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The TV presenter Gregg Wallace has denied behaviour of a sexually harassing nature, after 13 people came forward last week with allegations of inappropriate comments. In a video posted on Instagram, he said the accusations had been made by 'a handful of middle-class women of a certain age'. Nuala McGovern is joined by former head of Channel 4 News Dorothy Byrne and the Chair of the Fawcett Society, Baroness Harriet Harman, to discuss.When Daniel Wing was a year old, his mother Tina was murdered. 32 years on, the murder still remains unsolved – but a spotlight is thrown on the case in a new documentary: Who Murdered You, Mum? Nuala is joined by Daniel and barrister Harriet Johnson to talk about what the programme shows in terms of change in fighting violence against women and girls, and what needs to happen next to keep women safe.Professor Nicola Rollock is best known for her academic research and writing on race and society. As a friend of the programme, she approached us to ask to talk about something more personal - her experience of uterine fibroids, something that affects around 70% of women, but this rises to 80% for black women. Nicola joins Nuala alongside Hilary Critchley, Professor of Reproductive Medicine at the University of Edinburgh, to discuss more.Hindi-language film, Laapataa Ladies, also known as Lost Ladies, has just been submitted for Bafta consideration. Set in 2001 in rural India, it follows two separate newlywed brides, Phool and Jaya, whose lives take unexpected turns after a mix-up on a crowded train. It's director, filmmaker Kiran Rao joins Nuala live in the studio to discuss the film and its variety of female characters.Presenter: Nuala McGovern Producer: Lottie Garton

We've just published the 2024 Imposter Syndrome research study. And part of it looks into the role of imposter syndrome in the gender pay gap and gender equality and diversity initiatives in general.This episode is a must-listen episode for you if you care about having true equality and diversity at all levels of your organisation and if you're curious about the role that imposter syndrome is playing in that both for men and for women. These episodes are going to be slightly shorter than usual because there are four of them coming out in one go.In this episode we're looking at three hidden causes of the gender pay gap, which very few organisations are addressing, which is why we're not making progress. The shocking update from the Fawcett Society shows that the UK's Gender Pay Gap has actually widened in 2024, so what we're doing isn't working. It's time to find out why. Show notes & resources:Episode shownotes: https://www.ditchingimpostersyndrome.com/podcast/067/Get the white paper here - www.impostersyndromeresearch.comHow is Imposter Syndrome impacting your organisation? Free diagnostic assessment here.Want to help others to ditch Imposter Syndrome? Find out how to work with Clare to get certified in her inspirational strategies. Join in the discussionHere's where we're talking about this in the private forum for the Imposter Syndrome Hacks™ app

The Women's Equality Party is urging members to vote to close down the party next month, just under 10 years after it began. The founders say financial challenges and a changed political landscape mean their campaigning model no longer works. Nuala McGovern is joined by the Guardian's Emma Graham-Harrison and Jemima Olchawski from the Fawcett Society to discuss.The BAFTA-winning actress Anna Maxwell Martin stars as Delia in the new ITV series Until I Kill You. It tells the true story of Delia Balmer, who was the girlfriend of serial killer John Sweeney. Anna joins Nuala to talk about why she wanted to tell Delia's story, as well as her personal experiences of grief and struggles with the special educational needs system. A new study has evaluated the effectiveness of Sexual Assault Referral Centres (SARCs), which offer specialist support to survivors of sexual violence. According to the research led by Coventry University, the majority of survivors surveyed reported a positive experience. To discuss the findings, we speak to the project lead Lorna O'Doherty, Professor of Trauma and Mental Health at Coventry University; and a woman we're calling Lauren who has accessed the services of a SARC.The Colombian artist Alejandra Aristizabal creates 3D artwork using a native Colombian plant called the Fique. Her art helps to give a voice to indigenous women and raise awareness of the work they do. She is currently part of a residency programme at Christie's of London supporting artists who are using their work to bring about change. Alejandra joins Nuala to tell us more.Presenter: Nuala McGovern Producer: Lottie Garton

I love Tammy's phrase about wellbeing running through the veins of an organisation. When you achieve that, you are equipped to deal with any conversation that arises. And all because you start by putting people first. That means being vulnerable and stepping into their space to learn about what someone else is experiencing and what they need.18th October is menopause awareness day. It's a great time to remind you about the impact of menopause on women in leadership positions in your organisation. And it's an even better time to remember the golden rule at work which is simply to demonstrate that you care. Regardless of how people show up, being able to ask 2 questions can be a game changer...1️⃣ What does someone's experience mean for them in terms of how it feels and impacts?2️⃣ What do they need from you/the workplace to help them show up in the best way possible, in their circumstances?Listen to the practical advice in this episode of the podcast to increase your confidence about speaking up and enabling others to have their voice heard.Thank you Tammy Gee

Menopausal women are the fastest-growing demographic in the UK workforce, yet a 2022 survey by the Fawcett Society found one in ten women leave work due to their menopause symptoms. This week, Dr Louise is joined by Oonagh Ferson, who researched the experiences of perimenopausal and menopausal women in the workplace as part of her MSc in HR management at Queens University Belfast. Oonagh shares her research findings and some of the stories of women she interviewed, and with Dr Louise discusses the impact of perimenopause, menopause and other conditions such as PMS and PMDD in the workplace. Oonagh offers advice on how women can thrive at work, including the three things she believes would make the biggest difference to women in the workplace: A bottom up approach, where employers sit down with women and ask them: what would help you? What can we do? Even though it may be difficult at times, advocate for yourself: be open with your employer to secure the support or adjustments you need  Having open discussions, using clear language and avoiding terms like ‘the change', can help dispel the stigma around menopause   There is a chapter dedicated to menopause and the workplace in Dr Louise's bestselling book, The Definitive Guide to the Perimenopause and Menopause. Order your copy by clicking here. Click here for more about Newson Health.

On this episode of The Organisational Inclusionist, Grace Mosuro is joined by Dianne Greyson, to discuss the Ethnicity Pay Gap. Dianne is Managing Partner of Synergised Solutions, Non-Exec Director of Spktral, Director of Equilibrium Mediation Consulting and Founder of #EthnicityPayGap Campaign. Dianne established the #EthnicityPayGap Campaign in 2018. She was motivated to work to make a difference and address the inequalities that have been in existence in the workplace for many years. She produced research on the Impact of Ethnicity Pay Gap on Black Women in 2022 and was involved with the research conducted by Fawcett Society, Ethnicity Motherhood Pay Penalty report 2023 and their Broken Ladders report 2022. Dianne's movement is phenomenal, and this episode is one to listen to if you don't know what the Ethnicity Pay Gap is and want to learn more. Thank you for listening and please do like, share and follow. You can connect with Dianne on LinkedIn to learn more: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dgreyson/ Connect with Grace on LinkedIn and let her know what you would like her to discuss on future episodes: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gracemosuro  Download your free guide to reporting on the Gender Pay Gap and Ethnicity Pay Gap: https://www.aquaintzconsulting.co.uk/just-for-you 

There are a record number of women MPs in the new parliament. Nuala McGovern is joined by former Mother of the House and now chair of the charity the Fawcett Society, Harriet Harman, who wants to set up a Women's Caucus made up of female MPs. We also have political reaction from journalists Rachel Cunliffe and Caroline Wheeler.Is sports day something that teaches children invaluable life lessons, or simply an annual event that demoralises? Nuala is joined by journalist Esther Walker and comedian Helen Thorn to discuss further.The French film industry has been under the spotlight in recent months after allegations of sexual assault and harassment by women against directors and actors. Last month, the French parliament agreed to create a commission to investigate sexual and gender based violence in the industry and other cultural sectors. Some of the allegations have been put forward by the actor and director Judith Godrèche who joins Nuala on the programme to discuss the issues.Yorkshire County Cricket Club has retrospectively awarded caps to women's players who have represented their county to recognise their commitment and their importance to the Club – spanning nearly 90 years of history. Jane Powell, President of Yorkshire County Cricket Club who captained England and played for Yorkshire for 12 years from 1980 to 1991, and also received a cap herself joins Nuala to discuss.Presenter: Nuala McGovern Producer: Emma Pearce

It can't have escaped your attention there's a general election happening in the UK this week. Polls show that 23 per cent of women are still undecided on how to vote, and when you look at where the political sphere is letting us down – healthcare, childcare, equal pay – it's no surprise so many aren't sure where to put their X.  The Fawcett Society knows a thing or two about what women need and its latest project, #SheVotes24, has brought together more than 120 women's organisations to address what policies will help women, and so Mick got on the Zoom with CEO Jemima Olchawski to talk past wins and future hopes in the way Parliament looks out for women – whoever's in charge.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What's holding parents' career progression back and how can employers retain and support them?In summer 2023, the Big Parent Career Choices Survey was completed by nearly 900 working parents. It found that 86% of parents want to progress their careers in the next five years, with 51% wanting to progress in the next two years.It also found what is holding them back...On this week's podcast Verena Hefti MBE and Social Researcher Rosie McLeod discuss the survey findings from the brand new Career Progression Gaps: The Next Frontier report.Including:Their research together around working parents career progressionWhy so many working parents say they think that having children has held them back in their careersWhat the data tells us regarding why certain working parents are still progressing and how to replicate this for more working parentsWhat role employers can play and how they can best retain and support staff We hope you enjoy the podcast and please remember to rate review and subscribe.Show Notes:Download the Career Progression Gaps: The Next Frontier report now Book: What Works - Gender Equality by Design by Iris Bohnet Access the Fawcett Society data around The Ethnicity Pay PenaltyFind advice on negotiation in Big Careers, Small Children episode #22 with Paul Fisher.

The menopause, a natural transition that women experience, is finally becoming an open discussion topic in more communities. Does this mean that women have the understanding and support they need to thrive during this time of their lives?  In this episode of The Mind Tools L&D Podcast, Gemma is joined by coach Jayne Saul-Paterson, and Nahdia Khan to discuss women's experiences and how they can be improved. We talked about: ·       The workplace difficulties experienced by some women during their menopause transition ·       How women can seek help during this time ·       How organisations can better support women.     Jayne referenced several resources during the episode.    The BSI Group's ‘Understanding menopause and menstrual health – Guide'   NICE Guidance Menopause: diagnosis and management   Fawcett Society report Menopause and the Workplace   balance's Menopause homepage and Menopause at Work survey results   In What I Learnt this Week, Nahdia noted important points from the Better Management Report: ‘Taking Responsibility – why UK plc needs better managers' For more from us, including access to our back catalogue of podcasts, visit mindtools.com/business. There, you'll also find details of our award-winning performance support toolkit, our off-the-shelf e-learning, and our custom work.   Connect with our speakers    If you'd like to share your thoughts on this episode, connect with our speakers: Gemma Towersey Nahdia Khan  Jayne Saul-Paterson RCDP  www.gspcoaching.com Instagram @coachjsp

This week, Media Storm spoke in Parliament! Helena & Mathilda were in the halls of Westminster to speak to MPs and Parliamentarians about misogyny in the media: how the media can responsibly report on domestic abuse and gender-based violence, and why lived-experience should be at the heart of reporting. Media Storm were invited by Hacked Off (@hackedoffcampaign), the group calling for reform of UK press self-regulation. They were joined by Impress (@impress_org), a self-regulatory body for UK publishers, The Fawcett Society (@fawcettsociety), the UK's leading charity campaigning for gender equality and women's rights, and Melanie Skyes (@msmelaniesykes), TV presenter and Editor-in-chief of the The Frank Magazine. You can buy Melanie's new book 'Illuminated', which charts her history with the press.In this episode, you can hear from the amazing women who spoke in Parliament, and then listen back to part of Media Storm's third ever episode - where Helena & Mathilda spoke with two gender equality activists, Dr Leyla Hussain and Gina Martin, about how the mainstream media upholds misogyny and depicts victims of sexual assault - and what we should do about it.  Support the show and get ad-free episodes at https://plus.acast.com/s/guiltyfeminist. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, Media Storm went to Parliament! Helena & Mathilda were in the halls of Westminster to speak to MPs and Parliamentarians about misogyny in the media: how the media can responsibly report on domestic abuse and gender-based violence, and why lived-experience should be at the heart of reporting. We were invited by Hacked Off (@hackedoffcampaign), the group calling for reform of UK press self-regulation. We were joined by Impress (@impress_org), a self-regulatory body for UK publishers, The Fawcett Society (@fawcettsociety), the UK's leading charity campaigning for gender equality and women's rights, and Melanie Skyes (@msmelaniesykes), TV presenter and Editor-in-chief of the The Frank Magazine. You can also buy Melanie's new book 'Illuminated' now! In this episode, you can hear from the amazing women who spoke in Parliament, and then listen back to part of Media Storm's third ever episode - where we spoke with two gender equality activists, Dr Leyla Hussain and Gina Martin, about how the mainstream media upholds misogyny and depicts victims of sexual assault - and what we should do about it. If you are a victim of domestic violence, you can call Refuge for free on 0808 2000 247Get in touchFollow us on Twitter http://twitter.com/mediastormpodor Instagram https://www.instagram.com/mediastormpodor Tiktok https://www.tiktok.com/@mediastormpodlike us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/MediaStormPodsend us an email mediastormpodcast@gmail.comcheck out our website https://mediastormpodcast.comMusic by Samfire @soundofsamfire. Media Storm is brought to you by the house of The Guilty Feminist and is part of the Acast Creator Network. Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/media-storm. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

One hundred years ago Edith Thompson and her lover Frederick Bywaters were hanged for the murder of her husband Percy, even though there was no evidence that she was involved with the killing. What condemned Edith were the letters that she had written to Freddy, which were interpreted by the law as incitement to murder. Laura Thompson has brought the letter together in a book Au Revoir Now Darlint. She joins Nuala to discuss the story and why the case still resonates a century later. A report out today by the charity the Fawcett Society has found a ‘toxic and exclusionary' culture in Westminster which they say risks pushing out women MPs and having a damaging effect on democracy. Nuala is joined by Jemima Olchawski, CEO of the Fawcett Society as well as the Conservative MP Maria Miller who is Chair of the APPG on Women and Parliament and the Labour MP Stella Creasy who has campaigned for better maternity rights for MPs. When Nuala spoke about donor conceived children on Woman's Hour last week, listener Hayley got in touch to share her own story, not only of being a donor conceived person herself, but of using a donor to conceive her own children too. She explains why she thinks it's so important to be open and honest about your child's conception. Dragons' Den has returned to our TV screens and the Dragons were impressed by Lucy Rout's pitch. The 28 year old became the first entrepreneur in 20 series to receive investment and a job offer from Peter Jones alongside investment backing from two other dragons. Lucy is the founder of Tabuu, a business that sells stylish pill cases with the aim of removing the stigma around taking medication. Lucy was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer at the 25, and following reconstruction of her digestive system has to take medication every time she eats. She talks to Nuala about her illness and her experience in the Den. Presented by Nuala McGovern Producer: Louise Corley Editor: Beverley Purcell

According to the OECD, the UK is the third most expensive country for childcare. An estimated 1.7 million women in England are prevented from doing more hours of work by childcare issues, while a UNICEF report this week shows that almost 1 in 5 parents on low incomes are skipping meals to pay for it. On Saturday, 12,000 mums will descend on 11 locations across the UK to demand government reform in a ‘March of the Mummies' organised by the campaign group Pregnant then Screwed. Its founder Joeli Brearley tells us why. From tax-free childcare to the 30 free hours offer, why do we have the childcare policies that we do? Who are they supposed to target and who really benefits? We discuss with Christine Farquharson, senior research economist at the Institute for Fiscal Studies and Megan Jarvie, Head of Family and Childcare at the charity Coram. The number of childcare providers in England has dropped by 4000 between March 2021 and March 2022. A survey of 2,000 early years providers in March found 30% were currently operating at a loss, while 34% said they expected to be in 12 months' time. Meanwhile a 2020 report from the Social Mobility Commission shows that one in eight nursery workers earned less than £5 an hour. To discuss the challenges facing the sector, we speak to Neil Leitch, CEO of the Early Years Alliance and Jennie Bailey, owner of a nursery in Hampshire. What are the opportunities and challenges of employing working parents? Elaine Stern is a mother of three and owner of a marketing and production agency employing 35 workers. She discusses how requests for flexible-working or a lack of accessible affordable childcare can impact on business. How can we arrive at an accessible, affordable, high quality childcare system in the UK? We ask our panel, including Jemima Olchawski CEO of the Fawcett Society, whether government proposals to deregulate the childcare sector will work, how other countries compare to the UK, and whether the sometime conflicting needs of parents, children, providers and employers can be reconciled. Presenter: Elaine Dunkley Producer: Lucy Wai Producer: Kirsty Starkey Interviewed Guest: Joeli Brearly Interviewed Guest: Megan Jarvie Interviewed Guest: Christine Farquharson Interviewed Guest: Jennie Bailey Interviewed Guest: Neil Leitch Interviewed Guest: Elaine Stern Interviewed Guest: Jemime Olchawski

In this episode we hear perspectives of menopause from 3 of the Simpila Mental Health Team, Kerry B Tonks, Louisa Downs and Matt Holman. To support menopause awareness month and world menopause awareness Day on 18th October. All views and opinions shared in this episode are individual and based upon personal experience. As with all discussions there are many perspectives that we can and should always acknowledge and consider. We are not subject matter experts, but passionate about improving awareness, education and support in the future for all females who will or have experienced menopause. #ownyourmenopause Find out more about The Menopause Charity: https://www.themenopausecharity.org/ Find out more about The Fawcett Society: https://www.fawcettsociety.org.uk/

Good luck with the start of another academic year: you are not alone. Mental health is often falsely presented as irrelevant to people of colour. Dr. Samara Linton and Dr. Rianna Walcott's brilliant The Colour of Madness explores mental health for and by people of colour across art, essays, poetry, and stories. Together with PhDiva Xine they discuss bridging the STEM/humanities divide through their collaboration and the uses of the book to communities, teaching, and health care professionals. The Colour of Madness https://linktr.ee/TheColourofMadness https://www.instagram.com/colourofmadness/?hl=en https://twitter.com/madnesscolourof?lang=en Support PhDivas on Patreon: www.patreon.com/phdivaspodcast Dr Samara Linton (she/her) is an award-winning writer, researcher, and multidisciplinary content producer. Her work includes The Colour of Madness: Mental Health and Race in Technicolour (2022) and Diane Abbott: The Authorised Biography (2020). Samara writes for various publications, including gal-dem, Huffington Post UK, The Metro, New Economics Foundation, Fawcett Society, and the Royal College of Psychiatrists. Her published research includes an influential report on Ebola-affected communities for the Africa All-Party Parliamentary Group (2016). She also sat on the editorial board for the British Medical Journal's award-winning Racism in Medicine special issue (2020). Samara worked as a junior doctor in east London before joining the BBC, where she worked in production. A University of Cambridge (BA Hons.) and University College London (MBBS) graduate, she is currently completing an MA in Health Humanities at University College London. You can find out more about Samara's work at www.samaralinton.com, and she tweets at @samara_linton. Rianna Walcott (she/her) is an LAHP alumna and PhD candidate at Kings College London researching Black British identity formation in digital spaces. Rianna combines digital work, decolonial studies, arts and culture, and mental health advocacy in her work, with a deep commitment to outreach work and public engagement. She co-founded projectmyopia.com, a website that promotes inclusivity in academia and a decolonized curriculum, and is the UCL writing lab's Scholar-in-Residence for 21-22. Rianna frequently writes about race, feminism, mental health, and arts and culture for publications including The Wellcome Collection, The Metro, The Guardian, The BBC, Vice, and Dazed. Rianna is co-editor of an anthology about BAME mental health - The Colour of Madness (2022), and in the time left over, she moonlights as a professional jazz singer. Rianna will be based at The Black Communication and Technology (BCaT) Lab at the University of Maryland-College Park. Research at this new lab will focus on race and technology, as well as the development of a pipeline program to introduce undergraduates and those in the wider community to the field of Black digital studies with the aim of working toward a more equitable digital future. You can find out more about Rianna's work at www.riannawalcott.com, and she tweets at @rianna_walcott.

If you're a woman from an ethnically diverse background and have faced the metaphorical ‘computer says no' when it comes to your job hunt, you'll know that the playing field is far from level. Yes, it's difficult for women in today's job market, but it's especially tough for women who aren't white, and studies across the board are enough to make you wonder why change is going at a snail's pace.

In episode two of How to Take the Lead, we discuss why we have decided to ditch the power suits and how that has impacted our approach to leadership. Authenticity is something we talk about a lot and this topic really highlights the importance of being able to show up as your true self as a leader.In this episode we cover a lot of ground, including:02:45 – does appearance matter?06:10 – how to judge what's appropriate15:45 - tackling discrimination and your role as a leaderOur takeaways from this episode are focused on working out what makes you feel most confident in the workplace and finding opportunities to have conversations about how you can support others to show up as the best versions of themselves. We want you to feel comfortable and confident to be yourself.We mentioned the Broken Ladders report from The Fawcett Society and The Runnymede Trust. You can view it here Broken Ladders report.We will be sharing some of our own leadership lessons in the next episode of How to Take the Lead so tune in to hear more. Until then, get out there and take the lead.-------------------------------------------If you enjoyed this episode why not subscribe to the podcast. We would love it if you left us a review and feel free to share the link to this episode with anyone else you think would find it interesting using #HowToTakeTheLeadYou can find out more about Lee Griffith via www.sundayskies.com and about Carrie-Ann Wade at www.cats-pajamas.co.ukMentioned in this episode:Join the How to Take the Lead communityWe're now on substack. Join a community of people who want to lead their own way. Get extra content and behind the episode discussions, take part in 'ask us anything' bonus episodes and a new leadership book club, plus much more. Visit www.howtotakethelead.com to sign up.

Part of our exclusive Woman's Hour interview with Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe. She reveals the full story of her imprisonment in Iran to Emma Barnett. Nazanin explains how she survived solitary confinement, how the love of her daughter kept her alive. Anita Rani speaks to documentary photographer Joanne Coates about her exhibition and book 'Daughters of the Soil' looking at the role of women in farming; a culmination of a year's research where she explored the role of women in agriculture in Northumberland and the Scottish Borders. We also speak to arable farmer, Christina Willet, who farms with her son in Essex. This month, the health secretary announced a new plan to tackle ME and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome in England. A listen back to our interview with Sean O'Neill, a senior writer for the Times, whose eldest daughter Maeve, passed away last October at the age of 27, after suffering from ME since she was a teenager. A recent landmark report called ‘Broken Ladders' has revealed 75% of women of colour have experienced racism at work, 27% having suffered racial slurs and 61% report changing themselves to fit in. Produced by the Fawcett Society and the Runnymede Trust, ‘Broken Ladders' explores and documents the experiences of 2,000 women of colour in workplaces across the UK, showing the entrenched racism that women of colour endure throughout their careers. Zaimal Azad, senior campaigns officer at the Fawcett Society spoke to Jessica Creighton. We speak to and hear a live performance from Amara Okereke who has taken on the role of a life time as Eliza Dpolittle in My Fair Lady. Amara, who is 25 has been called 'the new face of British theatre' and has been performing at The Coliseum in London. Producer: Surya Elango Editor: Lucinda Montefiore

Amongst all his other difficulties, Boris Johnson has promised to improve the outcome for rape victims, saying he will fix the system. It was a pledge made after the murder of Sarah Everard. Today, long awaited guidelines on evidence in trials have been published which campaigners say will do just the opposite. They'll deter women from coming forward because police and prosecutors will STILL be allowed to ask for personal records like medical and therapy notes and even school reports. We discussed this last month - when our reporter Melanie Abbott heard that draft guidelines prepared by the Crown Prosecution Service were being overturned. She joins us to tell us the latest. Bravehearted is a new book that explores the extraordinary story of the women of the American ‘Wild West' during the 19th century. Whether they were the hard-drinking hard-living poker players and prostitutes of the new boom towns, 'ordinary' wives and mothers walking two thousand miles across the prairies pulling their handcarts behind them, Chinese slave-brides working in laundries, or the Native American women displaced by the mass migration, all have one trait in common: extreme resilience and courage in the face of the unknown. We speak to author and historian, Katie Hickman about a period of history she believes has never been as well-documented by women as this. The Living Wage Foundation has said that women are being disproportionately impacted by the cost of living crisis as they are more likely to be in low paid work. Today the government is set to announce support, the Financial Times' Clear Barrett joins Jessica on the programme to discuss how this could help you. One of the most successful pop groups in history is back! 40 years since their last concert, ABBA, are once again performing. Well almost… Agnetha, Freida, Benny and Björn spent 5 weeks performing their songs in motion capture suits so that their movements could be captured and turned into ABBA-TARS. The end result? A digital, 360-degree, immersive concert experience which feels like you're watching ABBA, from the 1970s, perform in front of you. Producer Svana Gisla has kept the whole production on track for five years. A recent landmark report revealed 75% of women of colour have experienced racism at work, 27% having suffered racial slurs and 61% report changing themselves to fit in. Produced by gender equality organisation, the Fawcett Society, and the race equality think tank, the Runnymede Trust, ‘Broken Ladders' explores and documents the experiences of 2,000 women of colour in workplaces across the UK, showing the harmful and entrenched racism that women of colour endure at every stage of their career journey. Zaimal Azad, senior campaigns officer at the Fawcett Society joins Jessica Creighton. Presenter: Jessica Creighton Producer: Kirsty Starkey Interviewed Guest: Vera Baird Reporter: Melanie Abbott Interviewed Guest: Katie Hickman Interviewed Guest: Claer Barrett Interviewed Guest: Svana Gisla Photo Credit: Baillie Walsh Interviewed Guest: Zaimal Azad

So if you're a regular listener to Oven-Ready you'll know that at the end of each season we put together a couple compilation episodes called Oven-Ready Reheated looking again at some of the themes and best bits. Season 4 of the show has been hugely popular with some fantastic interviews so thanks again to all of my exceptional guests. Remember all of the seasons shows are available at ovenreadyhr.com or wherever you get your podcasts but here are some tasty appetisers: Radical Candor is the management philosophy developed by Kim Scott based on caring personally but challenging directly. I asked Kim to tell me the inspiration for her approach: David Hieatt, the co-founder of Hiut Denim talked to me organisational purpose and also his approach to finding talent.In the first of two segments, author, entrepreneur and thinker Julia Hobsbawm came on to the show to discuss her new book The Nowhere Office, here she explains why she believes the Monday-Friday working week is history. In this second segment, Julia Hobsbawm reveals why she thinks HR need to kill some ‘darlings'.Andrew Bazeley from the Fawcett Society – the UK's leading charity campaigning for gender equality and women's rights explained why they are asking for the salary history question to be banned.I ask entrepreneur Alex Kruger if he was in anyway proud of ‘Grace' the funeral start up business he founded and later closed.I ask HR advocate and speaker Tracie Sponenberg if she feels that HR leaders have a sit at the board table.It has been 25 years since Professor Dave Ulrich coined the phrased HR Business Partner.  In our interview title is it time kill off the HR business partner role? Author, futurist and Consulting Partner at HR Curator, Dave Millner gives an assessment on why firms seem to be appointing non hr professional to senior HR roles. That's it folks – Season 5 of the show will return in May 2022. If you have themes or stories you'd like me to cover then I'd love to hear from you – get hold of me at ovenreadyhr.com.Resources:https://ovenreadyhr.comhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/podcasthost/Twitter: @OvenHrhttps://www.personneltoday.com

Andrew Bazeley joins Chris Taylor on this episode of the Oven-Ready HR podcast. Andrew started working at Fawcett in 2016. He works on a variety of issues for which Fawcett advocates, developing research proposals, developing policy based on that evidence, and advocating for change as a leader on our public relations team. Today, he discusses the factors that contribute to unequal pay for women, people of color, disabled people, and people of race.The Fawcett Society[00:34]The Fawcett Society was founded in 1866 by politician Dame Millicent Fawcett to promote women's suffrage. Today, society is defining and leading the debate on crucial workplace problems such as pay fairness, the development of women of color, minimizing the impact of menopause on women's capacity to stay in the workforce and rise to senior leadership posts, and incentivizing companies to refrain from asking about previous and future compensation expectations throughout the recruitment process.[01:43]The Fawcett Society has around 4000 members and is the UK's premier gender equality charity. They collaborate to enhance women's rights at home, school, and work. We can trace the history back to Millison's original petition in 1866 and countless iterations since then. Since then, Andrew has fought for women's rights. Examining Rules[02:47]We must review whether existing rules provide adequate detail regarding business modifications to promote gender equality and how to enforce existing laws. [04:48]Afraid of the financial consequences, employers who have long underpaid women prefer to fight it on every possible technicality or method. Men in jobs like waste collection were paid far more than women in jobs like nursery nurses or adult social workers.The Wage Gap[05:38]Occupational segregation contributes significantly to the wage gap. A career that employs more women than men is often dismissed. These issues arise when a company hires a group of women who perform the same tasks as two males but are paid significantly less.Salary Disclosure[07:15]If questioned during an interview or the negotiating process for compensation proposals, you must mention your former salary or, if appropriate, your salary goals. Women, disabled individuals, and people of color who enter the workforce during recessions will start with lower wages, and they are followed because of their salary history issues.[08:30]Six out of 10 women polled felt it damaged their ability to negotiate. Thus, it lowers women's earnings by offering a lower anchoring point for negotiating. It also inhibits women from dealing, as we know that negotiating disadvantages women of color. As a result, their confidence is affected by their low starting point.The Equal Pay Legislation[09:55]There's the issue of equal pay legislation's influence. If you're an employer and you ask for previous salaries, you're taking a risk. You're setting yourself up for failure unless you're certain that your differences and offers are based on legitimate criteria.Job Discrimination[12:32] There is ample evidence that people of color, particularly women of color, face enormous job discrimination. In the Gen G double M study, people of color need to submit 1.6 times as many CVs as non-people of color to get a callback.[15:14]Pay disparities and the intersection of race and gender reveal significant disparities among women of color groups. Understanding the experiences of women of color is critical. That level of specificity is required to make meaningful statements about women of color. Andrew's team supports disclosing racial wage disparities. It should be informative enough for employees to learn from it.[18:26]Andrew's team distinguishes between the gender pay gap and

Marian Keyes writes funny, clever novels about the tough stuff in life. Her new novel Again, Rachel revisits Rachel Walsh whose story of recovery from addiction was told in the 1997 novel Rachel's Holiday. Marian explains how her own experience of addiction and recovery shapes the stories she tells. In the glamorous world of luxury property selling high-end homes can be a cut-throat business. Sophie Leigh and Chloe Cable from the reality show Mega Mansion Hunters discuss their uphill struggle to become successful women in the industry. Donna McLean first heard about undercover cops having relationships with female activists in 2010 when Mark Kennedy, an undercover police officer who had spent years pretending to be an environmental campaigner, was unmasked. She didn't realise until years later she was also a victim of the Spy Cops scandal. She has written a memoir Small Town Girl: Love, Lies and The Undercover Police. A group of mothers in Massachusetts exorcise their pandemic frustrations by screaming in a group in the middle of a football field. Could the craze come to the UK? We speak to Professor Pragya Agarwal and Dr Rebecca Semmens-Wheeler Last week's Levelling Up white paper has promised a devolution deal to every part of England that wishes to have one by 2030. But what impact has devolution had on female political representation? We discuss with Jemima Olchawski, Chief Executive of the Fawcett Society; Tracy Brabin, Mayor of West Yorkshire; and Jackie Weaver, Chief Officer of the Cheshire Association of Local Councils. Brit-award winning singer-songwriter Kate Nash introduces her new song Imperfect, and shares her experience of learning to wrestle for Netflix series GLOW. Presenter: Anita Rani Producer: Lucy Wai Editor: Lucinda Montefiore

Today the Prince of Wales will unveil a statue of Licoricia, a Medieval Jewish woman outside where she once lived on Jewry Street, Winchester. The statue is hoped to inspire women and provide education on the UK's Jewish history. Emma is joined by Rebecca Abrams author of ‘Licoricia of Winchester: Power and Prejudice in Mediaeval England', on why Licoricia's story is so important. Brit-award winning singer-songwriter Kate Nash, known for her expressive and honest lyrics sung in a North London accent, is coming to venues again very soon. She's got a tour, a fifth album and even a musical coming out this year. You may have seen her in the series, GLOW on Netflix based on the Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling from the 1980s and she's got a new single, 'Imperfect' out tomorrow along with a new video in the theme of 'Galantine's Day.' She joins Emma live from LA to talk all about releasing new music and learning how to wrestle. Boris Johnson has just made Samantha Jones the most powerful woman in No. 10. No, not the Sex and City character but a former nurse and NHS boss who has been hired as the Prime Minister's first 'Chief Operating Officer'. This is part of the reform of Downing Street he promised after Sue Gray's report on the so-called partygate scandal was released last week. In this new post, Samantha Jones will apparently examine how Number 10 is run and help set up the Office of the Prime Minister. Emma is joined by Rosa Prince, Editor of The House - which is Parliament's magazine - to find out more about her and the role. Last week's Levelling Up white paper has promised a devolution deal to every part of England that wishes to have one by 2030. But what impact has devolution had on female political representation? We discuss with Jemima Olchawski, Chief Executive of the Fawcett Society and Tracy Brabin, Mayor of West Yorkshire, the only female metro mayor in England and Jackie Weaver, Chief Officer of the Cheshire Association of Local Councils. Sculpture of Licorcia by Ian Rank Broadley.

The government's rail plan is the biggest U.K. infrastructure package ever delivered outside of London, says Mike Wood, Conservative MP for Dudley South. Despite the cancelling of the eastern leg of HS2, he says the plans are a 'vote of confidence in the West Midlands.' Plus: Jemima Olchawski, CEO of the Fawcett Society, on the fight for equal pay for women. She tells Bloomberg Westminster's Caroline Hepker and Yuan Potts why employers should stop asking jobseekers about their previous salaries. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

As mentioned in this weeks episode please find here a list of resources compiled by Squidey, Kiiwi and Cam of charities, supprting initiatives and groups with a focus on gender and sex based harrasment or sexual abuse/assault. Futures without Violence - https://www.futureswithoutviolence.org The Fawcett Society - https://www.fawcettsociety.org.uk/ Girls Who Code - https://girlswhocode.com Black Girls Code - https://www.blackgirlscode.com Girls Out Loud - https://girlsoutloud.org.uk/talk-to-us/ RAINN - https://www.rainn.org Young Women's trust - https://www.youngwomenstrust.org/get-... Women In Animation - https://womeninanimation.org Women in Games International - https://www.getwigi.com The Survivors Trust - https://www.thesurvivorstrust.org/ Rights Of Women resources - https://rightsofwomen.org.uk/further-...

Hello! For the next few episodes we're going big with some of the ideas from Ed's new book. This week: could better parental leave for dads help promote gender equality? Icelandic Prime Minister and friend of the pod Katrín Jakobsdóttir explains Iceland's world-leading approach. Then Molly Mayer from the Fawcett Society and Jeremy Davies from the Fatherhood Institute talk us through where we're going wrong — and what to do about it.Plus former senior advisor to President Obama Ben Rhodes on working in the White House, defending democracy and the power of podcasting. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week, Alex is joined virtually by fellow jeweller, and co-founder of jewellery brand 'Tatty Devine', the marvellous Rosie Wolfenden MBE. Just like Alex Monroe, Tatty Devine hand-makes all their pieces in the UK with a strong commitment to ethical practices and sustainability, and are known and loved worldwide for their original and fun, statement acrylic jewellery. Rosie talks Alex through her favourite and most meaningful treasures, from her beloved grandmother’s necklace, to the personalised antique signet rings she and her husband wear as a symbol of their marriage.Listen in as Alex and Rosie talk about the bridge between art and commerciality, the role of jewellery as a playful and often political statement, and how accessorising allows us to to look different, express ourselves creatively, and communicate to an increasingly globalised and homogenised world exactly who we are!You can follow Rosie Wolfenden on Instagram @rosiewolfenden and Tatty Devine @tattydevineBoth Alex and Rosie love Rob Ryan, you can find out more about his work here https://robryanstudio.com/You can find a Parakeet Necklace similar to Rosie’s, here www.tattydevine.com/products/paradise-parakeet-super-statement-necklaceYou can find more information about the Fawcett Society here www.fawcettsociety.org.uk/For all things Alex Monroe jewellery, visit our website www.alexmonroe.comYou can see our Ocean Diamond Ring here www.alexmonroe.com/ocean-diamond-ringDiscover our Lobster Necklace here www.alexmonroe.com/lobster-necklaceYou can find out about the V&A Museum’s latest exhibition here www.vam.ac.uk/exhibitions/alice-curiouser-and-curiouserIllustration by Connie Bella MonroeEdited by Emily SandfordMusic by Daniel Patrick Cohen See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Why the latest lockdown has left so many women feeling at breaking point as they try to juggle home schooling and working from home simultaneously. Annie tells us her story and we hear from Leann Cross the Director of Homestart Greenwich and Sam Smethers the former Chief Exec of the Fawcett Society,. Model and TV personality, Zara McDermott talks about revenge porn. Intimate images of her were shared without her consent when she was 14 and again when she was 21. Sharing explicit or intimate images without consent has been illegal since 2015, when Baroness Morgan was in office as Minister for Women and Equalities. Baroness Morgan joins the discussion to talk about the change to the law, which has been failing women and girls. Harry Dunn was just 19 when he was was killed on his motorbike in Northamptonshire in 2019 when an American woman was driving on the wrong side of the road. His mum Charlotte Charles tells us about the latest ruling in the campaign to get Harry justice. Why are so many girls and women suffering from vulva anxiety? Alix Fox, a sex journalist, broadcaster and educator, and Dr Naomi Crouch, the Chair of the British Society for Paediatric and Adolescent Gynaecology discuss. A new TV campaign is urging people from BAME backgrounds to take the Covid-19 vaccine, We hear from Mehreen Baig who's backing the campaign and Dr Binita Kane a Consultant Respiratory Physician at Manchester University Foundation Trust. And the Classics scholar Mary Beard on how the term ‘witch’ has been used as an insult which she believes is an attempt to discredit her and older women generally. Presenter Anita Rani Producer Rabeka Nurmahomed

Britain's COVID policy has failed women so badly that organisations from Amnesty to the Fawcett Society have called for the EHRC to intervene. Why can't our blokey-bloke Cabinet understand that more than half the population is being hit harder by the virus – and getting less help? Plus special guest Caroline Lucas MP explains the radical, cross-party Climate and Ecological Emergency Bill. And as Samira Ahmed (possibly) takes over Mastermind, what are our panel's specialist subjects and starters for ten?“Three million and more people have had no support since March. That's unforgivable. And it hits women disproportionately.” – Caroline Lucas “We need a lot more bolshy, aggressive, assertive policies if we're going to get gender parity around COVID and beyond.” – Miatta Fahnbulleh“To be fair to the Government's sense of imagination, they have found imaginative ways to spread COVID” – Ahir Shah“When you have a PM who uses terms like ‘girly swot' and ‘big girl's blouse', that's not someone who's very interested in gender equality.” – Caroline LucasPresented by Naomi Smith with Miatta Fahnbulleh and Ahir Shah. Produced by Andrew Harrison. Assistant producers Jacob Archbold and Jelena Sofronijevic. Music by Kenny Dickinson. Audio production by Alex Rees. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The pandemic has pushed many working mothers to breaking point. Juggling family and career is nothing new, but working a full-time job while simultaneously home schooling children for many weeks is unprecedented. A recent TUC report revealed that women are shouldering the lion's share of this responsibility, and that a lack of employer flexibility has left mums in an impossible situation. So how are these women coping? And for those that aren't, why do they feel so reluctant to talk about their struggles? Emma Barnett speaks to mum-of-three Annie about her experience. She's also joined by Sam Smethers, who recently stepped back from her role as chief executive of the Fawcett Society, and Leann Cross, the Director of Homestart in Greenwich. Christine Keeler: the woman who nearly brought down the government in the 60s. She had an affair with Secretary of State for War, John Profumo, when she was just 19. In an unconnected court case, but one which is also linked in a complicated saga, she ended up being sentenced to nine months in prison. She had been found guilty of perjury and obstructing the course of justice in the trial of a man who her son, Seymour Platt, says was obsessed with her. But now Seymour wants a pardon for his mother. Next month he'll send his legal application to the Lord Chief Justice. Presenter: Emma Barnett Producer: Kirsty Starkey Interviewed Guest: Sam Smethers Interviewed Guest: Leann Cross Interviewed Guest: Seymour Platt

Sharon D Clarke talks about her role as The Narrator in an audio adaptation of “Peter Pan”. Three women from this year's Power List - physicist and climate researcher Prof Joanna Haigh; one of the leads from the Climate Assembly Prof Rebecca Willis; and Guardian Environment Correspondent Fiona Harvey discuss how we understand and talk about climate change. Sharon Hague from Pearson talks about a new study by the Fawcett Society into gender stereotypes and the damaging effect it has on society. Leading gynaecologist and early pregnancy specialist Dr Jessica Farren talks about miscarriage and and the grief that can be exacerbated by the festive period. Food historian, Pen Vogler talks about our eating habits and reveals how they are loaded with centuries of class prejudice. The Panamanian-American conductor Kalena Bovell talks about her international conducting debut at the Southbank with Chineke! Presenter: Jane Garvey Producer: Paula McFarlane Editor: Lucinda Montefiore

An audio adaptation of Peter Pan with music will be launched on Christmas Eve in support of Great Ormond Street Children’s Hospital, that will feature a host of actors - Olivia Colman, Bertie Carvel, Kenneth Branagh, Jane Horrocks, Clive Rowe, and Sharon D Clarke. She joins Jane to talk about her role as The Narrator, who in this version is Wendy’s great granddaughter. A new study into gender stereotypes suggests that they’re still widespread in 2020 and causing life-long harm. The Fawcett Society has spent the last 18 months gathering evidence as part of their Gender Stereotype Commission and they say the problem persists in terms of parenting, education and the commercial sector. Jane talks to Sam Smethers from the Fawcett Society and to Sharon Hague from the education resources specialist Pearson which has contributed to the report and subsequently changed the teaching material if offers to schools. How does it feel to reach the age your Mum was when she died? Jo Morris has been hearing from women who feel a clock ticking. Their stories are all different but they have one thing in common – none of them have felt able to talk about this before. They didn’t want to worry their loved ones or vocalise these dark thoughts. They describe their fears as well as the joy of ordinary life and the freedom that comes from realising that you are not your mother. Today, Claire's story. We meet two more women from the Woman's Hour Power List: Our Planet. Judy Ling-Wong is the founder and Honorary President of the Black Environment Network, and Zarina Ahmad is a Climate Trainer at CEMVO Scotland. They've both dedicated their work to making the environmental sector a safer and more inclusive place for ethnic minority groups, and they join Jane to discuss the gains made and the work still to do.

YOUR EYES DO NOT DECEIVE YOU! WE ARE FINALLY BACK WITH A NEW EPISODE! Arriving fashionably late to remote podcasting just eight months after everyone else, here we are. We promise it's been worth the wait for this one. Episode 16 sees Ella joined by the brilliant, hilarious and ACTUAL AWARD WINNING SCIENTIST Dr Bahijja Raimi-Abraham. Bahijja is a pharmacist, Lecturer in Pharmaceutics at King’s College London, Founder and Academic Lead of King’s College London Fight the Fakes. She also hosts the Monday Science podcast, and is an expert in drug delivery and global health. Aka, the perfect person to talk to right now. We discuss first periods (of course), how you even do a PHD, being creative with science, Tim Westwood, giving professional vagina advice and being in James Bond. Yep, Bahijja was in James Bond. We also talk about coronavirus and periods - how it’s affected some people’s cycles, and the research into COVID-19 and wider women's health currently taking place. You can find Bahijja on Twitter @DrBahijjaRaimiA, and her podcast Monday Science on Twitter @MondayScience_ and Instagram @MondayScience. The studies we talk about include: - 'The Impacts of Coronavirus on Women', Fawcett Society, https://www.fawcettsociety.org.uk/the-impacts-of-coronavirus-on-women - 'Sex differences in COVID-19 immune responses affect patient outcomes', Yale News, https://news.yale.edu/2020/08/26/sex-differences-covid-19-immune-responses-affect-patient-outcomes - 'Estrogen and COVID-19 symptoms: associations in women from the COVID Symptom Study', medRxiv, https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.07.30.20164921v3 First Blood is a podcast about periods and puberty, hosted by Ella Woods. Get in touch at FirstBloodPodcastUK@gmail.com, and follow us on @FirstBloodPodcastUK on Instagram, @FirstBloodPodUK on Twitter. Thanks to Charlie Woods for the music.

Being paid fairly for the work you do may seem like an obvious expectation in this day and age but for some women that simply isn’t the case. Rebecca Jarman and Julia Hanks were both dedicated employees of supermarket giant Wilko when they heard their male colleagues bantering about the noughts on their pay slips. What happens next is an on-going David and Goliath legal battle between two Welsh mothers and a multi-million pound business. Both inspiring women join our presenter Kate Gerbeau, Sam Smethers, Chief Executive of The Fawcett Society, lawyer Sarah Hexter and GMB Union Rep, Paul McGuire to discuss the grim reality of fighting for equal pay. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today’s guest is Teach First ambassador and founder of education charity Seed Malawi, Rebecca Warner. Before I share more about our conversation, I must tell you that this episode comes with a trigger warning - we tackle the topic of child sexual abuse and rape, so please do listen with caution. In this episode, Rebecca tells us about how she founded international charity SEED Malawi and how they are challenging neocolonialist development. Neocolonialism is an extension and progression of control over other countries, and is fundamentally patriarchal and racist, rooted in slavery and exploitation. In the context of charities, this means fighting the “white saviour” approach and to give power back to local communities. Rebecca is also a survivor of child sexual abuse and rape, and this drives a large part of her work at SEED. The charity is running a data collection project on the prevalence of child sexual abuse in Malawi - the last report of this kind found that more than 60% of Malawian’s were violated during their childhood. Rebecca speaks openly and powerfully about her own experience and tells us: “It is ok to feel anger and rage. Anger is not a sign of weakness.” If you’ve been affected by the topics raised in this episode, you can find a list of support organisations below. This conversation was recorded on 21st July 2020. Tweet us! https://twitter.com/TheWotPod DM us! https://www.instagram.com/thewotpod/ Or hop over to Facebook https://www.facebook.com/thewotpod Episode Resources The Survivors Trust - https://www.thesurvivorstrust.org/ Rape Crisis England & Wales - https://rapecrisis.org.uk/ Safeline - https://www.safeline.org.uk/ Connect with Rebecca Warner and Seed Malawi: https://twitter.com/SeedMalawi https://www.seedmalawi.com/ https://www.instagram.com/seedmalawi/ Connect with your host Frankie Cotton: https://frankiecotton.com https://twitter.com/FrankieCotton_ https://www.instagram.com/frankiecotton_/ This episode was sound edited by Beth Davison https://www.bethdavison.com/. Women On Top is a Let’s Be Frank production. https://letsbefrank.co This episode of Women On Top is brought to you by Estrid, the Swedish razor brand offering a modern, vegan shaving product. If you’re ready for a whole new shaving experience, visit estrid.com and be sure to use the code ‘WOM’ to donate an extra £1 to The Fawcett Society. Thanks very much to Estrid. Visit estrid.com https://estrid.com/gb/ use code WOM Follow Estrid on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/heyestrid/

Today’s guest is Bami Kuteyi, award Winning Entrepreneur, Princes Trust Young Ambassador and founder of fitness brand Bam Bam Boogie. Bami founded Bam Bam Boogie when she was just 22 years old and since then, has launched her own app and partnered with top global brands such as Facebook, Google, and Stripe. In this episode, Bami tells us about how and why she founded Bam Bam Boogie after experiencing imposter syndrome and anxiety at work. Bami was working for Google and wanted to introduce a new way of networking to the company that didn’t involve drinking and encouraged a more healthy way of connecting. Bami tells us how she cultivates resilience, the importance of understanding your finances and cash flow, and tells those of us with our own business ideas to “start now and start small”. This conversation was recorded on 24th June 2020. Tweet us! https://twitter.com/TheWotPod DM us! https://www.instagram.com/thewotpod/ Or hop over to Facebook https://www.facebook.com/thewotpod Connect with Bami Kuteyi and Bam Bam Boogie: https://www.bambamboogie.com/ https://www.instagram.com/twerkafterwork/ https://www.instagram.com/bamikuteyi/ Connect with your host Frankie Cotton: https://frankiecotton.com https://twitter.com/FrankieCotton_ https://www.instagram.com/frankiecotton_/ This episode was sound edited by Beth Davison https://www.bethdavison.com/. Women On Top is a Let’s Be Frank production. https://letsbefrank.co This episode of Women On Top is brought to you by Estrid, the Swedish razor brand offering a modern, vegan shaving product. If you’re ready for a whole new shaving experience, visit estrid.com and be sure to use the code ‘WOM’ to donate an extra £1 to The Fawcett Society. Thanks very much to Estrid. Visit estrid.com https://estrid.com/gb/ use code WOM Follow Estrid on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/heyestrid/

00:47 - Why the economy is central to gender equality; about the Women's Budget Group's Commission on a Gender-Equal Economy03:41 - Gathering inputs across the UK to design a gender-equal economyYou can read about the evidence submitted to the Commission here.07:46 - The economic barriers women face09:01 - What women want from a gender-equal economy10:19 - Care and the cycle of inequalityYou can take a look at this short video which the Women's Budget Group created to illustrate the spirals of inequality related to care and read the report here.14:28 - Might there be a silver lining for care in COVID-19?Here, Marion mentions a poll from the Fawcett Society which showed that 65% of respondents supported an increase in income tax to fund a pay rise for care workers.She also highlights this Financial Times editorial which argues that COVID-19 has made clear "the fragility of the social contract", and that "radical reforms — reversing the prevailing policy direction of the last four decades — will need to be put on the table."20:53 - The need for huge government investment in care, including universal childcare provision23:46 - A Green New Deal should be a feminist deal; care jobs are green jobsFind out more about the WBG's proposals for a feminist green new deal through this webinar recording, paper and article.29:11 - What's next for the Commission on a Gender-Equal EconomyYou can find upcoming webinars from the Women's Budget Group here.And read more about the Commission on a Gender-Equal Economy here.

Today’s guest is activist, refugee rights campaigner and co-founder of The Worldwide Tribe charity, Jaz O’Hara. In 2015, Jaz visited the so-called Calais Jungle refugee camp in France. Shocked and emotional about what she found, Jaz wrote a Facebook post that gathered over 65,000 shares overnight, reaching millions of people and raising £150,000 in a matter of weeks. Shortly afterwards, Jaz and her brother Nils set up the Worldwide Tribe charity, producing creative content to bring a personal, human perspective to the biggest humanitarian crisis of our time; the Refugee Crisis. In this episode Jaz talks about the misconceptions that surround refugees, specifically the stereotype of “the economic migrant” that is perpetuated by the tabloid press and she shares the challenges and emotional toll that comes with running a grassroots charity. Jaz asks of us: “keep asking questions, dig below the surface and don’t believe everything you read.” This conversation was recorded on 25th June 2020. I hope you enjoy listening. Tweet us! https://twitter.com/TheWotPod DM us! https://www.instagram.com/thewotpod/ Or hop over to Facebook https://www.facebook.com/thewotpod Connect with Jaz O’Hara and The Worldwide Tribe: https://theworldwidetribe.com/ https://www.instagram.com/theworldwidetribe/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMC1MRa6CEjlSzpFK5BKLQg https://www.facebook.com/theworldwidetribe https://www.instagram.com/peopleofthepandemic/ Connect with your host Frankie Cotton: https://frankiecotton.com https://twitter.com/FrankieCotton_ https://www.instagram.com/frankiecotton_/ This episode was sound edited by Beth Davison https://www.bethdavison.com/. Women On Top is a Let’s Be Frank production. https://letsbefrank.co This episode of Women On Top is brought to you by Estrid, the Swedish razor brand that is making shaving more convenient, enjoyable and affordable. Traditionally, razor brands have been infamous for showing already hairless women shaving already hairless legs and driving home a message of unachievable body ideals. What I love about Estrid is that its unafraid to show women with body hair and through its imagery Estrid pays tribute to smooth, fuzz, fur and everything in-between, celebrating what reality actually looks like. The startkit from Estrid is just £7.95 and you’ll receive a handle, a razor holder and two 5-blades razors. Visit estrid.com and be sure to use the code ‘WOM’ to donate an extra £1 to The Fawcett Society. Thanks very much to Estrid. Visit estrid.com https://estrid.com/gb/ use code WOM Follow Estrid on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/heyestrid/ Follow Estrid on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/Estrid-2350793288288464/

Today’s guest is Romina Savova, CEO and founder of PensionBee, the fast-growing technology company making it easy to combine and manage your pension online. In the six years since Romi founded the company, PensionBee has almost 300,000 customers and £800MIL under investment, demonstrating the extraordinary success of its customer-centric approach. Romi tells us how she tried to consolidate her own pension and experienced the painful process for consumers, knowing that there had to be a better way. She explains how PensionBee developed a “minimum loveable product”, raised their first million of investment and the importance of jargon-free language to help people like you and I manage their money better. And when it comes to startup advice for entrepreneurs, Romi tells us: “go as far as you can go before you take the jump”. This conversation was recorded on 14th May 2020. Tweet us! https://twitter.com/TheWotPod DM us! https://www.instagram.com/thewotpod/ Or hop over to Facebook https://www.facebook.com/thewotpod This episode of Women On Top is brought to you by Estrid, the Scandanavian razor brand offering a modern, vegan shaving product. Hair removal should be optional, but great hair removal should not. encased in cocoa butter, aloe vera & shea butter, the Estrid razor feels great on the skin and provides a close, smooth finish. Estrid doesn’t just feel different though, it makes a difference. For every purchase you make, they donate a portion to The Fawcett Society, the UK’s leading membership charity campaigning for gender equality and women’s rights at work, at home and in public life. Their vision is a society in which women and girls in all their diversity are equal and truly free to fulfill their potential creating a stronger, happier, better future for us all. The startkit from Estrid includes everything you’ll need for a new shaving experience. For £7.95 you’ll receive an Estrid handle, a razor holder and two 5-blades razors. Visit estrid.com and be sure to use the code ‘WOM’ to donate that extra £1 to The Fawcett society. Thanks very much to Estrid. Visit estrid.com https://estrid.com/gb/ use code WOM Follow Estrid on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/heyestrid/ Follow Estrid on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/Estrid-2350793288288464/ Connect with Romina Savova and PensionBee: https://www.pensionbee.com/ https://twitter.com/pensionbee https://www.instagram.com/pensionbee/ https://twitter.com/romisavova Connect with your host Frankie Cotton: https://frankiecotton.com https://twitter.com/FrankieCotton_ https://www.instagram.com/frankiecotton_/ This episode was sound edited by Beth Davison https://www.bethdavison.com/. Women On Top is a Let’s Be Frank production. https://letsbefrank.co

“We’ve both been left unemployed…before, we were hanging on and now we’ve just fallen…the Coronavirus, it’s just pushed us over the edge” Lucy Graney lives with her husband Will and their two young children in Salford, U.K. Before the pandemic she was a sling librarian, consultant and a prolific content creator publishing on Facebook and Instagram. Both Lucy and Will recently made the move to self-employment which meant they weren’t eligible for any government grants to sustain their businesses through lockdown. In this postcard, sent on 11th June, she reflects on family life in isolation, being Autistic and the challenges that their current situation presents as lockdown is lifted. Context Lucy’s scenario is not unique, especially to those who are newly self-employed. In the government’s bid to avoid fraudulent claims to the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS), those without a tax return for 18/19 were prevented from applying. A recent Treasury Select Committee highlighted that a million people in the UK have been left without income support because they were excluded from COVID-19 salaried or self-employed schemes. Recommendations included an urgent review to help the many people like Lucy and Will. According to the Fawcett Society, by this summer 51% of parents with young children will struggle to make ends meet. In particular, women in the UK have been disproportionately affected by the Coronavirus pandemic in terms of childcare responsibilities, job losses and poor mental health. Research by the Institute for Fiscal Studies highlights that the widening gap between out of work benefits and the rising cost of living adds to the precarious situation that families face. Episode links: Little Lifts Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/littleliftsblog/ Little Lifts Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/littleliftsblog/ The Government SEISS website: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/claim-a-grant-through-the-coronavirus-covid-19-self-employment-income-support-scheme Guardian on the million who slipped through the cracks: https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/jun/15/more-than-a-million-left-out-of-coronavirus-income-support-say-mps Fawcett Society on Coronavirus' impact on women: https://www.fawcettsociety.org.uk/news/parents-struggling-and-women-keyworkers-are-anxious Guardian reporting of the research: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/may/20/uk-women-bear-emotional-brunt-of-covid-19-turmoil-poll IFS COVID-19 and inequality research: https://www.ifs.org.uk/inequality/covid-19-and-inequalities/

Esuantsiwa Jane Goldsmith is a writer, feminist activist and development consultant of English – Ghanaian heritage. In 1975 she was the first woman of colour to be elected President of Leicester University Student's Union, in 2001 she became the first woman of colour to be elected Chair of the Fawcett Society. In 1977-9 Esua served as one of the first black volunteers to be sent on Voluntary Service Overseas in Tanzania. She is a woman of firsts. This podcast talks with Esua about her first book: The Space Between Black and White, her memoir and reflections on growing up mixed race in Britain.You can find out more about Esua on her website, and her publishers Jacaranda and the Twenty in 2020 campaign here.Buy Esua's book The Space Between Black and White from Jacaranda.Follow Esua on:Twitter @EsuantsiwaFacebookInsta esuantsiwa

Esuantsiwa Jane Goldsmith is a writer, feminist activist and development consultant of English – Ghanaian heritage. In 1975 she was the first woman of colour to be elected President of Leicester University Student’s Union, in 2001 she became the first woman of colour to be elected Chair of the Fawcett Society. In 1977-9 Esua served as one of the first black volunteers to be sent on Voluntary Service Overseas in Tanzania. She is a woman of firsts. This podcast talks with Esua about her first book: The Space Between Black and White, her memoir and reflections on growing up mixed race in Britain.You can find out more about Esua on her website, and her publishers Jacaranda and the Twenty in 2020 campaign here.Buy Esua’s book The Space Between Black and White from Jacaranda.Follow Esua on:Twitter @EsuantsiwaFacebookInsta esuantsiwa

Welcome to the second in a new series of episodes in which we are talking to women making a difference in this time of Covid-19. Today Ziada and Mary Ann talk with Esua Goldsmith author of a new memoir, The Space between Black and White about writing and publishing a book about her own life, why it was so important to her to share the story of being mixed race and how that has impacted her and the challenges of launching a book in the context of this pandemic. Esuantsiwa Jane Goldsmith is a writer, feminist activist and development consultant of English – Ghanaian heritage. In 1975 she was the first woman of colour to be elected President of Leicester University Student’s Union, while in 2001 she became the first woman of colour to be elected Chair of the Fawcett Society. In 1977-9 Esua served as one of the first black volunteers to be sent on Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO) in Tanzania. During her career she has acted as Commissioner for the Women's National Commission, Chair and Co-Founder of the Gender and Development Network, Vice-Chair of ActionAid UK, a Trustee of the Equality and Diversity Forum and a member of the UK Government delegation to the UN Fourth World Conference on Women, held in Beijing in 1995. After reconnecting with her Ghanaian father and heritage in her 40s, she was enstooled as Queen Mother of Development of her village in Cape Coast, Ghana, in 2009. You can find Esua via https://www.esuantsiwagoldsmith.com/ and purchase the book from Jacaranda Press: https://www.jacarandabooksartmusic.co.uk/collections/jacaranda-imprint/products/the-space-between-black-and-white (please buy directly from Jacaranda if you can as independent publishers like them need support especially during this pandemic).

Sam Smethers talks to FiLiA's Policy Assistant, Alice, about the UK Government's handling of the Covid-19 pandemic and the unseen impact on some of the most vulnerable women in society.The Fawcett Society is the UK's leading charity campaigning for gender equality and women's rights. Sam Smethers is the Chief Executive of the Fawcett Society and took up her post in 2015.  Prior to that she was the Chief Executive of Grandparents Plus for over six years.  She had previously worked for the Equal Opportunities Commission as their Director of Public Affairs and also has nine years experience of working in parliament. Sam is a trustee of Equally Ours, and a Director of the Good Law Project. She is also a former Trustee of the Fawcett Society and of single parent charity Gingerbread.  Fawcett Society: Website, Twitter, Facebook

Sam Smethers talks to FiLiA’s Policy Assistant, Alice, about the UK Government’s handling of the Covid-19 pandemic and the unseen impact on some of the most vulnerable women in society.The Fawcett Society is the UK’s leading charity campaigning for gender equality and women’s rights. Sam Smethers is the Chief Executive of the Fawcett Society and took up her post in 2015. Prior to that she was the Chief Executive of Grandparents Plus for over six years. She had previously worked for the Equal Opportunities Commission as their Director of Public Affairs and also has nine years experience of working in parliament. Sam is a trustee of Equally Ours, and a Director of the Good Law Project. She is also a former Trustee of the Fawcett Society and of single parent charity Gingerbread. Fawcett Society: Website, Twitter, Facebook

The Fawcett Society has been fighting sex inequality since 1886. Mick caught up with its CEO, Sam Smethers, to talk specifically about women and Coronavirus, and how the pandemic is further highlighting structural inequality. Which is bad, yes, but Sam does have hope that this means those at the top might realise things need to change when it comes to moving forward post-Coronavirus.https://www.fawcettsociety.org.uk/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Mary-Ann Stephenson is the Director of the Women's Budget Group, an independent network of academic researchers, policy experts and campaigners working for a caring economy that promotes women's equality. She has worked for women's equality and human rights for over twenty years as a campaigner, researcher and trainer. She was previously Director of the Fawcett Society and a Commissioner on the Women's National Commission. She is a founder member of Coventry Women's Voices and a board member at Coventry Rape and Sexual Abuse Centre. She has a PhD in Law from the University of Warwick.Women's Budget Group Website@WomensBudgetGrp TwitterWomen's Budget Group on Facebook

Mary-Ann Stephenson is the Director of the Women’s Budget Group, an independent network of academic researchers, policy experts and campaigners working for a caring economy that promotes women’s equality. She has worked for women’s equality and human rights for over twenty years as a campaigner, researcher and trainer. She was previously Director of the Fawcett Society and a Commissioner on the Women’s National Commission. She is a founder member of Coventry Women’s Voices and a board member at Coventry Rape and Sexual Abuse Centre. She has a PhD in Law from the University of Warwick.Women’s Budget Group Website@WomensBudgetGrp TwitterWomen’s Budget Group on Facebook

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/We're back with Tom van der Lubbe, the radical CEO of Dutch financial advisors Viisi.This month the Fawcett Society in the UK made a call for women to be able all see men's salaries in the cause of equality. The Business Insider has also recently reported on an ad-industry viral salary spreadsheet.What if firms just made salaries public? Not only that, but set out the expected rises for years to come. This has been Viisi's approach.In this episode, we talk:- Why bonuses kill good culture- The power of public 'salary curves'- The self-organising approach to solving pay tensions- Why he doesn't let staff set their own salariesEnjoy! Links: Dan Pink TED Talk - The Puzzle of MotivationCorporate Rebels article about Viisi 

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/We're back with Tom van der Lubbe, the radical CEO of Dutch financial advisors Viisi.This month the Fawcett Society in the UK made a call for women to be able all see men's salaries in the cause of equality. The Business Insider has also recently reported on an ad-industry viral salary spreadsheet.What if firms just made salaries public? Not only that, but set out the expected rises for years to come. This has been Viisi's approach.In this episode, we talk:- Why bonuses kill good culture- The power of public 'salary curves'- The self-organising approach to solving pay tensions- Why he doesn't let staff set their own salariesEnjoy! Links: Dan Pink TED Talk - The Puzzle of MotivationCorporate Rebels article about Viisi 

> Sign Up For Our Newsletter: http://www.firsthuman.com/being-human-newsletter/We're back with Tom van der Lubbe, the radical CEO of Dutch financial advisors Viisi.This month the Fawcett Society in the UK made a call for women to be able all see men's salaries in the cause of equality. The Business Insider has also recently reported on an ad-industry viral salary spreadsheet.What if firms just made salaries public? Not only that, but set out the expected rises for years to come. This has been Viisi's approach.In this episode, we talk:- Why bonuses kill good culture- The power of public 'salary curves'- The self-organising approach to solving pay tensions- Why he doesn't let staff set their own salariesEnjoy! Links: Dan Pink TED Talk - The Puzzle of MotivationCorporate Rebels article about Viisi 

In honour of Equal Pay Day 2019, we welcome Carrie Gracie to the podcast. In this episode Carrie discusses her experience fighting for equal pay and her book, Equal, with Chair of Virago Press, Lennie Goodings.In January 2018, Gracie left her post as the BBC's China editor, following a career at the BBC that spanned more than three decades, in protest at unequal pay, publishing an open letter to BBC audiences and giving evidence before a parliamentary committee. Six months later, she won an apology from the BBC. She donated all her back pay to the gender equality charity, the Fawcett Society, to help low-paid women facing pay discrimination. She continues to serve as a BBC News presenter, and as a member of the 'BBC Women' group, she campaigns for a more equal, fair and transparent pay structure at the national broadcaster. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

UK Elections to be held on 12 December By Charles Kelly, Property Solutions Investor, Author of Yes, Money Can Buy You Happiness and creator of Money Tips Podcast. The UK is set to go to the polls on 12 December after MPs backed Prime Minister Boris Johnson's call for an election after months of Brexit deadlock. MP’s in the House of Commons approved the legislation by 438 votes to 20 paving the way for the first December election since 1923. The date is not yet certain as the bill has to be approved by the Lords, but could become law by the end of the week. The prime minister has said the public must be "given a choice" over the future of Brexit and the country. The markets fell slightly today with the FTSE 100 down 20 points. Gender pay gap Progress on closing the gender pay gap is "dismally slow", according to equality charity the Fawcett Society. At the current rate of decline it will take 60 years to eradicate the gap, the charity said. New figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) indicate that in the year to April 2019, the gender pay gap for full-time workers rose to 8.9% - up from 8.6% the previous year. But for people under 40, the gap for full-time employees was close to zero. The gender pay gap is the percentage difference between average hourly earnings for men and women. In 2012, the gap between what the average full-time female employee earned compared with the average man was 9.5%. This gap had only narrowed to 8.9% in 2019. The pay gap for all workers fell from 17.8% in 2018 to 17.3% in 2019, and continues to decline, the ONS said. Source: BBC If you’d like more information on how to acquire wealth building assets using none of your money, email me at Charles@CharlesKelly.net or send me a message through Facebook or my Money Tips Daily community. See more articles at www.moneytipsdaily.com Brexit Property Effect – Invest or Wait? Brexit Property Effect – Invest or Wait? By Charles Kelly, Property Investor, Author of Yes, Money Can Buy You Happiness and creator of Money Tips Podcast. In this episode: Brexit Effect Wait or Invest Is this a flip market? Are we due for a correction? Long term... How to Use Creative Property Financing to Beat the Banks How to Use Creative Property Financing to Beat the Banks In the last few years, mortgage lending rules have been tightened up by UK regulators. Lenders now dig into your finances far more deeply than just looking at your annual income. Self-certificated mortgages are all but... There are more examples and practical steps to getting rich and being happy in my book, Yes, money can buy happiness, I cover the 3 R’s of Money Management, the Money B.E.L.I.E.F System and much more. Check it out on Amazon http://bit.ly/2MoneyBook.

In this episode, we hear from someone who has probably done more than anyone else in the last couple of years to highlight pay discrimination. As the BBC’s China editor, Carrie Gracie clashed with the broadcaster over gender-pay inequality and left her role after learning she was being paid much less than her male counterparts. But she continued to fight and was eventually given an apology and back pay, which she generously donated to the Fawcett Society charity.

Is inequality in the workplace inevitable? Of course not – but why are we not seeing improvement in the 11.9% gender pay gap (the average for UK businesses with over 250 employees)? Why do women lose out when it comes to bonuses? And are there instances when a low gender pay gap could be a bad thing?    This episode’s panel holds nothing back. Find out why LGIM’s Dame Helena Morrisey believes that men having more life choices is key to women’s equal pay; why Liz Benison, the MD of Arriva, likens women self-selecting out the system to skiing in a whiteout; why the ICAEW’s Dr Jane Berney thinks that quotas are not a good thing (while others disagree) and why the CEO of the Fawcett Society, Sam Smethers, cautions against a one-size-fits-all-women approach to diversity in the workplace.   Business journalist Louise Cooper is back in the chair in this latest episode from ICAEW’s More Than a Number. While guiding the conversation, she gathers a lot of really helpful advice. Dame Helena guides on how best to negotiate a pay rise; Liz shows how very simple amends to language usage hugely increased the number of women taking up development courses; and the panel discusses the benefits of not asking candidates to disclose their current salary in job interviews.   Dame Helena Morrisey was Head of Personal Investing at Legal & General Investment Management at the time of recording.   ICAEW is a world-leading professional membership organisation that promotes, develops and supports over 181,500 chartered accountants and students worldwide. We provide qualifications and professional development, share our knowledge, insight and technical expertise, and protect the quality and integrity of the accountancy and finance profession.   Ready to act? Inequality is not inevitable, but we have to create faster change. ICAEW has resources to help you improve diversity within your workplace. Find out more here.  (https://www.icaew.com/about-icaew/who-we-are/is-inequality-in-the-workplace-inevitable)   All views expressed on this podcast are those of the contributors and don’t necessarily reflect those of ICAEW or its members.

In a week of extraordinary politics, how have female MPs and advisors fared? We discuss the “macho” culture and language of parliament with Katy Balls, deputy political editor at The Spectator and Helen Lewis, staff writer at The Atlantic. National Poet for Scotland, Jackie Kay, on a new production of her 1980's play Chiaruscuro. Sisters Maya and Gemma Tutton tell us about their campaign OurStreetsNow. They want to implemented a law like France has done to make verbal sexual harassment illegal and punishable by an on-the-spot fine. What is the impact of high-profile Equal Pay cases? Sam Smethers from the Fawcett Society, Charles Cotton from the CIPD and Paula Lee from Leigh Day Solicitors discuss. When does fussy eating become a danger to health? We get advice from Dr Victoria Aldridge, Senior Lecturer in Psychology at De Montford University, Dr Lucy Serpell, Clinical Lead for Eating Disorders at North East London NHS Foundation Trust and associate professor of Psychology of Eating Disorders at UCL and Clare Thornton-Wood, dietician and spokesperson of the British Dietetic Association. Research tells us women are responsible for the majority of consumer decisions and most of the final decisions on which clothing, food and family holidays to buy. So how much power and responsibility do women consumers have for sustainability? We ask Lauren Bravo, author of How to Break Up with Fast Fashion, Kate Cawley, director of Veris Strategies and Dr Lucie Middlemiss, Associate Professor in Sustainability at Leeds University. Why is having sex while you've got your period such a taboo subject? We talk to journalist Emma Barnett who's written Period, It's About Bloody Time and campaigner Nimko Ali, author of What We’re Not Told Not to Talk About (But We’re Going to Anyway). Presented by Jane Garvey Produced by Sophie Powling Edited by Jane Thurlow Interviewed guest: Helen Lewis Interviewed guest: Katy Balls Interviewed guest: Jackie Kay Interviewed guest: Maya and Gemma Tutton Interviewed guest: Sam Smethers Interviewed guest: Charles Cotton Interviewed guest: Paula Lee Interviewed guest: Victoria Aldridge Interviewed guest: Lucy Serpell Interviewed guest: Clare Thornton-Wood Interviewed guest: Laura Bravo Interviewed guest: Kate Cawley Interviewed guest: Lucie Middlemiss Interviewed guest: Emma Barnett Interviewed guest: Nimko Ali

As BBC journalist Carrie Gracie prepares to release her new book, Equal, about her yearlong battle for equal pay, we discuss the impact this case has had on equal pay for all. Have these high-profile cases inspired employees, employers and policymakers to take action? Sam Smethers from the Fawcett Society, Charles Cotton from the CIPD and Paula Lee from Leigh Day Solicitors join Jenni. Now for the final part in our series Off The Rails. We’ve been following the work of South London youth worker Nequela whose personal experience of getting into trouble and prison helps her reach troubled teens. Jo Morris met her one Thursday afternoon when she was getting things ready for the evening's senior youth club. Experts are warning about the risks of extreme fussy eating after a teenager developed permanent sight loss after living on a diet of chips and crisps. When does fussy eating become a danger to health? And how can parents distinguish between regular fussy eating in children, and the psychological condition of Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder – ARFID? Jenni speaks to Dr Victoria Aldridge, Senior Lecturer in Psychology who conducts research into ARFID, Dr Lucy Serpell, Clinical Lead for Eating Disorders at North East London NHS Foundation Trust and associate professor of Psychology of Eating Disorders at UCL and Clare Thornton-Wood, dietician and spokesperson of the British Dietetic Association. Presenter: Jenni Murray Interviewed guests: Sam Smethers, Chief Executive, Fawcett Society Charles Cotton, Senior Reward and Performance advisor, CIPD Paula Lee, Associate Solicitor, Leigh Day Jo Morris, reporter Nequela, youth worker Dr Victoria Aldridge, Senior Lecturer in Psychology, De Montford University Dr Lucy Serpell, Clinical Lead for Eating Disorders at North East London NHS Foundation Trust and associate professor of Psychology of Eating Disorders at UCL Clare Thornton-Wood, dietician and spokesperson of the British Dietetic Association

Recorded live from sunny Bournemouth, LGiU joined the great and the good of local government at the LGA's annual conference this week. We discuss the messages coming from Secretary of State James Brokenshire and new LGA chair Cllr James Jamieson, as well as updates from LGiU's fringe events. We caught up with many friendly faces at our reception with CAMRA, including CAMRA regional director Nigel Jones, and discussed how to support women into leadership roles at our breakfast meeting with the Fawcett Society – we interviewed Cllr Emily Smith, Leader of Vale of White Horse District Council, and Cllr Yvonne Davies, Leader of Sandwell Council. Hosted by Ingrid Koehler, Jonathan Carr-West and Jennifer Glover. Tweet us @LGiU

We look ahead to the Women's Football World Cup in France with former England, Chelsea and West Ham player Claire Rafferty and BBC Women's Sports Reporter, Jo Currie. Who are the teams and players we should be looking out for? We also discuss the history of women's football in the UK and around the world with Gemma Clarke, author of author of Soccer Women and Natasha Rolt who's Schools Heritage Officer for Luton Town FC Community Trust. What progress has been made since the FA banned women's matches in 1921 – and how are coverage and attitudes changing?The Fawcett Society will be joining protests in Trafalgar Square today. Donald Trump is making his state visit to the UK. Those women protesting are concerned about his record on women's rights and don't want the UK government to honour him. But not all women agree with them – many are concerned about respecting the special relationship. We hear the arguments for protesting and whether it is the best way of prioritising women's rights. We discuss with Sam Smethers, CEO of the Fawcett Society and Assistant Comment Editor at the Daily Telegraph, Madeline Grant.Violinist Nicola Benedetti was placed 18th on the Woman's Hour Power List 2018. Chosen for being “a fabulous spokesperson who's devoted so much time and energy to supporting music education for all” in the past 12 months she has worked with over 2,000 students and 500 teachers, she's also launched her own online series of educational videos and received a CBE. Jane talks to her about her achievements and her new album Nicola Benedetti and Wynton Marsalis' Violin Concerto & Fiddle Dance Suite.Presented by Jane Garvey Produced by Jane ThurlowInterviewed guest: Nicola Benedetti Interviewed guest: Claire Rafferty Interviewed guest: Gemma Clarke Interviewed guest: Natasha Rolt Interviewed guest: Sam Smethers Interviewed guest: Madeline Grant

In this final episode, Helen Antrobus reflects on the activists of a century ago and compares this to activists fighting today. She asks how far have we come in 100 years and how far do we still have to go? Helen questions what it means to be a feminist today and explores the popularity of items such as t-shirts made by the Fawcett Society emblazoned with the phrase, ‘This is what a feminist looks like’. Helen explores contemporary campaigns such as the campaign to Repeal the Eighth Amendment, that would allow the government of Ireland to legislate for abortion – a campaign that unfolded as the Represent! Voices 100 Years On exhibition was being installed. Finally, she signs off the series with the words from a placard carried during the Women’s March Manchester 2017, ‘From the City of Pankhurst with Love’.

Hello! This week we're talking Dads and the time off they have to look after their kids. Turns out more, properly paid paternity leave is better for kids, good for dads, and a very effective tool to close the gender pay gap. Unfortunately Britain lags behind. We speak to Lars Arrhenius about how brilliant Sweden is and how it could be even better, Sam Smethers from the Fawcett Society about how Britain could do better and Sam White and Will McDonald, the UK’s most senior all-male job share (maybe...).ANDComedian Sindhu Vee brings us a handful of "Ted Miliband" university anecdotes as well as teenager truth day, a ban on the Br*xit word, punishment for people failing to pick up their dog's poop, celebratory school run drinks party, double pay and only sunlight working hours in January See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Do young people see themselves as feminists – and do they have different attitudes to society as a whole? 100 years after the first women got the vote in Britain, what are the next big goals for fighting feminism? And what is the latest in the campaign to legalise abortion in Northern Ireland?The Fawcett Society's Doris Amankwaah talks to Alison McGovern, Stephanie Lloyd and Conor Pope.Further reading:*Without cues or exposure, the questions about the women who changed Britain never get asked, writes Jess Phillips MP*Outdated abortion laws: BPAS's Katherine O'Brien on Repeal to reform*Support Future Fawcett*Find out about the Fawcett Society's Know Our Worth annual conference in November See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Sam Smethers - Fawcett Society 9 February 2018 - 10:15 am - 14:45 pm Palace of Westminster, London SW1A 2PW How can global and historical movements for women’s political rights provide models for achieving racial and gender equality in the British political arena? On the centenary of the 1918 Representation of the People Act, this one-day workshop will explore the ways in which past and contemporary movements, especially featuring women of colour and women in the global south, can be applied to current issues regarding voting and parliamentary representation. The session will include papers delivered by a number of historians and social scientists, whose discussions will draw upon examples that include Australia, Brazil, the Caribbean, India, and South Africa. Sam Smethers (Chief Executive, Fawcett Society) and Frances Scott (Founder, 50:50 Parliament) will also provide discussion on current policy and campaigning practices. Through collaborative discussion between academics, policy-makers and political activists, the session will consider the ways in which these global and historical movements can be used to attain greater equality and diversity in the British political arena.

Frances Scott - 50:50 Parliament 9 February 2018 - 10:15 am - 14:45 pm Palace of Westminster, London SW1A 2PW How can global and historical movements for women’s political rights provide models for achieving racial and gender equality in the British political arena? On the centenary of the 1918 Representation of the People Act, this one-day workshop will explore the ways in which past and contemporary movements, especially featuring women of colour and women in the global south, can be applied to current issues regarding voting and parliamentary representation. The session will include papers delivered by a number of historians and social scientists, whose discussions will draw upon examples that include Australia, Brazil, the Caribbean, India, and South Africa. Sam Smethers (Chief Executive, Fawcett Society) and Frances Scott (Founder, 50:50 Parliament) will also provide discussion on current policy and campaigning practices. Through collaborative discussion between academics, policy-makers and political activists, the session will consider the ways in which these global and historical movements can be used to attain greater equality and diversity in the British political arena.

Jad Adams - University of London 9 February 2018 - 10:15 am - 14:45 pm Palace of Westminster, London SW1A 2PW How can global and historical movements for women’s political rights provide models for achieving racial and gender equality in the British political arena? On the centenary of the 1918 Representation of the People Act, this one-day workshop will explore the ways in which past and contemporary movements, especially featuring women of colour and women in the global south, can be applied to current issues regarding voting and parliamentary representation. The session will include papers delivered by a number of historians and social scientists, whose discussions will draw upon examples that include Australia, Brazil, the Caribbean, India, and South Africa. Sam Smethers (Chief Executive, Fawcett Society) and Frances Scott (Founder, 50:50 Parliament) will also provide discussion on current policy and campaigning practices. Through collaborative discussion between academics, policy-makers and political activists, the session will consider the ways in which these global and historical movements can be used to attain greater equality and diversity in the British political arena.

Cassia Roth - University of Edinburgh 9 February 2018 - 10:15 am - 14:45 pm Palace of Westminster, London SW1A 2PW How can global and historical movements for women’s political rights provide models for achieving racial and gender equality in the British political arena? On the centenary of the 1918 Representation of the People Act, this one-day workshop will explore the ways in which past and contemporary movements, especially featuring women of colour and women in the global south, can be applied to current issues regarding voting and parliamentary representation. The session will include papers delivered by a number of historians and social scientists, whose discussions will draw upon examples that include Australia, Brazil, the Caribbean, India, and South Africa. Sam Smethers (Chief Executive, Fawcett Society) and Frances Scott (Founder, 50:50 Parliament) will also provide discussion on current policy and campaigning practices. Through collaborative discussion between academics, policy-makers and political activists, the session will consider the ways in which these global and historical movements can be used to attain greater equality and diversity in the British political arena.

Carole Spary - University of Nottingham 9 February 2018 - 10:15 am - 14:45 pm Palace of Westminster, London SW1A 2PW How can global and historical movements for women’s political rights provide models for achieving racial and gender equality in the British political arena? On the centenary of the 1918 Representation of the People Act, this one-day workshop will explore the ways in which past and contemporary movements, especially featuring women of colour and women in the global south, can be applied to current issues regarding voting and parliamentary representation. The session will include papers delivered by a number of historians and social scientists, whose discussions will draw upon examples that include Australia, Brazil, the Caribbean, India, and South Africa. Sam Smethers (Chief Executive, Fawcett Society) and Frances Scott (Founder, 50:50 Parliament) will also provide discussion on current policy and campaigning practices. Through collaborative discussion between academics, policy-makers and political activists, the session will consider the ways in which these global and historical movements can be used to attain greater equality and diversity in the British political arena.

Sumita Mukherjee - University of Bristol 9 February 2018 - 10:15 am - 14:45 pm Palace of Westminster, London SW1A 2PW How can global and historical movements for women’s political rights provide models for achieving racial and gender equality in the British political arena? On the centenary of the 1918 Representation of the People Act, this one-day workshop will explore the ways in which past and contemporary movements, especially featuring women of colour and women in the global south, can be applied to current issues regarding voting and parliamentary representation. The session will include papers delivered by a number of historians and social scientists, whose discussions will draw upon examples that include Australia, Brazil, the Caribbean, India, and South Africa. Sam Smethers (Chief Executive, Fawcett Society) and Frances Scott (Founder, 50:50 Parliament) will also provide discussion on current policy and campaigning practices. Through collaborative discussion between academics, policy-makers and political activists, the session will consider the ways in which these global and historical movements can be used to attain greater equality and diversity in the British political arena.

Saturday 18th November - The Fawcett Society Conference The dreaded alarm clock… Conference with the Fawcett Society Sold out… what to do! Arriving at 8.15 Helping out with registration, ushering, tidying etc Getting to attend the conference Plans for the day 2018 - women getting the vote Female statues If you can see if - you can’t become it Amazing speakers FeMANism Getting men involved…. Why I wanted to go Listen to understand Violence against women and girls (VAWG) FGM Putting your voice out in public Getting off my soap box

It has emerged that women pay more on average then men for a range of products including razors, haircuts and even dry cleaning. To discuss whether this is a justified premium, Sarah is joined by freelance journalists Donna Ferguson, Libby Mayfield and Emma Simon and by Belinda Phipps from the Fawcett Society. First broadcast: 03/09/16