IRDR Centre for Gender and Disaster
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Based at @UCLIRDR, the centre aims to develop awareness of, and responsiveness to, gender equality in @DRR in research and teaching gdnonline.org @GRRIPP
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https://www.ucl.ac.uk/risk-disaster-reduction/research/centre-gender-and-disaster 15-02-2018 16:18:37
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You can tell by the HUGE GRIN that I am proud to rep my union United Voices of the World and speak alongside Bella, the amazing care worker, who with her colleague’s took strike action in the harshest of conditions during a global pandemic.
I presented my operational definition of #labourexploitation (tinyurl.com/yc4tp6bm) & Acciari & I's work on care workers'conditions & health IRDR Centre for Gender and Disaster panel. The brilliant Bella Ruiz & Isabel Cortes United Voices of the World & Henry Lopez IWGB exemplified workers'conditions & struggles.
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