Liz Truss announces the G7

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Minister for Women & Equalities, Liz Truss, said:
“The UK has a proud history of championing the rights of women and girls both here and across the globe.
“I’m pleased that we are using our presidency of the G7 to put women at the heart of our recovery from Covid. We will see a brilliant group of people come together to help us break down barriers for women and girls – empowering them and boosting opportunity.
“Women are rightly at the forefront of our recovery from COVID-19 and the work of the G7, and the Gender Equality Advisory Council will advance these efforts on a global scale, helping women across the globe build back better everywhere.

www.gov.uk/government/news/g7-gender-equality-advisory-council-membership-announced

My understanding is that although this doesn't replace the LGBT Advisory panel, that group has expired/disbanded (hence the flounces about a month before it ended) and this is the new focus for the GEO but happy to be proven wrong (well not happy as I think this is a good move overall).

I am very heartened for see Julie Bishop involved here. I was disappointed that she was not Australia’s PM.

Considering this is across the G7, I suspect it is not that relevant for the domestic LGBT advisory group is it?

I hope though that they at least get the definition of woman right.

This looks promising.

Perks up ears

Gender Equality though? Surely should be sex?

I balked at 'gender' too but I'm hoping that it's just habit and it's going to be very much about biological sex.

One to watch I think. You can sign up for GEO updates.

The UK has a proud history of championing the rights of women and girls both here and across the globe.

The country led by a man who is a misogynist and treats women like dirt in his private life. If Liz Truss had any pride in the rights of women, why did she agree to be in the government or even support him as leader?

Thanks OP, important stuff and wonderful to see a long list of eminent women

That is a pretty bloody impressive list of women:

Full List of Members and Biographies:

Sarah Sands (Chair), former editor of the Evening Standard and BBC R4’s Today programme
Alice P. Albright, CEO of the Global Partnership for Education
Prof. Jutta Allmendinger, President of the WZB Berlin Social Science Centre and Professor of Sociology at Humboldt University Berlin
Hon Julie Bishop, Former Foreign Minister for Australia
Prof. Iris Bohnet, Academic Dean, Professor of Public Policy and co-director, Women and Public Policy Program, Harvard University
Ursula M. Burns, former CEO of Xerox and leader of the White House STEM programme
Dr Fabiola Gianotti, physicist, Director-General, CERN
Prof. Sarah Gilbert, Lead researcher at Oxford University for the coronavirus vaccine
Isabelle Hudon, Canada’s Ambassador to France and Monaco
Dr (H.C.) Ritu Karidhal, Deputy Operations Director to India’s Mars Orbiter Mission, Mangalyaan
Bogolo J. Kenewendo, Economist and former Minister of Investment, Trade and Industry in Botswana
Prof. Reiko Kuroda, Professor of Chemistry & Biology at Chubu University and winner of the L’Oreal-UNESCO award for Women in Science
Dr Dambisa Moyo, Global economist and co-principal of Versaca Investments
Marie-Christine Saragosse, President and CEO of France Médias Monde
Emma Sinclair MBE, Tech entrepreneur and CoFounder of EnterpriseAlumni
Dr Aldijana Šišić, Chief of the UN Trust Fund to End Violence against Women (UN Women)
Dame Rachel de Souza, Children’s Commissioner for England
Jessica Woodroffe, W7 Co-Chair and Director of Gender and Development Network
Dr Denis Mukwege, gynaecologist, human rights activist and Nobel Peace laureate

More info here (it being politics, the whole thing seems built on sub-committees of under-policies, so I got a wee bit lost, but:)

gadnetwork.org/w7-summit

www.g7uk.org/government-launches-g7-gender-equality-advisory-council/