Lust and Neglect - with guest speaker Bell Ribeiro-Addy MP

About this in-person event

It's time women's health and well-being got as much investment as male sexual virility.

About the event

One in three women in the UK will suffer from a reproductive or gynaecological health problem; a statistic that dwarfs the number of men experiencing erectile dysfunction. Yet when it comes to publicly funded research, it is the latter that sees the larger portion of investment. 
 
This discrepancy in healthcare research is just one of the many examples of inequalities running rife in our healthcare system which sees women's health issues largely deprioritised.
 
Bell Ribeiro-Addy MP, a graduate of the University of Bradford's School of Life Sciences will delve into the shocking disparities in research development and delivery of healthcare, as well as why this inequality is harming our healthcare system and having a detrimental effect on our economy.

About Bell Ribeiro-Addy MP

Bell Ribeiro-Addy has represented her home constituency of Streatham as a Labour MP since the 2019 General Election. Born and raised in Brixton Hill, Bell is a dedicated feminist, anti-racist and trade unionist who currently sits on the Women & Equalities Committee and Joint Committee for Human Rights in Parliament. She also chairs the APPG on Black Maternal Health and the APPG on Afrikan Reparations. 

An alumna of the University of Bradford, Bell cut her teeth in student politics, serving as the National Black Students’ Officer. She later worked as a campaigns officer for the Palestine Solidarity Campaign before joining Diane Abbott’s office as a political adviser and later chief of staff. Following her election, she served as a Shadow Immigration Minister under Jeremy Corbyn. 

During her time in Parliament, Bell has been a strong voice for equalities, calling on the UK to make reparations to the Global South in her maiden speech, consistently raising health inequalities and fighting for a fair and humane immigration system.