In Conversation with Laura Bates: Tackling AI Image-Based Violence

Laura Bates will be at the Van Emden Theatre on Tuesday 24 November, speaking on AI image-based violence against women and girls. It's a keynote address followed by a Q&A, so you'll get her full take on the subject first and then a chance to hear it opened up to questions.

Bates is a best-selling author and the founder of the Everyday Sexism Project, and she's spent years working on the intersection of sexism and the law. Her books include Everyday Sexism, Men Who Hate Women and The New Age of Sexism, and she writes for the New York Times and the Guardian. She works with governments, schools, businesses, police forces and bodies from the United Nations to the Council of Europe on sexism and inequality. Her campaigning has helped put consent on the national curriculum, change Facebook's policies on rape and domestic violence content and transform the British Transport Police's approach to sexual violence on the transport network. She was awarded a British Empire Medal, named Woman of the Year by Cosmopolitan, Red Magazine and The Sunday Times Magazine, and is an Honorary Fellow of St John's College, Cambridge and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.

The evening is hosted by the University of Reading. The keynote is followed by a Q&A chaired by Prof Elizabeth McCrum, PVC for Education & Student Experience, and introduced by the Co-Chairs of the Women@Reading+Allies Staff Network, Dr Amelia Hollywood and Dr Tonia Kazakopoulou. It runs from 19:00 to 20:30 at the Van Emden Theatre, in the Edith Morley building on the Whiteknights Campus. Entry is free, but you'll need to sign up in advance as spaces are limited.