Today is the UN International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women
Our #WomanoftheNorth report shows northern women experience some of the highest domestic violence rates in the country
🔗 Read our recommendations to reduce these rates: www.healthequitynorth.co.uk/vast-inequal...
"When we get it right for women, everybody benefits"
Thank you to all speakers - @kirithentwistle.bsky.social, Dame Lesley Regan, @hannahdavies.bsky.social, @louiseckenny.bsky.social - and attendees at our #WomanOfTheNorth panel at #LabourPartyConference
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Our #WomanoftheNorth panel event #LabourPartyConference2025
Is taking place this afternoon - we will hear from experts @kirithentwistle.bsky.social and Prof Dame Lesley Regan about why we need to empower and invest in women in the North.
Conference pass holders can join us at 2pm in the ACC
Purple faded background image of Liverpool. NHSA and HEN logos along the top. Text reads: Labour Party Conference 2025 / Wireless event: Building a Better Future for Northern Women: Health, Opportunity, Equality / Monday 29 September 2pm-2:45pm, Riverside Balcony, ACC, Liverpool. Headshot of Hannah Davies, CEO of the Northern Health Science Alliance. Headshot of Professor Louise Kenny, Exec Pro Vice Chancellor of the Faculty of Health and Life Sciences at the University of Liverpool
We are delighted that our Executive Director @hannahdavies.bsky.social and Professor @louiseckenny.bsky.social will join @kirithentwistle.bsky.social and Professor Dame Lesley Regan, speaking at our #WomanOfTheNorth panel event at #LabourPartyConference.
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Purple faded background of Liverpool. NHSA and HEN logos along the top. Text reads: Labour Party Conference 2025 / Wireless event: Building a Better Future for Northern Women: Health, Opportunity, Equality / Monday 29 September, 2pm-2:45pm / Riverside Balcony, ACC, Liverpool / Speaker: Kirith Entwistle, MP for Bolton North East. Headshot of Kirith in the bottom segment of the graphic.
We are pleased to announce that Bolton North East MP @kirithentwistle.bsky.social - member of the Women and Equalities Select Committee, Women and Work APPG & Women's Health APPG - will be speaking at our #WomanOfTheNorth event at Labour Party Conference.
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Dark faded background image of Liverpool. NHSA and Health Equity North logo along the top. Text reads: Labour Party Conference 2025 / Wireless event: Building a Better Future for Northern Women: Health, Opportunity, Equality / Monday 29 September, 2pm-2:45pm, Riverside Balcony, ACC, Liverpool / Speaker: Professor Dame Lesley Regan, Women's Health Ambassador for England. Headshot image of Dame Lesley Regan in bottom left corner.
We are delighted to announce that Professor Dame Lesley Regan will be speaking at our #WomanOfTheNorth panel event in Liverpool later this month, touching on how we need to a build fairer and more equitable for women in our regions.
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Our #WomanOfTheNorth report found women living in the North have lower healthy life expectancy, worse mental health, & more likely to suffer domestic violence. Our panel event at @teamlabouruk.bsky.social Conference will examine findings & recommendations
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At this year’s @teamlabouruk.bsky.social Party Conference, we'll be holding a #WomanOfTheNorth event inside the secure zone which will examine our report’s stark findings, panellists will discuss what can be done to tackle gender & regional inequalities
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Great to see Sophie Patterson of @lancasteruni.bsky.social - one of our #WomanOfTheNorth report authors - at the #IFPH2025 event today
Pleased to see our #WomanOfTheNorth report referenced at the #IFPH2025 today in a presentation about how to improve women’s health
We are exhibiting at the International Festival of Public Health at @manchester.ac.uk today, showcasing our #WomanOfTheNorth work and other reports. Come along and see us at our stand! #IFPH2025
Our Head of Public Affairs @alexisdarby.bsky.social
spoke on a @manchester.ac.uk panel today about Women's Health in Greater Manchester, talking about our #WomanOfTheNorth report findings.
#WomensHealthGM
As we are talking about women's health in GM today, let's hear from @manchester.ac.uk's @lukemunford.bsky.social, who was one of the lead authors of the
@healthequitynorth.bsky.social
#womanofthenorth report...
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#healthierfuturesuom #fairerhealthforall
A brilliant panel event happening now at #HLTHEurope on better approaches to menopause care with England’s Women’s Health Ambassador Dame Professor Lesley Regan. This really chimes with the values and recommendations set out in the @healthequitynorth.bsky.social #WomanOfTheNorth report
Our #WomanOfTheNorth report shows that women in the North of England contribute £10bn of unpaid care to the UK economy each year – we have called for more support from the government in our report. Find out more www.healthequitynorth.co.uk/vast-inequal...
Thank you to @northumbriauni.bsky.social who yesterday hosted the Women's Sport and Wellbeing Summit, dedicated to tackling inequalities and inequities in women’s sport and wellbeing, where our Exec Director @hannahdavies.bsky.social delivered the keynote speech about our #WomanOfTheNorth report
Our Executive Director @hannahdavies.bsky.social is delivering the keynote speech at the @northumbriauni.bsky.social Women's Sport and Wellbeing Summit this afternoon, talking about our #WomanOfTheNorth research
Our May newsletter is out now. Read about:
- Our #WomanOfTheNorth Summit
- Our research around 'Ghost Towns'
- Our report about how proposed changes to PIP will impact the most vulnerable economies.
Read the newsletter at tinyurl.com/ym55aa3f
This month we launched our #WomanoftheNorth Charter, which has now been backed by @ynymayor.bsky.social @kimmcguinness.bsky.social & @mayorofwy.bsky.social. The Charter calls on Mayors to use powers to create fairer cross-sector opportunities for women.
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Last week we hosted the #WomanOfTheNorth summit, from @healthequitynorth.bsky.social & @thenhsa.bsky.social. Data showed the inequalities faced by women in the North, and the Woman of the North Charter was announced: tinyurl.com/muarj8zv
@drmichelleaddison.bsky.social @kimmcguinness.bsky.social
You can now view our gallery from last week’s #WomanOfTheNorth Summit at @durham-university.bsky.social – visit www.healthequitynorth.co.uk/woman-of-the... to download pictures.
I really enjoyed contributing to this session earlier this week. #WomanoftheNorth #RighttotheStreets
We would like to extend huge thanks to everyone who made our incredible #WomanoftheNorth Summit happen earlier this week - we have had overwhelmingly positive feedback, and it could not have been possible without the help of so many people 1/9
Thank you to @isabellamcrae.bsky.social for her piece in @bigissue.com about our #WomanOfTheNorth findings and Summit in Durham with @KiMcGuinness and @MayorOfWY earlier this week
Delighted that the northern female mayors @kimmcguinness.bsky.social and @mayorofwy.bsky.social signed our #WomanOfTheNorth charter today with @louiseckenny.bsky.social @hannahdavies.bsky.social and Suzanne White from @leigh-day.bsky.social
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@louiseckenny.bsky.social and partners from @leigh-day.bsky.social hosted workshops in Durham today at our #WomanOfTheNorth Summit around women's health, the workplace and women's rights
It’s a pleasure to listen to
@tracybrabinmayorwy.bsky.social describe her journey into politics
& her lived experience has influenced her politics
Thank you @thenhsa.bsky.social for organising such a brilliant #WomanoftheNorth event
Mayor of West Yorkshire @mayorofwy.bsky.social is having an “in conversation” session with @louiseckenny.bsky.social of @livuninews.bsky.social and @thenhsa.bsky.social Chair at our #WomanOfTheNorth Summit
Agenda for Woman of North event
Hannah Davies, Exec Director of Health Equity North, and Kim McGuinness, North East Mayor, at the Woman of North event.
Kim McGuinness, North East Mayor giving a speech.
@kimmcguinness.bsky.social, North East Mayor, kicked off the Health Equity North #WomanOfTheNorth Summit in Durham today.
She expressed the importance of networks including VCSE on-the-ground knowledge that can help policymakers understand the impact of their decisions.
Really insightful presentations from @louiseckenny.bsky.social & Suzanne White of @leigh-day.bsky.social discussing the wide ranging challenges faced by women from a health and legal perspective #WomanoftheNorth
@durham-university.bsky.social @leigh-day.bsky.social @liverpooluni.bsky.social
