LYL's Women's Officer, Tulip Siddiq, organised an event for International Women’s Day last week.

Cllr Rohini Simbodyal and Cllr Louisa Thomson spoke about their recent election experiences and Cllr James Murray spoke about how to make an impact as a young councillor.

We were also delighted to be joined by Angela Eagle MP who spent an hour and a half talking to us! Amongst other topics, we discussed the representation of women and ethnic minorities in politics, civil partnerships, old boys’ networks and Royal Mail. Surprisingly, the topic of the economy didn’t come up that much. Maybe we’ve discussed it to death?

You can read more about this event on Tulip's blog.

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