Amika George
@amikageorge
Founder of @Free_Periods hyperurl.co/MakeItHappenAG Contact: [email protected]
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http://www.freeperiods.org/ 06-04-2017 17:29:35
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So excited for our @theHouse_mag #IWD2021 special, edited by Caroline Nokes - out Monday! Great content from Harriet Harman Penny Mordaunt Liz Truss Preet Kaur Gill MP Sienna Rodgers Amelia Tait Jess Phillips Ash Sarkar Amika George Mandu Reid Safety4Sisters Radhika Sanghani & more!
Very happy to be marking #IWD2021 on the #podcast with an inspiring young woman Amika George, who campaigned Free Periods for free period products in UK schools, for girls excluded from education by #periodpoverty. And...Made. It. Happen. 💥 👉🏽 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/ami… #IWD
Just some of our thought-provoking comment pieces @theHouse_mag #IWD2021 1/3 Amika George on how the pandemic exacerbates period poverty. "The mass closure of schools across the country has seen pupils in need lose access to their main supply." politicshome.com/thehouse/artic…
I wrote this for Harper’s BAZAAR about why young feminist activism needs to be encouraged and normalised, not just celebrated from a comfortable distance harpersbazaar.com/uk/culture/a35…
Really excited to be part of this incredible British Vogue event, with emily m Julia Gillard & Cecile Frot-Coutaz today! We discuss what the future looks like for women 💜
At just 17 years old, Amika George started @Free_Periods and got the British government to offer free period products to every school in England 🙌 And she’s not done yet. #WomensHistoryMonth instagram.com/p/CMNKny3sfsr/
.@amikageorge, the founder of Free Periods, is our Justice Gamechanger, for all her incredible work fighting period poverty. #GlamourWOTY x.com/i/broadcasts/1…
Activist and founder of the free periods campaign Amika George, nominates Grunwick strike leader Jayaben Desai Amika George More incredible Women this #WomensHistoryMonth Students nominate your own heroine in our school's History Prize! #historyteacher womenshistorynetwork.org/whn-schools-hi…
That's a wrap on #CGIU2021! Thank you to Vice President Kamala Harris Kamala Harris, @StaceyAbrams, Khloe Kares, Kyle Korver, Amika George, and all of the inspiring student leaders who joined us Howard University. Now the real work begins turning ideas into action.
.Amika George became the youngest recipient of the Queen’s Birthday Honours this year – but, she writes exclusively for British Vogue, deciding whether or not to accept her MBE proved a much more difficult choice than many might assume. trib.al/udDAzN9
Being offered an MBE was surreal. I felt so lucky to be able to represent young people and everyone who has supported Free Periods, but the associations with empire made me reluctant. I wrote about my decision to accept it for @britishvogue 💜 bit.ly/3iyEh28
"More broadly, being disbelieved and dismissed by the medical establishment is nothing new for women" 🗣️"Women are simply not considered to be reliable narrators of their own bodies" writes Caroline Criado Perez telegraph.co.uk/women/life/did…
It was such a dream to be interviewed by the phenomenal Malala Yousafzai for her MasterClass on creating change. We talked about the early stages of a campaign, the importance of collaboration and direct messaging, and how to track progress towards your goal. Check it out!! 💜
“I don’t feel particularly inspired or energised by our leadership.” Amika George on the gulf between young people and politics today hayfestival.com/p-18282-amika-… #HayWinterWeekend
British-Indian activist Amika George, who has campaigned for equal education in the UK when she was just 17 and who is currently fighting for menstrual equality, won Spotlight of the Year at Vogue Women of The Year 2021 vogue.in/culture-and-li…