LOOKING BACK...
Last year saw a big push to get more Women participating in student politics and to improve female representation in the SU. Thanks to the tireless work by female students in the SU the union elections last year saw a record number of female candidates battling it out for various roles in the SU and being highly succesful in their campaigns.
Last year saw a big push to get more Women participating in student politics and to improve female representation in the SU. Thanks to the tireless work by female students in the SU the union elections last year saw a record number of female candidates battling it out for various roles in the SU and being highly succesful in their campaigns.The union now has a very impressive number of extremely able female representatives working to ensure a fair and democratic union. However women are still under represented in many other areas on the Union...
Other Information
What your Union does...
LSE Students' Union is fully committed to equal opportunities.
Each year, the student body elects a Women's Officer to represent your voice, and to promote equal representation as one of 14 members on the Union's Executive. This year's Women's Officer is Daisy Mitchell-Forster and she can be contacted at su.womens@lse.ac.uk
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It is the Women's Officer's responsability to ensure suitable pratical resources and infromation are made avalible to students such as free attack alarms and condoms as well as campaigning on issues relating to female emancipation.
The SU works for equality by organising and executing effective Union policy: such as defending a woman's right to choose
, through our own right to choose fund, and campaigning to raise awareness of the pay gap for female students, which currently stands at 15 percent. To learn more about the issue of women and business clickhere.
The SU DOES NOT accept any form of sexual discrimination or harassment - all cases should be reported immediately, and will be treated completely confidentially.
The School also has an Advisor to Women Students. She is available to discuss any concerns and to take new initiatives to improve your quality of life at LSE. The post is currently held by Dr Daphne Josselin (e-mail d.josseline@lse.ac.uk or telephone 020 7955 6028).
Women's Officer
Each year the student body elects a Women's Officer who is responsible for ensuring the welfare and representation of women students.
The Officer convenes and Chairs the Union's Women's forum, an open forum to discuss Women's issues and holds regular surgeries to deal with enquiries from female students.
They are also concerned with the safety of female students on and off campus, and can assist victims of discrimination if they are requested to do so.
The Women's Officer organises the running of the Union's annual Women's Week, which aims to raise awareness of Women's issues as well as writing the Women's Handbook which is distributed throughout the year.
Because the Women's Officer position is part-time, the Officer works closely with the Education and Welfare Officer, who is full time.
Women's Handbook
Each year the Students' Union produces a Women's Handbook to provide specialist advice to female students.
The handbook introduces the role of the Students' Union for female students, and in particular the Union's Women's Officer, Women's forum and Women's week.
The SU's welfare facilities (at the Advice and Counselling Centre) are covered, together with the School's healthcare and childcare facilities at the Nursery and St Philips Medical Centre.
NUS (National Union of Students) campaigns are introduced by the NUS Women's Officer.
