On Track Festival - Female Empowerment & Women In Industry

Hosted by The Slumflower with Antonia Odunlami, Sharmaine Lovegrove and Danai Mavunga.

Representation in the media; the gender pay gap; who are the women in the industry and how do they stay empowered? A conversation with the women doing it right now.

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Chidera Eggerue, A.K.A The Slumflower
Referred to by Elle magazine as a ‘millennial mastermind’ in their ‘Stars On The Rise: 20 Power Players To Watch Out For In 2018’ list, Chidera Eggerue an award-winning blogger, a presenter for the MOBO Awards and a speaker with a growing audience of almost 100,000 across her social media accounts, is on a mission to encourage young people to take charge of their futures. Her influence spans across various platforms and she is constantly driving conversations to do with body positivity especially through the movement she created called #SAGGYBOOBSMATTER.

Antonia Odunlami
Antonia Odunlami is Music Editor at online and print magazine gal-dem – written, run and controlled by women of colour. She also produces radio shows on BBC Radio 1Xtra and Asian Network and is one of the co-hosts on the gal-dem show on Reprezent Radio. Antonia is passionate about documenting and championing emerging artists particularly from lesser known sub-cultures all around the world.

Sharmaine Lovegrove
Sharmaine Lovegrove is the Publisher of Dialogue Books the UK’s only inclusive imprint, part of Little, Brown Book Group and Hachette UK. Prior to going in-house Sharmaine was the Co-Founder and Publishing Director of Dialogue Scouting, the UK’s first book to film & TV scouting consultancy as well as being ELLE’s Literary Editor. Her path is drawn from all things innovative in storytelling and in 2008 Sharmaine set up her own bookshop as well as a creative agency in Berlin having worked previously in PR, bookselling, event management and digital consultancy. Home is London and her roots are Jamaican and books make her part of the world.

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