On Monday 8 March the Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health celebrated International Women\u2019s Day (IWD), a global day\u00a0recognising\u00a0the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women, through a series of events and campaigns.<\/em><\/p>\n The Faculty hosted the fourth\u00a0annual IWD event where guest speaker\u00a0Dr Nicole Brown<\/a>\u00a0discussed her research on the experience of disabled, chronically ill and\/or neuro-divergent members of higher education staff.<\/p>\n Nicole was joined by Dr Natalie Gardiner, Director of Social Responsibility (SMS) and Vikki Goddard, Head of Faculty Operations and University PS champion for Equality, Diversity and Inclusion for a discussion and Q&A session.<\/p>\n Speakers highlighted the importance of how \u2018collectively we can all create an inclusive world by choosing to challenge on this day and every day that follows\u2019 by \u2018stepping up and calling out bias and inequality.\u2019<\/p>\n Nicole\u2019s talk was inspiring and resonated deeply with the audience. One main take away was how communication is key as we can all \u2018learn more, listen more and ask more\u2019 to improve the day to day experience for everyone.<\/p>\n Watch the event recording here<\/a><\/p>\n The SHS event featured four fantastic speakers, all at different stages of their careers who discussed their experiences and accomplishments\u00a0in relation to this year\u2019s IWD theme, \u2018Choose to Challenge\u2019.<\/p>\n Speakers included:<\/p>\n The Division of Population Health, Health Services Research and Primary Care put together a suggested reading list from staff and students of their favourite books by female authors. The compiled list is posted on the\u00a0Research Hive blog\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n The Centre for Primary Care hosted a\u00a0special online seminar to celebrate IWD\u00a0and the contribution women make to Centre and Division more widely. Attendees learnt about the issues facing women in academia and the University\u2019s commitment to gender equality.<\/p>\n There was also an open and honest discussion about social equality and the small steps we can all take to learn more about this and be more considerate and inclusive of everyone, regardless of their identity of background. The Division Social Responsibility forum will be following up with actions to take this forward.<\/p>\n Speakers:<\/p>\n This year\u2019s IWD theme\u00a0#ChooseToChallenge<\/a>\u00a0focused on how collectively, we can all help create an inclusive world by choosing:<\/p>\n Staff and students were asked to show their solidarity in\u00a0#ChooseToChallenge<\/a>\u00a0by taking a photo\u00a0raising their hand high<\/a>\u00a0to pledge support and tagging in\u00a0@FBMH_SR<\/a>.<\/p>\n For more information and resources about PPIE including events, training and funding opportunities visit the\u00a0Faculty\u2019s PPIE Toolkit<\/a>, sign up to the monthly PPIE\u00a0digest<\/a>, visit the\u00a0SRPE\u00a0website<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0PPIE blog<\/a>, follow\u00a0@FBMH_SR<\/a>\u00a0or email\u00a0srbmh@manchester.ac.uk<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_post_nav _builder_version=”3.0.106″ in_same_term=”off” show_prev=”on” show_next=”on” prev_text=”Previous” next_text=”Next” locked=”on” parent_locked=”off” \/][et_pb_comments _builder_version=”3.0.106″ show_avatar=”on” show_reply=”on” show_count=”on” background_layout=”light” header_font_size_tablet=”51″ header_line_height_tablet=”2″ custom_button=”on” button_icon_placement=”right” button_text_color=”#ffffff” button_use_icon=”off” locked=”on” parent_locked=”off” button_text_size__hover_enabled=”off” button_text_size__hover=”null” button_one_text_size__hover_enabled=”off” button_one_text_size__hover=”null” button_two_text_size__hover_enabled=”off” button_two_text_size__hover=”null” button_text_color__hover_enabled=”off” button_text_color__hover=”null” button_one_text_color__hover_enabled=”off” button_one_text_color__hover=”null” button_two_text_color__hover_enabled=”off” button_two_text_color__hover=”null” button_border_width__hover_enabled=”off” button_border_width__hover=”null” button_one_border_width__hover_enabled=”off” button_one_border_width__hover=”null” button_two_border_width__hover_enabled=”off” button_two_border_width__hover=”null” button_border_color__hover_enabled=”off” button_border_color__hover=”null” button_one_border_color__hover_enabled=”off” button_one_border_color__hover=”null” button_two_border_color__hover_enabled=”off” button_two_border_color__hover=”null” button_border_radius__hover_enabled=”off” button_border_radius__hover=”null” button_one_border_radius__hover_enabled=”off” button_one_border_radius__hover=”null” button_two_border_radius__hover_enabled=”off” button_two_border_radius__hover=”null” button_letter_spacing__hover_enabled=”off” button_letter_spacing__hover=”null” button_one_letter_spacing__hover_enabled=”off” button_one_letter_spacing__hover=”null” button_two_letter_spacing__hover_enabled=”off” button_two_letter_spacing__hover=”null” button_bg_color__hover_enabled=”off” button_bg_color__hover=”null” button_one_bg_color__hover_enabled=”off” button_one_bg_color__hover=”null” button_two_bg_color__hover_enabled=”off” button_two_bg_color__hover=”null” \/][et_pb_text admin_label=”Related posts” _builder_version=”3.0.106″ background_layout=”light” locked=”on” parent_locked=”off”]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column_inner][\/et_pb_row_inner][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″][et_pb_sidebar _builder_version=”3.0.106″ area=”sidebar-1″ orientation=”left” show_border=”off” background_layout=”light” locked=”on” \/][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ admin_label=”Connect Title” module_class=”footer-section” _builder_version=”3.17.6″ background_color=”#1d1d1d” custom_padding=”0px||0px|” prev_background_color=”#ffffff” global_module=”380″][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” global_parent=”380″ parallax_method_1=”off” parallax_method_2=”off” parallax_method_3=”off” module_id=”footer-row” _builder_version=”3.17.6″ locked=”off”][et_pb_column type=”1_3″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Contact Us Title” global_parent=”380″ _builder_version=”3.17.6″ text_text_color=”#ffffff” background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_layout=”dark”]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=”Contact Us” global_parent=”380″ _builder_version=”3.17.6″ text_text_color=”#ffffff” background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” background_layout=”dark”]<\/p>\n The Social Responsibility Public Engagement Digest<\/span>: https:\/\/www.bmh.manchester.ac.uk\/connect\/social-responsibility\/contact\/<\/a><\/p>\n The Faculty Website<\/span>: https:\/\/www.bmh.manchester.ac.uk\/connect\/social-responsibility\/public-patients\/<\/a><\/p>\n\u201cIt\u2019s all in your head\u201d: The experience of disabled women in higher education<\/strong><\/h4>\n
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