The Quiet Life Episode 35: Elevating Women with Vanessa Sanyauke
This week we talk to Vanessa Sanyauke, a global diversity and inclusion specialist and the founder of Girls Talk London. Gender and Racial inequality are still very much present in our world today, and Vanessa experiences their intersection regularly. In this episode we talk about her role as a community leader and all things gender and racial equality - where we are now, where we would like to see us moving towards in the future, and how we can all be a part of this change. Her organisation works as a consultancy to engage millennial women, particularly women of colour with FTSE 100 businesses in technology, financial services and law. She is wrapping up the 5th year of the pan-industry technology mentorship program she set up called Step into STEM (Science, technology, Engineering and Math), funded by O2, BT, Vodafone and Ericsson. It gives female students who study STEM subjects a mentor to support their career aspirations and to address the under-representation of women working in the STEM sector. She's also preparing for the second year of black girls tech summit coming up in November which is supported by Facebook and Snapchat this year, which you can learn more about or sign up for here. To learn more visit girlstalklondon.com as well as follow them on Instagram @girlstalklondon and on twitter @GirlsTalkLondon. For more conversations like this, or to join our monthly Quiet Club where we discuss important issues and ways we can support in our communities visit justbreatheproject.com or follow us on Instagram @justbreathe. This season of the Quiet Life was made possible by our friends at T2. Receive 10% off your first order and heaps of benefits such as rewards, experiences and personalised offers when you join The Tea Society, to start brewing the benefits and redeem your offer visit T2tea.com. This weeks featured tea is Chai, which is available to buy online now and at all T2 stores. Guest research for this episode completed by Camilla Besley.