Former Bake Off contestant Sandy Docherty has been a big supporter of Fairtrade for many years. She has agreed to share her recipe for meatballs in a spicy sauce and will be using ingredients sourced from fair trade organisation JTS. …

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Top Yorkshire based chocolatier David Greenwood Haigh has a background working with Fairtrade chocolate pioneers Divine chocolate and has been working all around the world with Coeur de Xocolat In this workshop he will show us how to make chocolate truffles …

Fairtrade Truffle Making with David Greenwood-Haigh of Coeur de Xocolat Read More »

Whistleblowing is increasingly recognized as a vital way to hold organizations to account and keep societies safe. Changes are happening: new legislation is being introduced to protect those who speak up about organizational wrongdoing, including an EU Directive that must …

Gender and Whistleblowing: a hidden aspect of speaking up Read More »

As part of York International Women's Week Festival, York Fair Trade Forum and Shared Interest bring you a unique opportunity to hear direct from people working with Fairtrade farmers and workers in Kenya and Ghana. Immaculate Ochieno is Shared Interest's …

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Uganda’s January 2021 presidential elections pitted the young pop star turned politician Bobi Wine against the 76-year-old military leader Yoweri Museveni who captured power through the barrel of the gun 35 years ago in 1986. Ugandan youth leader and human …

Ugandan elections amid the Covid-19 pandemic: fear and hope in the civic space Read More »

International Women's Day event and Athena SWAN lecture Sara Laschever discusses the groundbreaking classic that explores how women can and should negotiate for parity in their workplaces, homes, and beyond. When Linda Babcock wanted to know why male graduate students were …

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Get moving on a Saturday morning with the traditional Indian dance moves of Avtar Panesar. Avtar will show us how to do bhangra and Bollywood dancing and explain the history of the dances. This event is sponsored by Warrington Fairtrade Steering …

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Because our popular ‘Frock for FROK’ clothes-swap event cannot be held this year, we have put together a short film of women from York and northwest Pakistan sharing their pandemic experiences. If there’s time we’ll also show a documentary of …

Film and Food with ‘Frok’ – Sharing women’s pandemic experiences from York and north west Pakistan Read More »

HERSTORY.YORK is a community history project aiming to tell and celebrate the stories of 100 women active in York between 1918 and 2018. This event will focus on women who have contributed in the health and caring professions and in …

Herstory.York – Making invisible women visible Read More »

Human rights students present a selection of filmed interviews with women about the impact of Covid-19 on their lives. We’ll hear first-hand experiences of working in the NHS, teaching, caring for those with special needs, parenting, and the wide array …

A spotlight on women in the covid pandemic Read More »

To celebrate York International Women’s Week work from women artist-activist collaborations in the Arctivism project have been brought together in an exhibition. Illustrations, embroidery, bitesize theatre, spoken word poetry, zines, photographs and performance by women in El Salvador, India, Latvia, …

Women Activists During the Covid-19 Crisis – Conversations on Arctivism Read More »

Three years after the government apologised for the Windrush scandal - which saw thousands of British people wrongly classified as illegal immigrants with catastrophic consequences - the promised reform of the Home Office and the controversial hostile environment has not …

The continuing Windrush scandal Read More »

What is advocacy? Do you feel no-one is listening? How can we help you to get your voice heard? Older Citizens Advocacy York (OCAY) can help older people to be heard. Join us to find out more. The event is …

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If it’s not a plague, it’s political upheaval. Two scholars of Russian history will discuss the revolutionary year of 1905, the causes, course and consequences of the rebellion, and especially the roles played by women in events. Dr Katy Turton …

Women and the Russian Revolution Read More »

International Women's Day Lecture For fifteen years, scholar and activist Linda Scott has played a central role in the rise of the women’s economic empowerment movement. A coalition made up of activists, multinational corporations, global NGOs, and governments, this new …

The Double X Economy Read More »

Lockdown has had significant and distinct consequences for women: women have borne the brunt of home schooling and caring, job losses and increased domestic violence among others (https://wbg.org.uk/). Women have also been at the forefront of community responses. Why? Join …

Question Time? Women in a time of plague Read More »

Historic peace talks are currently taking place in Doha, Qatar, between the Taliban and Afghan government negotiators, aiming to end decades of war. Negotiations are long and complicated, and any political settlement needs to find a way to bridge the …

Women’s role in peace-building in Afghanistan Read More »

The Greater Manchester Disabled People's Panel would like to invite you to the following event: With: Matthew Blow - (Equality and Human Rights Commission UNCRPD Lead, Human Rights Monitoring Team), Professor Anna Lawson - (School of Law, University of Leeds, Disability Rights and Law, …

Applying the United Nations Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities (UNCRPD) at local level Read More »

Are we in danger of ingraining deep-seated prejudices into the technology we use on a daily basis? Our panel, chaired by The Gadget Show presenter Ortis Deley, will discus in this online event. This event is part of Open Talk …

Does Tech Discriminate? Read More »