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Oxfam Social Innovation Boost
In February I took part in a 2.5 day innovation process to help Oxfam come up with some great ideas for how to solve women’s poverty. It was amazing, exhausting and emotional. You can see me in my various states of dress in this video below. Big up to the women from SkillsNet, Marginal Voices and City Gateway Women’s Project. Also look out for my GENIUS idea on a post-it “more bloody money”….
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Interviewing Sarah Lyall from the New Economics Foundation about the shorter working week
Sorry, this is about 7 months late! In the absence of the fabulous Kirsty Styles, I took over the Weekly Economics podcast to talk to economics guru and my buddy Sarah Lyall about why working a shorter working week would be good for the economy. This weekly podcast about economics is a must listen, so tune in here. Kirsty and James are away for the bank holiday, but the show must go on. Guest host Polly Trenow is joined by Sarah Lyall, NEF social policy researcher, to talk about how shorter, more flexible hours of work could be transformative for our economy and society.
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Talking about what’s good about London for Women
It was really interesting to be part of project for Resonance FM looking at what is good about London but also what challenges you face being a woman in a big city. You can listen to the full programme here or listen to my segment below.
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Beyond homo economicus: Making positive change in the economy by challenging traditional assumptions about gender – my interview with Womanthology.
Delighted to be interviewed by Fiona for Womanthology – a completely wicked stealth-feminist blog. My interview came in a series around economics during World Economic Forum at Davos 2016. Full interview available here or read it below: Polly Trenow is a campaigner on gender, economics and education who has worked in women’s rights and gender equality since 2005. She is a freelance campaigner on gender equality working with schools, local government and charities and she currently holds several different roles, including sitting on the Management Committee of the Women’s Budget Group and working as Senior Policy and Campaigns Officer at the Fawcett Society. Last November, Polly became the 2016 Esmée…
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What would ‘good London’ look like from a feminist perspective
Here I am talking about what a good London would like for women… More info on Good London here.
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Hosting the NEON Social
On International Women’s Day – this is what I am going to be doing…. in the words of NEON, and not me. Tickets here. What happens when a super-shero journalist gets on a sofa with a feminist economics guru surrounded by kick-ass activists from all corners of civil society? …NEON’s March Social is what happens! That’s right, in honour of International Women’s day journo Dawn Foster will be chatting to the brilliant Polly Trenow of the woman’s budget group all about her new book, Lean Out, and why (contrary to Facebook Chief Cheryl Sandberg’s famous business advice) it’s time to hold neoliberalism and patriarchy to account for the ever…
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Clore Social Leadership – Emsee Fairbairn Fellow for Gender Equality
I am absolutely thrilled to be named one of two Gender Equality Fellows for the Clore Social Leadership programme. The programme, develops people working in the social sector – charities and enterprises to become better leaders. It was established by the Clore Duffield Foundation to improve leadership in the not-for-profit sector. This year’s intake includes new specialist fellowships in the fields of gender equality, youth social justice and migrant communities. We will go through a 12-month personalised programme that will include residential courses, coaching and mentoring, and a secondment.
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Hosting the Weekly Economics Podcast – shorter working week
Back again on the fabulous Weekly Economics Podcast – if you’re not subscribed, do it here. This time I was on the other side of the mic interviewing Sarah Lyall about the shorter working week.
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Going on the Today Programme
As someone who is dedicated to feminist economics I understand that this is (wrongly) considered by most to be quite a niche subject and will rarely warrant discussion on national radio programmes. So you can imagine my delight when I was asked to appear on BBC Radio 4’s the Today Programme to discuss this very issue. It was all thanks to Yvette Cooper who in her leadership speech in Manchester had said we must organise the family in a feminist manner, so Today thought they would get some of us on to discuss it. You can listen here until it expires – I’m endeavouring to permalink. I’m on in the last…
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Talking about the government’s latest budget on Russia Today
Tube strikes meant I did this interview by Skype! But here I am talking about the Women’s Budget Group analysis of the Government’s budget in July. You can read the full WBG analysis of the budget here or the press release here.
