General Election hustings: women’s rights and sustainable development
Chair
Lucy Lamble – Executive Editor of Global Development, The Guardian
Speakers
Lord Ray Collins @Lord_Collins – Labour Party
Baroness Shas Sheehan @sheehanshas – Liberal Democrats Party
Elizabeth Babade @BrexitDoyin – Brexit Party
Baroness Natalie Bennett @natalieben – The Green Party
Harini Iyengar @Harini_Iyengar – Women’s Equality Party
Description
Ahead of the UK General Election on 12 December, ODI and ActionAid UK are hosting an elections hustings on the UK’s future global leadership on women’s rights and sustainable development.
Candidates from across the political spectrum have been invited to set out their party’s position on these key issues, before answering questions from the audience.
ODI’s Acting Executive Director Sara Pantuliano @SaraPantuliano and ActionAid UK’s Chief Executive Girish Menon @GirishMenonAAUK will give introductory remarks.