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Tech for Good Live

Welcome to another episode of the Tech for Good Live podcast!

If you’re new here, this is a podcast all about using technology to have a positive impact. If you’ve listened to us before, thanks for sticking around while we normally have a good old whinge.

In this episode we’re going to be chatting about the fact that women live longer, digital skills in the charity sector and Eurovision, of course..

Host Fay Schofield is joined by TFGL team member Dama Sathianathan.

Our special guest for this episode is Ivy Cavendish, Co-founder and CEO of The Science Writing Revolution.

This episode was recorded on July 28th 2022

Stat of the week

Women live longer than men on average but spend about a quarter of their lives in poor health, compared with a fifth for men.

New women’s health strategy for England aims to end decades of inequality - The Guardian

First Women's Health Strategy for England to tackle gender health gap - Gov.uk

Charity news of the week

The annual charity digital skills report is here!

Charity Digital Skills Report

Tech news of the week

After weeks of positive news, Facebook are back on form being bad. This time raising the questions about outsourcing to countries with weaker labour laws.

A Lawsuit Against Meta Shows the Emptiness of Social Enterprises - Wired

Sama Disclosure

The Tech Worker Handbook

And finally…

UK confirmed as Eurovision host for next year:

Eurovision 2023 confirmed to take place in UK as Ukraine officially ruled out - Metro

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