Podcasts about equalities

In CI News this week: A top lawyer warns Kim Leadbeater's assisted suicide Bill is incompatible with Human Rights law, the Equalities watchdog issues interim guidance on protecting single-sex spaces, and Police Scotland admits that abortion censorship zone legislation may not be enforceable 24/7. You can download the video via this link. Featured stories Leadbeater's assisted suicide Bill ‘not compatible' with human rights EHRC interim guidance: ‘Toilets are restricted to biological sex, not self-ID' Council leaders call for urgent Govt action to tackle gambling harms Police Scotland: ‘No censorship zone prosecutions when abortion centres are closed'

Morse code transcription: vvv vvv Promising hints of life found on distant planet K2 18b Doctor Who boss Russell T Davies hits back at wokeness criticisms Chester Zoo sloth has dental surgery to cure toothache Equalities watchdog to issue new guidelines on gender after ruling Aimee Lou Wood Comedians weigh in on Saturday Night Live skit Fake bank app allowed scammers to shake my hand and steal from me UK bans EU cheese and meat imports to prevent disease spreading Plan for GPs to keep millions of patients out of hospital Erik and Lyle Menendez resentencing hearing to begin in Los Angeles Ukraine war US to hold talks in Paris with Europeans

Morse code transcription: vvv vvv Newspaper headlines No fly throne and Labour turmoil on ruling The Apprentice final Lord Sugar picks between Anisa Khan and Dean Franklin Tenerife hotel workers holding protests over Easter holiday weekend Shooting at Florida State University leaves two dead Four dead in cable car crash south of Naples Equalities watchdog to issue new guidelines on gender after ruling Freddie Flintoff didnt leave house for six months after Top Gear crash Donald Trump suggests UK state visit set for September Head of British Jewish body criticises members open letter attack on Israel Trump and Meloni talk up chances of US trade deal with Europe

Morse code transcription: vvv vvv Doctor Who boss Russell T Davies hits back at wokeness criticisms Plan for GPs to keep millions of patients out of hospital Chester Zoo sloth has dental surgery to cure toothache Erik and Lyle Menendez resentencing hearing to begin in Los Angeles Ukraine war US to hold talks in Paris with Europeans Equalities watchdog to issue new guidelines on gender after ruling Aimee Lou Wood Comedians weigh in on Saturday Night Live skit Fake bank app allowed scammers to shake my hand and steal from me UK bans EU cheese and meat imports to prevent disease spreading Promising hints of life found on distant planet K2 18b

Morse code transcription: vvv vvv The Apprentice final Lord Sugar picks between Anisa Khan and Dean Franklin Tenerife hotel workers holding protests over Easter holiday weekend Trump and Meloni talk up chances of US trade deal with Europe Shooting at Florida State University leaves two dead Freddie Flintoff didnt leave house for six months after Top Gear crash Newspaper headlines No fly throne and Labour turmoil on ruling Donald Trump suggests UK state visit set for September Equalities watchdog to issue new guidelines on gender after ruling Head of British Jewish body criticises members open letter attack on Israel Four dead in cable car crash south of Naples

Morse code transcription: vvv vvv Equalities watchdog to issue new guidelines on gender after ruling Aimee Lou Wood Comedians weigh in on Saturday Night Live skit Promising hints of life found on distant planet K2 18b Chester Zoo sloth has dental surgery to cure toothache Plan for GPs to keep millions of patients out of hospital Doctor Who boss Russell T Davies hits back at wokeness criticisms UK bans EU cheese and meat imports to prevent disease spreading Ukraine war US to hold talks in Paris with Europeans Fake bank app allowed scammers to shake my hand and steal from me Erik and Lyle Menendez resentencing hearing to begin in Los Angeles

Morse code transcription: vvv vvv Equalities watchdog to issue new guidelines on gender after ruling Head of British Jewish body criticises members open letter attack on Israel Trump and Meloni talk up chances of US trade deal with Europe Shooting at Florida State University leaves two dead Tenerife hotel workers holding protests over Easter holiday weekend Freddie Flintoff didnt leave house for six months after Top Gear crash Donald Trump suggests UK state visit set for September Newspaper headlines No fly throne and Labour turmoil on ruling Four dead in cable car crash south of Naples The Apprentice final Lord Sugar picks between Anisa Khan and Dean Franklin

Morse code transcription: vvv vvv Doctor Who boss Russell T Davies hits back at wokeness criticisms Equalities watchdog to issue new guidelines on gender after ruling Fake bank app allowed scammers to shake my hand and steal from me Plan for GPs to keep millions of patients out of hospital UK bans EU cheese and meat imports to prevent disease spreading Aimee Lou Wood Comedians weigh in on Saturday Night Live skit Promising hints of life found on distant planet K2 18b Ukraine war US to hold talks in Paris with Europeans Erik and Lyle Menendez resentencing hearing to begin in Los Angeles Chester Zoo sloth has dental surgery to cure toothache

Morse code transcription: vvv vvv Four dead in cable car crash south of Naples The Apprentice final Lord Sugar picks between Anisa Khan and Dean Franklin Tenerife hotel workers holding protests over Easter holiday weekend Newspaper headlines No fly throne and Labour turmoil on ruling Head of British Jewish body criticises members open letter attack on Israel Trump and Meloni talk up chances of US trade deal with Europe Equalities watchdog to issue new guidelines on gender after ruling Donald Trump suggests UK state visit set for September Freddie Flintoff didnt leave house for six months after Top Gear crash Shooting at Florida State University leaves two dead

AP correspondent Charles de Ledesma reports the U.K. Supreme Court has ruled that a woman is someone born biologically female, excluding transgender people from the legal definition in a long running dispute.

The Blind Companion Card Scheme pilot is launching on the 1st April, where 8000 blind and partially sighted will be able to travel with a companion without charge. Amelia went along to the launch at Anniesland Station in Glasgow to speak to Sight Scotland, Scotrail and MSP Kaukab Stewart. Here she is speaking with minister. Learn more about the pilot on the Sight Scotland website - Fair Rail Campaign | Sight Scotland Image shows three people walking down a train platform on a sunny day. MSP Kaukab Stewart is on the left, she is a woman in a black suit and white shirt. Colette Walker is in the middle, she's a visually impaired woman with a guide dog and is chair of Sight Scotland's policy group. In the middle is her companion, a man with a bald head wearing a bright blue sight Scotland t-shirt. [Photo credit: Sight Scotland]

Dr. Jordan B. Peterson sits down with the new leader of the UK Conservative Party, Kemi Badenoch. They discuss her multinational upbringing, how that informed her on the fallacies of multiculturalism, the necessary preconditions of a functioning society, the current political landscape of the UK, and why anger resonates - but cannot rebuild. The Rt Hon Kemi Badenoch was Secretary of State for the Department for Business and Trade between 7 February 2023 and 5 July 2024. She was Secretary of State for International Trade and President of the Board of Trade between 6 September 2022 and 4 July 2024, and Minister for Women and Equalities for the Equality Hub between 25 October 2022 and 4 July 2024. Previously she was Minister of State at the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities between 16 September 2021 and 6 July 2022. She was Minister of State (Minister for Equalities) in the Equality Hub between 14 February 2020 and July 2022. She was previously Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury from 13 February 2020 to 15 September 2021 and Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Education from 27 July 2019 to 13 February 2020. This episode was filmed on January 29th, 2025  | Links | For Kemi Badenoch: On X https://x.com/KemiBadenoch?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor On Instagram https://www.instagram.com/kemibadenoch/?hl=en 

On Nick Ferrari At Breakfast. Bridget Phillipson, Secretary of State for Education and Minister for Women and Equalities, talks to Nick about the new child safety bill. Phillipson outlines the details of Labour's pledge to keep vulnerable children safe. Nick speaks to James Heappey, Former Minister of State for the Armed Forces, about Trump's plans for the American defence budget once he becomes president. Nick also discusses the President elect's praise of Meta in light of their decision to remove their fact-checking programme. All of this and more on Nick Ferrari - The Whole Show Podcast.

pWotD Episode 2741: Kemi Badenoch Welcome to Popular Wiki of the Day, spotlighting Wikipedia's most visited pages, giving you a peek into what the world is curious about today.With 539,547 views on Saturday, 2 November 2024 our article of the day is Kemi Badenoch.Olukemi Olufunto Adegoke Badenoch ( KEM-ee BAY-də-nok; née Adegoke; born 2 January 1980) is a British politician who has served as Leader of the Opposition and Leader of the Conservative Party since November 2024. She previously served in the Cabinet under Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak from 2022 to 2024. She has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for North West Essex since 2024, and previously represented Saffron Walden from 2017 to 2024.In 2012, Badenoch unsuccessfully contested a seat in the London Assembly, but became a member of the London Assembly after Victoria Borwick was elected as an MP in 2015. A supporter of Brexit in the 2016 referendum, Badenoch was elected to the House of Commons in the 2017 general election. After Boris Johnson became prime minister in July 2019, Badenoch was appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Children and Families. In the February 2020 reshuffle, she was appointed Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury and Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Equalities. In September 2021, she was promoted to Minister of State for Equalities and appointed Minister of State for Local Government, Faith and Communities.In July 2022, Badenoch resigned from government in protest at Johnson's leadership; she stood unsuccessfully to replace him in the July–September 2022 Conservative Party leadership election. After Liz Truss was appointed prime minister in September 2022, Badenoch was appointed as Secretary of State for International Trade and President of the Board of Trade and was appointed to the Privy Council; she was reappointed Trade Secretary by Truss's successor, Rishi Sunak, the following month, also becoming Minister for Women and Equalities.In the February 2023 Cabinet reshuffle, Badenoch assumed the position of Secretary of State for Business and Trade following the merging of the Department for International Trade with elements of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. Badenoch retained the responsibilities of Women and Equalities Minister. After the Conservatives' defeat in the 2024 general election, Badenoch was appointed Shadow Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government in Sunak's Shadow Cabinet and later launched her bid to become leader of the Conservative Party in the 2024 leadership election. She defeated Robert Jenrick in the members' ballot, becoming party leader and Leader of the Opposition.This recording reflects the Wikipedia text as of 01:19 UTC on Sunday, 3 November 2024.For the full current version of the article, see Kemi Badenoch on Wikipedia.This podcast uses content from Wikipedia under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License.Visit our archives at wikioftheday.com and subscribe to stay updated on new episodes.Follow us on Mastodon at @wikioftheday@masto.ai.Also check out Curmudgeon's Corner, a current events podcast.Until next time, I'm generative Joanna.

Labour's Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson returns to Women With Balls in a special live edition of the podcast, recorded at Labour Party conference. The MP for Houghton and Sunderland South since 2010, Phillipson joined Keir Starmer's shadow cabinet in 2020, and was appointed Shadow Education Secretary the following year. She retained her brief following the general election, and was also appointed Minister for Women and Equalities. Katy talks to Bridget about her priorities for Education, what she thinks about the idea that too many people go to university, and the recovery of schools and pupils post-pandemic.  Produced by Oscar Edmondson and Patrick Gibbons.

Labour's Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson returns to Women With Balls in a special live edition of the podcast, recorded at Labour Party conference. The MP for Houghton and Sunderland South since 2010, Phillipson joined Keir Starmer's shadow cabinet in 2020, and was appointed Shadow Education Secretary the following year. She retained her brief following the general election, and was also appointed Minister for Women and Equalities. Katy talks to Bridget about her priorities for Education, what she thinks about the idea that too many people go to university, and the recovery of schools and pupils post-pandemic.  Produced by Oscar Edmondson and Patrick Gibbons.

Send us a textIn this episode of Behind the Stigma, host Seiara Imanova speaks with Hari Sewell, founder and Director of HS Consultancy, about the intersection of social justice, ethnicity, and mental health. Hari, a leading voice on institutional racism and unconscious biases in mental health, shares his insights on the systemic factors contributing to racial disparities, the impact of social perspectives on patient outcomes, and the importance of addressing these issues in practice. Tune in for a thought-provoking discussion on how we can foster more equitable mental health care.Chapter markers added!About Hari SewellHári is the founder and Director of HS Consultancy and a former executive director of health and social care in the National Health Service in the UK. He has worked for the Department of Health in regulation and policy, and is a writer and speaker in his specialist area of social justice, equalities and ethnicity, race and culture in mental health. Hári is a Specialist Guest Lecturer at the University of Bradford and Visiting Lecturer at Christ Church Canterbury University. Hári worked with another local campaigner to secure services for survivors of sexual violence and currently runs a campaign “Men Supporting Women's Rights” including “Men Against Rape”. He is increasingly studying forms of masculinity and the possibilities in practice and employee relations to recognise the intersections between masculinity and other aspects of identity. I'm delighted to speak with him.Website: https://www.hsconsultancy.org.uk/about/Twitter: https://x.com/consultancy_hs?lang=enWorking with Ethnicity, Race & Culture in Mental Health: https://www.amazon.com/Working-Ethnicity-Culture-Mental-Health/dp/1843106213 Subscribe to the Behind the Stigma podcast on Apple Podcast or Spotify if you enjoyed this episode. Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/behindthestigmapodcast/

The newly elected Chair of the Women and Equalities Select Committee, Labour MP Sarah Owen, joins Anita Rani on the programme to discuss the remit of her new role and what she hopes to achieve. Tracy Chevalier's new novel The Glassmaker follows a Murano glassmaking family through hundreds of years of Venetian history. Time plays strange tricks as it follows Orsola Rosso, who is nine in 1486, all the way to the present day, when she is in her late sixties. Tracy joins Anita to discuss her love story that encompasses centuries of passion and longing. 72-year-old Gisele Pelicot has been testifying in court against her husband, Dominique. He is accused of drugging her repeatedly over the course of a decade and inviting men to the house to rape her while she was unconscious. This was only discovered because he was caught by the police for upskirting in 2020. To get the latest updates on the case, Anita speaks to BBC Correspondent Andrew Harding. She is also joined by campaigner Gina Martin, who helped to make upskirting illegal in the UK.A new play, The Lightest Element, which has opened at Hampstead Theatre, explores the life and career of astronomer Cecila Payne-Gaposchkin, the first person to work out what stars are made of. Anita is joined by actor Maureen Beatie, who plays Cecilia, and the playwright Stella Feehilly. Presenter: Anita Rani Producer: Emma Pearce

Women with Balls has taken a summer break and will be back in September with a new series. Until then, here's an episode from the archives, with current Tory leadership hopeful Kemi Badenoch MP. Widely seen as one of the Conservative Party's rising stars upon her election to Parliament in 2017, her star has only continued to rise. Serving under successive PMs, this episode was recorded in May 2022 when she was Minister of State for Local Government, Faith and Communities, and for Equalities. Now many consider her the frontrunner to be Tory leader.  On the podcast, Kemi talks about her childhood in Nigeria and the golden ticket that was her UK passport, hacking Harriet Harman and what it's like to be a 'rising star'. 

Women with Balls has taken a summer break and will be back in September with a new series. Until then, here's an episode from the archives, with current Tory leadership hopeful Kemi Badenoch MP. Widely seen as one of the Conservative Party's rising stars upon her election to Parliament in 2017, her star has only continued to rise. Serving under successive PMs, this episode was recorded in May 2022 when she was Minister of State for Local Government, Faith and Communities, and for Equalities. Now many consider her the frontrunner to be Tory leader.  On the podcast, Kemi talks about her childhood in Nigeria and the golden ticket that was her UK passport, hacking Harriet Harman and what it's like to be a 'rising star'. 

On this episode of Politicomms, we're joined by Christine Jardine of the Liberal Democrats. Christine was first elected as the Member of Parliament for Edinburgh West in 2017 and is the Liberal Democrat Spokesperson for Scotland, Women and Equalities and the Cabinet Office. Before entering politics, Christine was an Edinburgh based journalist and broadcaster. She has written for the Scotsman, worked for the BBC and was editor of the Press Association in Scotland. She is standing as a candidate for Edinburgh West.We chat to Christine about her thoughts on the role of the media in elections - from earned media to social and TV debates, as well as the rise of mis-and-dis-information. And, of course, we touch on those famous Lib Dem stunts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Woman's Hour has invited the leaders of all the main political parties for an interview in the run-up to the General Election. Today, in place of the Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey, Nuala McGovern is joined by Christine Jardine, the party's Women and Equalities spokesperson.Danish actress Sofie Gråbøl is best known to British viewers for her role as Sarah Lund in Scandi Noir crime drama The Killing. Now she's returning to our cinema screens in a new film, Rose. Sophie plays Inger, a woman with serious mental health challenges, who takes a bus trip to Paris with her sister, Ellen. She discusses how she researched the character of Inger, by talking to the real woman that she is based on. At the start of the month, comedian Grace Campbell wrote candidly about her mental health struggles after having an abortion and the response to her piece has been overwhelming. She speaks to Nuala about her experience, being pro-choice and how she's sharing this as part of her stand-up. Last weekend protests were held in four cities in the Republic of Ireland calling for justice after a serving soldier was given a suspended sentence for an attack on a woman which left her unconscious and with a broken nose. The Irish Defence Forces have confirmed that a review has been launched. Yesterday the protests continued outside the Dail, the Irish Assembly and Natasha was given a standing ovation inside as she watched from the public gallery. Presented by Nuala McGovern Producer: Louise Corley

On Nick Ferrari at Breakfast, Minister for Women & Equalities, Kemi Badenoch joins Nick to discuss the Tories pledge to make ‘biological sex' a protected characteristic. Rugby legend Rob Burrow dies aged 41. Nick speaks to a friend of Rob's & pays tribute. John Healey, Shadow Defence Secretary joins us live on Labour's commitment to a 'nuclear deterrent triple lock'. All of this and more on the Nick Ferrari Whole Show Podcast.

Young, female entrepreneurship is on the rise. Two years ago, 17,500 businesses were founded by women aged 16-25, which is 22 times greater than in 2018. Now, 20 per cent of all businesses across the UK are all-female-led. Yet, when it comes to investment, women consistently underperform their male counterparts. Why? And should more be done to support female entrepreneurs? To shine a light on some of these issues is Anneliese Dodds MP, the Shadow Secretary of State for Women and Equalities, and Chair of the Labour Party, Jo Overton, the Managing Director for Customer Propositions and Strategy for Business Commercial Banking at Lloyds Banking Group, and Eccie Newton, the co-founder, of Karma Cans, an office lunch delivery company, and Karma Kitchen, that provides commercial kitchen spaces to food businesses. This podcast is kindly sponsored by Lloyds Banking Group. 

Young, female entrepreneurship is on the rise. Two years ago, 17,500 businesses were founded by women aged 16-25, which is 22 times greater than in 2018. Now, 20 per cent of all businesses across the UK are all-female-led. Yet, when it comes to investment, women consistently underperform their male counterparts. Why? And should more be done to support female entrepreneurs?  To shine a light on some of these issues is Anneliese Dodds MP, the Shadow Secretary of State for Women and Equalities, and Chair of the Labour Party, Jo Overton, the Managing Director for Customer Propositions and Strategy for Business Commercial Banking at Lloyds Banking Group, and Eccie Newton, the co-founder, of Karma Cans, an office lunch delivery company, and Karma Kitchen, that provides commercial kitchen spaces to food businesses. This podcast is kindly sponsored by Lloyds Banking Group. 

Paul's guest in this episode is Paul Polman. Paul is a business leader, campaigner and co-author of “Net Positive: how courageous companies thrive by giving more than they take”, a Financial Times Business Book of the Year. Paul works to accelerate action by business to tackle climate change and inequality. As CEO of Unilever for a decade, he demonstrated that business can profit through purpose, delivering shareholder returns of 290% while the company consistently ranked 1st in the world for sustainability. Today he works across a range of organisations to deliver the UN Sustainable Development Goals, which he helped develop. 

Labour Women and Equalities Secretary and Party Chair, and Chair of the Labour Policy Review, Anneliese Dodds MP, visited the RNIB's London office the Grimaldi Building on Wednesday 24 January 2024 to have a tour of the building, meet with RNIB Chief Executive Matt Stringer and other key RNIB staff to learn about the obstacles faced by blind and partially sighted people. After the tour the Shadow Minister chaired a roundtable on disability and employment in which more than 20 disabled people and disability campaigners took part. RNIB Connect Radio's Toby Davey caught up with Arunima Misra, representing Scope prior to the start of the round table discussion to find out what topics relating to disability and employment she might like to ask the Shadow Minister and what might be done in the future to make a more inclusive society for disabled people. (Image shows RNIB logo. 'RNIB' written in black capital letters over a white background and underlined with a bold pink line, with the words 'See differently' underneath)

Labour Women and Equalities Secretary and Party Chair, and Chair of the Labour Policy Review, Anneliese Dodds MP, visited the RNIB's London office the Grimaldi Building on Wednesday 24 January 2024 to have a tour of the building, meet with RNIB Chief Executive Matt Stringer and other key RNIB staff to learn about the obstacles faced by blind and partially sighted people. After the tour the Shadow Minister chaired a roundtable on disability and employment in which more than 20 disabled people and disability campaigners took part. RNIB Connect Radio's Toby Davey caught up with Michael Quinlan, representing RNID prior to the start of the round table discussion to find out what topics relating to disability and employment she might like to ask the Shadow Minister and what might be done in the future to make a more inclusive society for disabled people. (Image shows RNIB logo. 'RNIB' written in black capital letters over a white background and underlined with a bold pink line, with the words 'See differently' underneath)

Labour Women and Equalities Secretary and Party Chair, and Chair of the Labour Policy Review, Anneliese Dodds MP, visited the RNIB's London office the Grimaldi Building on Wednesday 24 January 2024 to have a tour of the building, meet with RNIB Chief Executive Matt Stringer and other key RNIB staff to learn about the obstacles faced by blind and partially sighted people. After the tour of the Grimaldi Building and meeting with RNIB staff, Ms Dodds chaired a roundtable on disability and employment in which more than 20 disabled people and disability campaigners took part. RNIB Connect Radio's Toby Davey caught up with Labour Party Chair and Shadow Secretary for Women and Equalities Anneliese Dodds just after the end of the round table panel discussion to find out how her visit to the RNIB went, what Ms Dodds would be taking away from the afternoon and how the visit might form and influence her party's policies in the led up to the next general election.  Image shows Toby and Anneliese stood next to each other inside the Grimaldi building

Do you have a personal or professional interest in the Creative arts? Creative Scotland are looking for members to join their Equalities, Diversity and Inclusion advisory group. Amelia talked to Creative Scotland's Kim Simpson to learn more about the role and who can apply. Learn more about the role and application by visiting www.creativescotland.com Image: An aqua green graphic reading ‘Join our Equalities, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) group' with Creative Scotland logo in the corner and portrait image of Kim Simpson smiling to front-facing camera.

The Lib Dem spokesperson for Scotland and Women & Equalities on GRR, Rwanda, and more. The MP for Edinburgh West joins Podlitical to discuss the Scottish Liberal Democrat strategy at the next General Election, why she "wasn't surprised" about a court decision to uphold the UK government's block on the Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill, and why she thinks "divisive" policies such as the Rwanda asylum plans aren't what the electorate want.

Research by the charity Stamma shows that 8% of children will start stuttering at some point. Our listener Geri, a mother who's son has a stammer, got in touch with Woman's Hour and asked us to discuss the topic. Kirsten Howells from Stamma, Tiktokker Jessie Yendle and Geri join Claire McDonnell to share their own experiences and advice.In 2013 Benita Alexander was working as a producer at NBC in New York. Tasked with putting a documentary together on renowned Swiss surgeon Dr Paolo Macchiarini, the pair soon grew close and started dating. However, not was all what it seemed with both their relationship and the success of his surgical invention. Benita joins Claire McDonnell to tell her story, as featured in the new Netflix documentary, Bad Surgeon.The UK's Equalities and Human Rights Commission is being investigated by the UN over its position on “biological sex” and the provision of single-sex spaces. We talk to EHRC Chair Baroness Kishwer Falkner. Kamila Hryshchenko is one of the highest chess ranked players in England however until very recently she represented a different nation. Kamila and her mother were forced to flee their home nation of Ukraine during the outbreak of war in 2022 and it was chess that proved instrumental to securing Kamila and her mother's safety. Kamila has chosen to now play for England and she joins Clare McDonnell.Presenter: Clare McDonnell Producer: Emma Pearce

In this episode, we're peeling back the curtain on what the global leaders know about 2024 that you might not. These lessons aren't just insightful; they're game-changers for your organisation. We're thrilled to welcome our expert panel: Justin Boxall, Transformation Change Lead at Mars Kimberley Ward, Financial Inclusion & Vulnerability Manager at First Direct Prabha Vijayakumar, Head of Vaccination Workforce & Equalities at NHS England Malcolm Staves, Global Vice President Health & Safety at L'Oréal Francoise Woolley, Head of Mental Health & Wellbeing at ACAS Amy McKeown, Award-winning Workplace Health & Wellbeing Strategist  Join the conversation as we explore what global leaders know (that you don't!) Focus on Mental Health: The importance of mental health at the workplace has skyrocketed, and leading organisations are prioritising it like never before. We'll explore why this shift is happening and how it's transforming the way we work. Create Inclusive Workplaces: Inclusivity is more than just a buzzword; it's a business imperative. We'll uncover why global leaders are doubling down on diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts, and how this benefits both employees and the bottom line. Develop a Shared Purpose: Successful organisations are rallying their teams around a common mission, and it's driving extraordinary results. We'll delve into why having a shared purpose is crucial and how it can energize your workforce. Have Great Managers: The global leaders understand that managers can make or break a company. We'll explore the qualities that make a manager truly exceptional and how they can elevate your organisation. Resources Connect with Justin Boxall from Mars https://www.linkedin.com/in/justin-boxall-5777a637/ Connect with Kimberley Ward from First Direct https://www.linkedin.com/in/kimberley-ward-she-her-79a824b1/ Connect with Prabha Vijayakumar from NHS England https://www.linkedin.com/in/prabha-vijayakumar-3b909555/ Connect with Malcolm Staves from L'Oreal  https://www.linkedin.com/in/malcolm-staves-fiirsm-ficheme-7a89077/ Connect with Francoise Woolley from ACAS https://www.linkedin.com/in/francoisewoolley/ Connect with Amy McKeown https://www.linkedin.com/in/amymckeownuk/ More from Make a Difference Media Website & Newsletter: https://makeadifference.media/ MAD World Summit: https://madworldsummit.com/ Book Your Tickets for The Watercooler 2024: https://www.watercoolerevent.com/ Audio recordings of the conference sessions from the MAD World Summit and DE&I Symposium: https://madworldsummit.com/ More from Kimberley on Not Being Defined by Disability https://makeadifference.media/mental/at-first-direct-im-not-defined-by-my-disability-this-has-had-such-a-positive-impact-on-my-wellbeing-productivity/ More from Malcolm on Well-being and ESG https://makeadifference.media/culture/wellbeing-and-esg/ More from Francoise on Reasonable Adjustments https://makeadifference.media/mental/much-needed-new-guidance-around-reasonable-adjustments-for-mental-health-is-launched/ Listen back to Truth & Lies for more on: Advanced EDI for Leaders https://truthliesandwork.com/truth-lies-work-podcast/62-from-bystander-to-ally-how-to-avoid-deib-washing_2514/ Building Resilient Workplaces https://truthliesandwork.com/truth-lies-work-podcast/ep40-building-resilient-workplaces-the-triple-defence-approach-to-mental-health-in-action_2295/ The 4-Day Work Week - THE Trend of 2024? https://truthliesandwork.com/truth-lies-work-podcast/4-day-work-week-for-business-owners-and-leaders_2251/ Connect with Al and Leanne Join the Conversation on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/truthlieswork/ Connect with Al on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thisisalelliott/ Connect with Leanne on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/meetleanne Email: Hello@truthliework.com Book a Call with Al & Leanne: https://oblonghq.com/book/ WATCH THE PODCAST ON YOUTUBE! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3_hIyk9KjxJQ1lZWhiaqDw

SummaryWhat should we think of when we consider organization integrity issues?How do you distinguish between positive and negative forms of power?How do we nurture power for organizational integrity? These are the fairly complex questions that we address in the podcast today.In this NGO Soul+Strategy  episode, I interview Bhavika Patel, Senior Adviser for Equalities and Inclusion at Oxfam Great Britain, and Alex Cole-Hamilton, independent consultant and one of the founders of the Power and Integrity Initiative, on their work on positive power for organizational integrity.Bhavika's Bio:Currently the Senior Adviser for Equalities and Inclusion at OxfamBrings HR, culture, and EDI (equity, diversity, and inclusion) experience,  with practical experience in understanding power in relation to EDI and organizational ways of workingLed on HR issues in Oxfam, and has been a Talent Advisor at UNICEFMSC in applied positive coaching psychology Alex's Bio:Independent consultant, advising boards and executives on ethics and integrity risks and related decision-making frameworksFormer head of Ethics and Compliance, Oxfam Great BritainFormer head of Corporate Responsibility, OxfamFormer ethical trade project manager, The Body ShopWe discuss: The Power & Integrity Initiative is focused on UK-specific agencies; it aims to complement, but not overlap, with other ongoing activities, such as the RINGO project, Pledge4Change, #ShiftThePower etc.Concrete examples of measures and policy areas related to organizational integrity: safeguarding, anti-racism, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI), environmental sustainability practices, anti-corruptionHow is power perceived in general?  And in our sector?How can integrity be understood more holistically, going beyond the classical interpretation of ethics, to look at people's behavior and organizational behavior in relationship to each other?The initiative just went through several Labs to pilot getting to a shared understanding of what power is (not easy!); their write-up on what was learned will be published in late 2023Positive power as a concept comes out of the thinking on transformative power, led by Srilatha Batliwala and others at CREA. It also builds on notions of power with, power within, power for and not just power over (hierarchical or positional or coercive power)Even if power is used with good intention by (in)formal leaders in our sector, whether we like it or not, the impact of white-normed organizational systems and processes is not neutralResources:Website of Power & IntegrityAlex's WebsiteBhavika's LinkedIn ProfileAlex's LinkedIn Profile YouTube video of this podcastClick here to subscribe to be alerted when new podcast episodes come out or when Tosca produces other thought leadership pieces. tosca@5oaksconsulting.org You can find Tosca's content by following her on her social media channels: Twitter

A warm Mancunian welcome to all my listeners. Presenting Season 6, Episode 8 of the #MeettheMancunian #podcast #mancunian #manchester #women #coaching #socialimpact #nonprofit #WomenEd. I'm Deepa Thomas-Sutcliffe, your friendly host. In the eighth episode, the Meet the Mancunian podcast talks to Yasmin Ariff [https://www.linkedin.com/in/yasmin-a-6492b113b/], Career and Leadership Coach and Volunteer, Women Ed [https://womened.com/home] about supporting women to help them thrive in their careers. In addition to coaching women through career and leadership challenges, Yasmin specialises in delivering professional coaching apprentices in partnership with her brother through CVP Group [https://cvpgroup.co.uk/]. Yasmin also actively volunteers with Women Ed, a global grassroot movement that connects aspiring and existing women leaders in education and gives women leaders a voice in education. She offers free coaching to women leaders in the Women Ed community and trains up Women Ed coaches using the apprenticeship levy offering a 12-month coaching apprenticeship with cohorts in October 2023 and April 2024. Did you know: · CVP Group is partnering with #WomenEd to deliver the first funded training programme for aspiring coaches in England. Find out more about the Level 5 Coaching Professional Apprenticeship here [https://womened.com/blog/coaching-the-womened-way]. It is also open to women beyond England on a self-funded basis. · As noted by the Equalities and Human Rights Commission (EHRC), across Britain in 2016, the gender pay gap stood at 18.1%, the ethnicity pay gap at 5.7%, and the disability pay gap at 13.6%. These average figures disguise wide differences, with some groups experiencing far greater pay gaps than others. · In education, men typically earn more than women. The more senior the position, the wider the gulf becomes. Males earnt on average 2.4% more at classroom teacher level but 11.3% more (on average) than women headteachers. Time stamps of key moments in the podcast episode & transcript: 00:03:36 sharing her passion for supporting women 00:05:17 introducing her coaching services 00:08:57 her volunteering activities with Women Ed 00:13:09 introducing professional coaching apprenticeships 00:16:33 the impact she has made Listen to the episode and read the transcript on www.meetthemancunian.co.uk [http://www.meetthemancunian.co.uk/]

Our new 33-country study of attitudes towards equality asked what it means to people, who are we most worried about, and how much do we care about it? This episode features experts from Canada, Ireland, Poland, and South Africa looking at the findings from those countries, and we also speak to the author of Multiracism - a unique examination of this particular prejudice in a truly global context.

James Martin is a British Trade Unionist, Historian, Economist and Lecturer having previously worked in finance, employment law and now is a lecturer in further and higher education. As an historian, James believes that ‘understanding the past is crucial to understanding our future', noting that evidence should guide us but our minds should be open to ideas. James has studied a wide range of fields including Industrial Relations, Equalities, History & Politics, OSH, Astronomy and has recently completed a D.Ed to further his role as a Lecturer. James has taught for a number of academic instutions ranging from Ruskin, Oxford to Northern College. James has been a member and investigator of the Worsley Paranormal Group since its founding in 2003. He has made numerous appearances on Radio and Television and is now a regular on Nightvision Radio. He has described himself as a ‘history geek' and a ‘space nerd' and has dedicated a large portion of his more recent life in to research in to the Knights Templar, The Roman Empire and the Western Traditions of Spirituality. The motto that guides his research is G.O.Y.A – Get Off Your Ass, which is why you are more likely to find him out in the field.Website newrennies.orgBook Uncharted: A Rediscovered History of Voyages to the Americas Before Columbus

The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) had one job: To protect human rights. When it comes to trans people they have arguably failed. On this podcast we go over the history of the EHRC and how it went from being pretty good on trans issues to dancing to the anti-trans tune of the government. Also: Anti-trans fascist Florida governor has announced his run for the US presidency. Nothing about that was good. References: https://whatthetrans.com/ep86/ https://linktr.ee/whatthetrans

Lady Margaret Thatcher—along with her great ally, President Reagan—fought and won a crucial battle of ideas in the 1970s and 1980s. Ten years after her death, it now falls to a new generation in the Western world to fight a new raft of ideological battles which will determine whether the cherished values of freedom and democracy will continue to thrive in the 21st century. Reducing the size of the state and rejecting leftist orthodoxy are also crucial to delivering the prosperity that will ensure the forces of freedom can prevail against authoritarian regimes. These are the themes that former British Prime Minister Liz Truss will take up as she delivers the 2023 Margaret Thatcher Freedom Lecture.The Freedom Lecture honors the principles, ideals, vision, and legacy of Lady Thatcher. Previous lecturers have included Ambassador Nikki Haley, Soviet dissident Natan Sharansky, U.S. Senator Ted Cruz, conservative authors and commentators Charles Krauthammer and Victor Davis Hanson, and foreign statesmen including former Australian Prime Minister John Howard and former UK International Trade Secretary Liam Fox MP.The Rt Hon Liz Truss MP: Liz Truss served as the 56th Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and is a long-standing advocate for limited government, low taxes, and freedom, both at home in the UK and around the world. Continuously holding ministerial office between 2012 and 2022, she served three different prime ministers in six different roles around the cabinet table before her own tenure in 10 Downing Street, including Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice, Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Secretary of State for International Trade, and Foreign Secretary, as well as Minister for Women and Equalities. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

When policymakers pursue “equality,” which equality should they pursue? Deirdre McCloskey believes neither "equality of outcome" nor "equality of opportunity" is a great option. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Women make up half of the workforce in the UK. Yet when it comes to high-skilled, high-income jobs in tech, just 26 per cent of the workforce are women and 77 per cent of tech leaders are men. Jobs in tech filter into almost every sector and women from all walks of life are discovering they don't need a maths or tech background to retrain and reinvent themselves. Over the last five years the UK's tech sector has seen massive proliferation and investment, but given this level of growth, where are all the women? The government's approach to bridging the gap has focused on teaching in schools. While evidently, the issue starts from a young age, should more emphasis be placed on encouraging women of all ages to learn new skills and explore opportunities that could offer a higher salary and career progression? On the podcast, Katy Balls is joined by Sharon Doherty who is the Chief People and Places Officer and Lloyds Banking Group. Nusrat Ghani, Conservative MP for Wealden and East Sussex and Minister for both Business and Trade and the Cabinet Office. Finally, Anneliese Dodds, Labour MP for Oxford East and Shadow secretary of state for Women and Equalities. This podcast is kindly sponsored by Lloyds Banking Group.

Women make up half of the workforce in the UK. Yet when it comes to high-skilled, high-income jobs in tech, just 26 per cent of the workforce are women and 77 per cent of tech leaders are men. Jobs in tech filter into almost every sector and women from all walks of life are discovering they don't need a maths or tech background to retrain and reinvent themselves. Over the last five years the UK's tech sector has seen massive proliferation and investment, but given this level of growth, where are all the women? The government's approach to bridging the gap has focused on teaching in schools. While evidently, the issue starts from a young age, should more emphasis be placed on encouraging women of all ages to learn new skills and explore opportunities that could offer a higher salary and career progression? On the podcast, Katy Balls is joined by Sharon Doherty who is the Chief People and Places Officer and Lloyds Banking Group. Nusrat Ghani, Conservative MP for Wealden and East Sussex and Minister for both Business and Trade and the Cabinet Office. Finally, Anneliese Dodds, Labour MP for Oxford East and Shadow Secretary of State for Women and Equalities.   This podcast is kindly sponsored by Lloyds Banking Group.

The West risk running out of ammunition as Putin orders Russian troops to advance further in Ukraine. Defence Secretary Ben Wallace joins Nick to discuss. Equalities watchdog end their Labour party monitoring following the antisemitism reforms. Also, Queen Consort Camilla will cut out the Koh-I-Noor Colonial Diamond from the coronation. But is that enough to resolve the controversy around it? All of this and more on this episode of the Nick Ferrari Whole Show podcast.

Poet Joelle Taylor won the Polari Prize last night and the TS Eliot Prize in January this year. Over a long career as a writer for the page and the stage she has explored butch lesbian counterculture and told the stories of the women in underground communities fighting for the right to be themselves. She joins Emma Barnett to explain how joining the literary establishment fits with a lifetime of protest. As Deputy Prime Minister and Justice Minister Dominic Raab stands in for Prime Minister's Questions today, despite accusations of bullying, we look at how MPs and the macho culture of Westminster can be called to account without an ethics advisor, since Lord Geidt resigned earlier this year. Emma speaks to Pippa Crerar political editor of The Guardian and Christine Jardine, Liberal Democrat MP Edinburgh West, spokesperson for Cabinet Office, Women and Equalities and Scotland, who yesterday tabled a bill asking for parliament to appoint an ethics advisor if the conservative party fails to do so. We speak to director Sally El Hosaini about her new film The Swimmers which is based on the true story two Syrian sisters who fled Damascus in a dinghy boat in order to escape war and build a new life for themselves. One of those sisters, Yusra Mardini, will also be speaking to Emma Barnett about how she feels about her story being turned into a film. Fantasy Football is a hugely popular online game which requires building a make believe team of real world players who compete in the Premier League. But the growth of women managers has exceeded that of men in the last five years, rising by 112%. With the Premier League taking a break for the first ever winter World Cup, we explore the challenges early female participants of Fantasy Football have faced and what their participation in the game, and a growing interest in football, could have on the sport.

Since entering Parliament in 2017, the MP for Saffron Walden has rapidly risen through the ranks to a seat at the Cabinet table as Trade Secretary and Minister for Women and Equalities. Kemi Badenoch surprised some in Westminster when she reached the fourth round of the Conservative leadership election this summer. Her forthright views on British colonialism and trans issues have won her admirers on the political right, but also been heavily criticised by LGBTQ campaigners. So who is Kemi Badenoch? How has her childhood in Nigeria influenced her political outlook? And how does she like to unwind? Mark Coles investigates. Researcher: Alice Struthers Producers: Ben Cooper and Matt Toulson Production Co-ordinators: Helena Warwick-Cross and Maria Ogundele Sound engineer: Graham Puddifoot Editor: Simon Watts

Sarah Vine and Co Host Imogen Edwards-Jones are joined by the MP for Saffron Walden, former Minister of State for Equalities and former Conservative Party Leadership Candidate, Kemi Badenoch. Sarah and Imogen talk with Kemi about the Leadership race, Boris Johnson, role models and the importance of courage and speaking up.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Why in 2022 is there no position in the Cabinet solely dedicated to the job of Women and Equalities? Why is it always tagged onto another cabinet role? We hear from Amber Rudd who juggled the job of being Home Secretary, while she was also Work and Pensions Secretary and from Shadow Women and Equalities Minister Anneliese Dodds, who's also Chair of the Labour Party. There have been elections in India this week and one journalist who's been covering them is Rana Ayyub. She's an Indian, Muslim journalist who writes for the Washington Post but she's based in Mumbai. At the moment she's under extreme pressure because of her work. She's experiencing serious online abuse, so much so that international monitoring groups worry that her life is in danger. Anne Dickson's book, A Woman In Your Own Right: The art of assertive, clear and honest communication, was first published 40 years ago. It has been in print ever since. Anne outlines the skills and techniques she pioneered and why they are still relevant today. Our TV screens are full of Ukrainian refugees - mainly women and children - who are fleeing their country. However, we're increasingly seeing women who are staying. We hear from the Ukrainian MP, Inna Sovsun. In 2016 Rachael Denhollander became the first woman to publicly accuse the USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar of sexual assault. Rachael talks about her fight for justice and the impact on elite gymnastics culture. The singer and songwriter Betty Boo is back. The platinum success artist made a name for herself in the 1990s for her unapologetic attitude, and combination of Pop and Hip Hop music. Betty Boo has now released her first solo single in almost three decades.

Why in 2022 is there no position in the Cabinet solely dedicated to the job of Women and Equalities? Why is it always tagged onto another cabinet role? Emma talks to Amber Rudd who juggled the job of being Home Secretary while she was Work and Pensions Secretary too. Plus, Shadow Women and Equalities Minister Anneliese Dodds, who's also Chair of the Labour Party. When the war in Ukraine was just unfolding we spoke to Iryna Terlecky who's Chair of the Association of Ukrainian Women in Great Britain. Since then she's has been busy responding to the refugee crisis by representing the Ukrainian community in meetings with the Government, talking to both Michael Gove, the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, and with the Home Secretary Priti Patel. Emma spoke to her about what she makes of the latest government response to what's going on. Do you think motherhood gets enough recognition? We meet Agnes Agyepong, the founder of the Glomama Awards, a space celebrating the achievements of mothers, and one of this year's winners, Safiyya Vorajee. Plus, why more and more organisations are seeking out staff and volunteers with direct experiences to help them front campaigns, fundraise and inform policy. We hear from Tom Quinn, Director of External Affairs at Beat, the UK's Eating Disorder Charity and Miriam Taylor, a psychotherapist and author who specialises in trauma about why is it so important to have people with what's termed "lived experience" and why safeguards must be in place to protect them. Presenter Emma Barnett Producer Beverley Purcell

A remarkably similar proportion of mums and dads would like to work flexibly to spend more time with their children – yet mothers are much more likely to work part-time than fathers. These patterns can be ingrained early. In the UK, fathers and non-childbearing parents are eligible to take up to 50 weeks of shared parental leave, but estimates for uptake vary from just 0.5% to 8%. These unequal divisions of parental care and flexible working are significant drivers of the gender pay gap. So, what can we do to fix them and better support men to share the care?In this bonus episode – a recording from a GIWL event last year – Julia is joined by a panel of experts to discuss these issues:Ed Miliband, Shadow Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, and the author of Go Big: How To Fix Our World Shoshana Davidson, Principal Advisor, Equalities, Diversity & Inclusion at the Behavioural Insights Team Drew Gibson, Senior Manager for Inclusion at Santander UKFor more information, you can download Shoshana's presentation from the event here: https://www.kcl.ac.uk/giwl/assets/share-the-care-event-slides.pdf See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

he Equalities and Human Rights Commission is supposed to be Britain's official equalities watchdog, but after u-turning on trans rights - after a series of Tory appointments and its former chair warning it was under political pressure to back the government agenda - it's been engulfed in scandal.Investigative work by journalist Ben Hunte has uncovered private meetings between the EHRC and anti-trans rights organisations, while whistleblowers have told him about an anti-LGBTQ culture at the organisation and a failure to recognise racism, leading to an exodus of staff. Ben Hunte joins us to tell us the details, and we're joined by trans commentator Katy Montgomerie to put it all into context.Plus: after author Kate Clanchy piled on a reviewer who pointed out racist and bigoted passages in her books - which she falsely claimed she hadn't written - the author has been turned into a martyr, while women of colour who spoke out about it - and the racism of the wider British publishing industry - have been vilified and dogpiled. We speak to celebrated author Monisha Rajesh who has been viciously trolled online over the saga to tell us the truth.Please subscribe - and help us take on the right wing media: https://patreon.com/owenjones84Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.