Podcast: International Women’s Day

9 Mar 2020 03:28 PM

Blog posted by: GDS team, 09 March 2020 – Categories: People and skills, Podcast.

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International Womens’ Day (IWD) is celebrated worldwide on 8 March. For 2020, the theme is about equality: “An equal world is an enabled world. How will you help forge a gender equal world? Celebrate women's achievement. Raise awareness against bias. Take action for equality”.

To mark IWD at the Government Digital Service (GDS), we interviewed 9 people from across the organisation for March’s episode of the GDS Podcast. We asked 3 questions based on IWD’s theme:

• Which woman inspires you in digital government and why?
• Can you tell a story of gender equality in the workplace?
• What will you do this year to make GDS a better workplace for women?

We spoke to:

• Laura Flannery, Senior Product Manager
• Jennifer Marks, Digital Delivery Advisor
• Eliška Copland, Security Analyst
• Leena Taha, Senior Content Designer
• Jen Allum, Head of GOV.UK
• Joanna Blackburn, Deputy Director of Strategy and Engagement
• Charlotte Downs, Graphic Designer
• Liz Lutgendorff, Senior Research Analyst
• Sanwar Boparai, Executive Assistant

Hear their responses by listening to the GDS Podcast on IWD. 

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You can read a transcript of the podcast on Podbean.

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