Here’s the letter I wrote to the Camden New Journal – I was honoured to be invited to speak at the International Women’s Day event organised by the Bengali Workers’ Association and partners last week. I spoke about the importance of engaging more Asian women in politics and the need to vote at the upcoming [...]

I’m been speaking to Cllr Theo Blackwell about the disgraceful situation regarding King’s Cross Construction Training Centre. This is a project which aims to help unemployed people from deprived areas in Camden and Islington find work. It was set up with LDA money under Ken Livingstone when he was mayor but its application for further [...]

As I’ve mentioned before, I work for Harry Cohen MP who is the Chairman of the All Party Parliamentary Group for Tibet. Harry and actress Joanna Lumley launched the Tibet Film Festival 2009 last week at the House of Commons. I had a chance to chat to Joanna about the film festival which is running [...]

I’ve had an action-packed week celebrating International Women’s Day at different events but after the long day I’ve had, I think I’ll leave it till the weekend to blog about all my activities. I know I’m being lazy but I’ve had work all day, then a lecture on nationalism for two hours and then my [...]

Happy International Women’s Day! I’ve been asked by Jessica Asato to join a new blog she’s set up for Labour women which is a great idea! You can see my contribution here.