International Women’s Day

The Menopause Group’s New Co-Leads

Lorraine Harrison I’m delighted to be Co Leading with Jackie and continuing Bernice’s brilliant work. As one of the founding members of the Women’s Network Menopause Working Group, this is a great next step for me. I’m based up in the North East, in the lovely Newcastle upon Tyne, where I’m a Technical Support Officer in Environment Management, supporting the North & South Land & Water Teams. Collectively the 2 teams cover the Northumberland & Tyne and Tyne & Wear catchments. For several years I’ve been the Area’s Women’s Network Office Lead, a role I took on after being approached. It was timely as I was looking outside my then day job for opportunities to increase skill & raise my profile. I’m hugely passionate about equality, diversity & inclusion. I’ve learnt so much in my journey with this fantastic group & passing on that knowledge to help & educate others feels instinctively the right thing to do & it’s rewarding. Winning a Civil Service Award in October 2017 was definitely a highlight in my career and a very proud moment. I look forward to continuing this important work with you all!			Jackie Tucker It’s been a pleasure to work with women from across the agency on a subject we are passionate about. Like Lorraine I was one of the founding members of the menopause work group and I’ve learnt a lot from being involved with this group.    I am based geographically at the complete opposite end of the country to Lorraine, I live and work in South Devon in the National Laboratory Service (Starcross).   I am the Team Leader for the Microbiology and Molecular biology team, I’m not sure if that role equips me for the co-lead of the menopause group, but I do know that volunteering for anything in the Women’s Network will enhance my day job.   Sharing knowledge and supporting people through their careers and lives is just what I want to do and I care that for some of us that is a tricky journey involving health issues and difficult conversations.   The yammer groups are a constant source of support, information and inspiration, so with your help, let’s keep this group full of comradeship, wisdom and a pinch of humour.
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			Book Club: Invisible Women by Caroline Criado Perez
			This month’s book club recommendation comes from Pam Fleming: I read the book review in the weekend papers and thought it sounded really interesting - I'm off to buy it!
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Date	Location	Details:
Tues 5 March, 9:30 to 10:30	Nationwide.	How Balanced Are We? Contact the Women’s Network for the dial in details. Please check with your local leads to see if they have booked a room
Wed 6 March, 10:30 to 15:00	East Anglia, Ipswich and Brampton	International Women’s Day Contact Elanor Ward for details.
Wed 6 March, 12:30 to 13:30	Red Kite House G2	International Women’s Day Drop in session Contact Mari Leeks for details
Thurs 7 March, 13:00 to 14:00	Kings Meadow House, G2	International Women’s Day Contact Diana Beckley so she can organise snacks!
Fri 8 March, 13:00 to 13:45	Red Kite House, G2 G2	Violence against women — it's a men's issue - Jackson Katz Contact Em Sears for details
Fri 8 March, 13:00 to 14:00	Online	'It’s a M.A.D. (Making a Difference) World' A free online seminar led by Dr Sam Collins, Founder and CEO of Aspire. Register here.
Fri 8 March, 13:00 to 14:00	Exeter and Manchester	Cross Government International Women’s Day events. Joint events with local Environment Agency staff
Wed 13 March, 11:30 to 12:30	Foss House, York, CR04	Coppafeel - Boobette Talk Limited spaces – contact Vicky Murray for details
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