades Union Congress Health and Social Care Committee
Interested in #careworkers , invisibilised frontline workers & pandemics?
On Essential Workers'Day (15Mar), join us to discuss their labour conditions & health in rel. to COVID19 pandemic, & #labourexploitation
UCL IRDR IRDR Centre for Gender and Disaster w/ HCRInstitute United Voices of the World
👉tinyurl.com/4n8chs64
🔔15th March🔔 Essential yet exploited? Invisibilised frontline workers during the pandemic
Join us on #WorldEssentialWorkersDay as we examine the working conditions of low-paid #careworkers & ask how they can be better protected in the future crises
ucl.ac.uk/risk-disaster-…