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What does intersectionality mean? What’s the difference between Equity and Equality? How can we make sure that all women’s voices are heard? Is representation really important? We’ll be discussing the big questions with our panel of women of colour. Acknowledging the layers of identity and oppression that build upon each other helps us understand how everyone’s lived experiences are completely different, even though they may belong to the same gender, race or religion. Each aspect of our identities needs to be seen. This panel will help us broaden our understanding of what feminism is, in a global context.

Event Timings:

• 16:30-16:35 Introduction to event and audience welcome
• 16:35-16:45 Panellist Introduction (Background)
• 16:45-17:10 Initial remarks on Intersectionality and Equity (What it means to panellist, their expertise)
• 17:10-17:30 Discussion & Moderator Questions
• 17:30-17:55 Audience Q&A
• 17:55-18:00 Summary & Thanks to Panel and Audience

"It's not about supplication, it's about power. It's not about asking, it's about demanding. It's not about convincing those who are currently in power, it's about changing the very face of power itself." Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw.

Moderator: Women’s Officer at Warwick SU

Panellists:

• Nicola Pratt

Professor of the International Politics of the Middle East

Department of Politics & International Studies

Most recent book: Embodying Geopolitics: Generations of Women's Activism in Egypt, Jordan, and Lebanon  (University of California Press, 2020) (winner of the BISA Susan Strange Best Book Prize)

• Amrita Kulka

Assistant Professor at the Department of Economics

Specialises in Government Economic Policy.

Public & Urban Economist

• Rinakshie Rams

Member of Decolonising the Curriculum Working Group in the PAIS Department.

• Ella Osho

Trans Students’ Officer at Warwick SU

• Tanaya Soni

UN Women UK Warwick Society President