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Forthcoming Event

Women's Library : Panel Discussion - Asian Women into Politics

• Thursday 8th November 2007 at 6.30pm
• The Graduate Centre, London Metropolitan University, 166-220 Holloway Road, N7 8DB (nearest tube Holloway Road)
• Tickets £10/£7 Concessions (includes drinks reception after the discussion)

Why are Asian women underrepresented in British politics, and how can we encourage a new generation of leaders into local and national government?

This panel discussion, chaired by Professor Zenobia Nadirshaw, Head of Psychology at Kensington & Chelsea Primary Care Trust, will address these questions and more.

Members of the panel will include

• Barbara Follett MP, Minister for Equality;
• Baroness Mazila Pola Uddin, Member of the House of Lords and human rights campaigner;
• Venu Dhupa, Theatre Director and government cultural adviser;
• Zerbanoo Gifford, the first Asian woman appointed as a Liberal Councillor, member of the Race Relations Forum and campaigner;
• Priti Patel, Prospective Parliamentary Conservative Candidate and Conservative Parliamentary spokesperson on law and order.

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