This is a webinar celebrating the brilliant work that Disabled women activists and campaigners do locally and nationally. Activists and campaigners who fight day and night to bring about change for the communities they serve and belong to. They make their voices heard, they change communities and they influence changes to legislation that improves the lives of many. These are the women who belong in elected office. We want to explore the bridge between activism, campaigning and elected office.

Disabled women activists are at the forefront of change. They know their community, and they fight for better. They use policy, people power and networks to secure the changes to legislation needed to better the lives of many people.

These are the women we believe belong in elected office. Women who are connected to their communities. Women who use everything at their disposal to change policy and legislation for positive change. We need more Disabled women who have these valuable experiences in campaigning and activism in political office.

For this webinar we will be bringing together brilliant women in activism, campaigning and politics. We will hear about the experiences of Disabled women campaigners, activists and politicians. This webinar will explore the ways in which campaigning, activism and politics interlink and will look at the various issues and concerns preventing Disabled women from seeking political office and progressing once they enter into politics.

This event will be hosted by disability rights and activist Amy Kavanagh and we will hear from activists and campaigners Sarah Rennie and Eleanor Lisney and Emma Roddick MSP.

There will be a live Q+A session for you to ask our panelists any questions.

This is a women only event.

Elect Her is committed to hosting inclusive, accessible events that enable all women to engage fully in our conversations. We provide AI live captioning for all our online workshops & events, and will provide BSL interpretation for this webinar.  If you require any further accommodations to access this event, please email zainab@elect-her.org.uk  Requests must be made at least 2 working days before the scheduled event in order to enable us time to make arrangements.

Sign up for this webinar below and a zoom link to access the session will be sent to you 48 hours before the event.