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International Women’s Day Special

Polly Curtis, director of Demos, and Charlotte Pickles, director of Reform, join us to discuss what it is like to be a woman working for a think tank.

To mark International Women’s Day, IfG director Hannah White is joined by Polly Curtis, director of Demos, and Charlotte Pickles, director of Reform, to record a fascinating episode of Inside Briefing.

What is like to be a woman in public life, working in government, parliament, the civil service – and for a think tank? What are the barriers that women face entering and working in these professions? What more could be done to bring more women into politics and policy-facing roles – think tanks included? And why does diversity of thought matters when designing policy?

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