LW Did you know?

LW Did you know?

LW Did you know?

17 July was International Criminal Justice Day

Thanks to the ICC for this great one-minute video to mark it. https://twitter.com/i/status/1416469844048887808

Dame Lilian Charlotte Barker at the National Portrait Gallery

The National Portrait Gallery has images and research on Dame Lilian Charlotte Barker. She was the first British female assistant prison commissioner and spent her whole career dedicated to this work, providing the basis for the modern day female correctional facilities in Great Britain.

About | A Mighty Girl

A Mighty Girl is the world’s largest collection of books, toys, movies, and music for parents, teachers, and others dedicated to raising smart, confident, and courageous girls and, of course, for girls themselves! The site was founded on the belief that all children should have the opportunity to read books, play with toys, listen to music, and watch movies that offer positive messages about girls and honor their diverse capabilities.

How to reduce Zoom fatigue

Try to replicate a usual environment by:

■ Shrinking the Zoom app window and /or increase the distance between yourself and the screen; continuous eye contact is tiring, and evolution has makes us more alert if sets of eyes are watching us – none of this contributes to being relaxed.

■ Hide the self-view window, to reduce distractions

■ For long meetings with large numbers of people, use audio only when appropriate, so you can move around your room, e.g. standing and listening to the meeting and looking out of the window to rest your eyes.

We have a ‘Shecession’

Recessions usually damage men’s workplaces first but COVID is triggering the worst impact on women’s jobs for decades. The pandemic has impacted retail and hospitality which are female -dominated and in other areas of work, the impact of caring responsibilities for children or older relatives means that women’s economic empowerment is declining with untold damage to the individual women and families but also the economy overall (PwC Women in Work Index). So how come Rishi Sunak mentioned women only twice in his whole Budget speech? To see ideas on how to ensure women’s economic interests are taken into account go to the Women’s Budget Group https://wbg. org.uk/. Now more than ever women need to be involved in decision-making. ■