Mapping an Equitable World in the Midst of the COVID-19 Pandemic
Join the BC Office staff and Dr. Faiza Shaheen, UK economist and Director of the Centre for Labour and Social Studies for an online fundraiser, November 18, 2020 from 12 - 1:30pm.
Usually at this time of year we gather for our fundraising gala. In lieu of an in-person event, we are organizing a different kind of get-together with this incredible leader. It promises to be an inspiring talk. We hope to see you there.
When: November 18, 2020 at 12:00 pm PST
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About Dr Faiza Shaheen
Faiza Shaheen is a UK economist and Director of the Centre for Labour and Social Studies (CLASS) in the UK. Prior to her time at CLASS she was Head of Inequality and Sustainable Development at Save the Children UK, where she led on the development of a new global campaign on inequalities in child outcomes, and Senior Researcher on economic inequality at the New Economics Foundation (NEF). She also ran with the Labour Party against one of the most notorious Conservatives in the UK.
Faiza is an economist, writer, activist and commentator. She is the author of a range of materials and publications covering the most salient social and economic debates of our times, including inequality, austerity, immigration, youth unemployment and social mobility. Faiza is a regular contributor to debates on popular news programmes including Newsnight and Channel 4 News, and has worked with Channel 4 and the BBC to develop documentaries on inequality.
Faiza was born and raised in East London. She has a BA in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from St John’s College, Oxford University, and both an MSc in Research Methods & Statistics and a PhD from the University of Manchester. Her PhD charted the changing geography of poverty between 1971 and 2001 in the UK, and modelled the economic, demographic and societal factors driving these trends.
In 2017, Faiza was named the Observer Rising Star for Campaigning, nominated as Asian Woman of the Year and included in the Top 100 Influencers on the Left list.