Women's Rights in Healthcare

We are delighted to announce our Women’s Rights in Healthcare conference will be back in London on Thursday 7 October, followed by networking. Following the Covid-19 pandemic, we will be exploring the effect this has had on maternity services, the NHS and pregnant women as well as how women specifically may be affected by the onset of Long Covid.

You’re invited Thursday 7 October 2021 | 13:20 BST |  In person registrations are now closed, please do sign up to attend virtually.

• Suzanne White, Leigh Day | Chair

• Harriet Harman, MP | Opening address

• Jocelyn Gaynor, The Disabilities Trust | Brain injury and domestic abuse: An Invisible Impact

• Maria Booker, Birthrights | The impact of covid on maternity services

• Ernest Boateng, Husband of Mary Agyapong | I AM MARY –Widower’s campaign to protect the rights of pregnant women during the COVID-19 pandemic

• Dr Louise Newson, Newson Health Research and Education | Gender inequality in a pandemic

• Margaret O’Hara, Long Covid Support | Whose disease is it anyway? How false narratives and exclusion of the patient voice create stigma and barriers to healthcare

• Claire Farmer, Co-chair of Autistic Girls Network | Neurodivergence and the urgent need for a shift in understanding, training, and culture

• Andy and Amanda McCulloch, Leigh Day Clients | WHY CAN’T YOU HEAR ME?