meta_pixel
Tapesearch Logo
Log in
Ctrl Alt Delete

#137 Amika George: On Being A Teen Activist

Ctrl Alt Delete

emma gannon

Authors, Wellbeing, Arts, Books, Social Media, Creativity

4.6 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 3 July 2018

⏱️ 29 minutes

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Amika George is an 18-year-old student from North London. She started the #FreePeriods campaign, which calls on the government to give free menstrual products to children from low-income families​.


This episode was recorded at #SheInspiresMe Live, a feminist festival put on by Women For Women International. Sorry that it's a bit echoey, it was a really large room and the mics sadly weren't perfect for podcasting.


Women for Women International are a charity passionate about empowering the world’s most marginalised women. For 25 years, we’ve worked with women in countries affected by conflict, equipping over 472,000 women with skills, confidence and connections to advocate for their rights and make their voices heard.


The first #SheInspiresMe Live Feminist Festival aims to capitalise on recent momentum around women’s rights, and get more people involved and empowered to build a more equal future. Women for Women International is built on solidarity and sisterhood. They are committed to strengthening and connecting this global movement, and want every woman, everywhere, to know she can be a part of it.

I hope you enjoy this episode, we talk digital activism, how to maintain a campaign online, how to use your voice and how to juggle multiple projects.



Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0

This episode of Control-Or Delete is sponsored by King Fisher, the company behind

0:05.0

recognizable home improvement brands such as B&Q and Screw Fix, who help make better homes

0:10.4

accessible for everyone. And who, by the way, doesn't love a pop down to be in queue? I definitely do.

0:16.0

Kingfisher have recently partnered with Google Cloud, a collaboration that together will support and prepare for retail's next digital age.

0:24.3

From infrastructure to data analytics, they are looking for the right people to help them succeed,

0:29.8

and that could be you.

0:31.2

They're looking for tech professionals interested in software engineering, data

0:35.0

analytics, data science, e-commerce and much more. They also have a range of brilliant benefits,

0:41.0

competitive salaries, private health care for the family, and an outstanding pension scheme.

0:46.0

So if you're interested, go to careers. Kingfisher.com today to find out more about their tech and digital roles. Thank you so much to King Fisher

0:55.3

for sponsoring this podcast.

0:57.8

Hello and welcome back to another episode of Control-Alt Delete. This is another episode that I recorded live. This time I recorded it live at a

1:06.8

event called She Inspires Me, which was put on by Women for Women International, which is a charity that I absolutely love.

1:15.9

They are so brilliant at what they do.

1:19.3

They empower the world's most marginalized women.

1:21.8

They create the changes that they want to see.

1:24.0

For 25 years they've worked with women and countries affected by conflict,

1:29.0

equipping almost half a million women with skills, confidence and connections.

1:34.2

They support the development of grassroots women's groups where women can work collectively

1:38.9

to alleviate the issues that affect them and create solutions. They help women to connect, network and

1:45.2

build communities and leadership skills, develop action plans for

1:49.6

rebuilding their lives, and I'm really passionate about the work that they do. I just really building their

...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from emma gannon, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of emma gannon and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.

Copyright © Tapesearch 2025.