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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  ---------------------------- Listeners, what did you think? We’d love to hear your thoughts.  Get in touch on twitter @techforgoodlive or Email at [email protected]  We’d love it if you gave us a nice iTunes review and told your pals about this podcast! Thanks to podcast.co for hosting our podcast.  Also, please don't forget this podcast is run by volunteers and we survive on sponsorships and donations. Right now one of our primary goals is to make sure all of our podcast episodes are accessible by making sure EVERY episode is transcribed. Sadly this costs money and we desperately need your help to make this become a reality! So if you've ever tuned into one of our podcasts or attended one of our events please consider chipping in the price of a cup of coffee.