Oct 14, 2020 6:00 PM

Restructure Panel - WFH in a pandemic

Overnight, the pandemic has shifted our ways of working and livelihoods - and this will impact each of us for decades. This talk will allow us to take a pause and understand what is happening, what is happening to women and their careers, and what is happening to the most vulnerable women and girls in our community. Ada's List is convening a conversation to hear firsthand from speakers who are looking at the impact this shift has had on women - from a digital anthropologist, to a HR professional, to the Director of an organisation that supports the most vulnerable girls navigate the journey to adulthood. This panel discussion will allow us to take a pause and understand what is happening, what is happening to women and their careers, and what is happening to the most vulnerable women and girls in our community.

Okela Douglas

@TheSisterSystem

Okela has spent over two decades working in the Children and Families Workforce in London, across the UK and in the Caribbean. Okela’s work has coincidentally mostly been supporting girls and young women in a plethora of roles and service provisions. Okela is a qualified therapist, assessor and trainer, learning mentor, behaviour and restorative justice practitioner. She is one of three sisters currently raising two daughters of her own. All of her experiences have led her to focus on empowering girls to overcome the many barriers that emerge during the female adolescent journey to adulthood. Okela is passionate about health and well being, social mobility and equality. Her professional lens and personal experience along with frustration in current provision, labelling and ghettoising of girls led her to connect with 5 girls and 4 colleagues whose experiences solidified the creation of Sister System.

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