Moshoda Khatun, once a benneficiary at our Women's Project and now the head of outreach there, was this morning chosen by BBC London as one of three community representatives who quized the local candidates on the morning the election was called - whoever becomes the next MP for Poplar and Limehouse (one of the constituencies we work in) they'll have had an insight into some of the real issues facing women in Tower Hamlets.

Current Labour MP Jim Fitzpatrick will face stiff competition from George Galloway (currently a Respect MP in a neighbouring consituency) and Tim Archer (currently a Conservative Councillor). The three answered questions on local housing, health and education and touched on wider issues such as the Olympic legacy and the massive inequalities which still exist within the Borough.

The BBC Reports that "The constituency sits in the London borough of Tower Hamlets where a quarter of households live on £15000 a year or less. But it is also home to Canary Wharf, where the government calculated the average salary for a man in 2005 was over £100k per annum. Most of those people do not live locally, but that is changing"

Moshoda took the opporutnity to represent the views of some of the 800 women who access the City Gateway Women's Project, asking questions on childcare provision, access to employment and what a new MP would do to ensure the Olympics had a meaningful impact rather than just absorbing local funding.

The interview will be broadcast on BBC London later in the week.