Podcast | Tanya August-Phillips: Being a young MP and overcoming barriers for women in politics

This episode of ‘Parliamentary Conversations in the Commonwealth’, the CPA’s Podcast, speaks to Hon. Tanya August-Phillips, Member of the Isle of Man Legislative Council since 2018 and the inaugural winner of the CPA New Parliamentarian Award in 2023. She has been a Member of the CPA Isle of Man Branch Executive Committee as well as several Select Committees. We speak about her role as a Member of Parliament; how her journalism background has helped in her career; the barriers facing women in politics and how to overcome them; the role of the Commonwealth; her Belizean heritage and encouraging young people to engage in politics. Hon. Tanya August-Phillips was speaking with Jeffrey Hyland, Editor of The Parliamentarian, the CPA’s Journal of Commonwealth Parliaments. Music: Vine Crawler by Blue Dot Sessions (www.sessions.blue) ------------------------------------------- The CPA exists to promote knowledge of the constitutional, legislative, economic, social and cultural aspects of parliamentary democracy, with particular reference to the countries of the Commonwealth. Visit the CPA website: https://www.cpahq.org/ Follow the CPA on social media: Twitter:   / cpa_secretariat   Facebook:   / cpahq   LinkedIn:   / comm.  . Instagram:   / cpa_secreta.  . Contact us: https://www.cpahq.org/contact-us/