Friendship can be one of the most powerful and important aspects of any woman’s life. We explore what sisterhood means to different women at different points in their lives. Kelechi Okafor, Danielle Dash and Seyi Akiwowo all met online. They all have large social media followings and talk about the importance of digital sisterhood.Foreign correspondent Christina Lamb has reported on wars for over thirty years. She has now written a major book, Our Bodies Their Battlefield, exposing how in modern warfare, rape and sexual violence are used to humiliate, terrify and carry out ethnic cleansing.Last week saw the launch of the Black Swimming Association, which aims to turn around the fact that 95% of black adults and 80% of black children in England do not swim. It’s a trend echoed more widely in the UK – with Swim England reporting that almost a quarter of all children leave primary school without being about to swim 25 metres. So what are the barriers to learning to swim? And how can they be overcome? Jane speaks to Carina White from Dope Black Mums and Ali Beckman, the technical director and lead teacher of the swim school, Puddleducks.
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Folge vom 10.03.2020Digital sisterhood; Christina Lamb; Learning to swim
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Folge vom 09.03.2020Jessie & Lennie Ware, Nadine Shah, Naomi Wolf & The Beauty Myth 30 years onPopstar turned podcaster Jessie Ware and her mum Lennie Ware discuss working together in their hit podcast Table Manners where they cook dinner for a different celebrity every week. Should racing be doing more to celebrate the fact that it is one of the few sports where men and women compete in the same events? We speak to Jockey Lizzie Kelly - the first woman to win a Grade One race in Britain and now holder of two Grade Ones and two Cheltenham Festival winners. As Cheltenham starts again this year she joins us to discuss Just Jockeys, a campaign by Great British Racing. It was International Women's Day yesterday and one of the events to mark the occasion took place at the Roundhouse in North London. Part of the BBC Radio 6 Music Festival it featured an all female line up. Nadine Shah began yesterday's performance. She spoke to reporter Georgie Rogers. Thirty years ago saw the publication of The Beauty Myth. In it, the author, Naomi Wolf argued that the pressure to be beautiful was what she described as ‘a cultural conspiracy’ and ‘the last, best belief system that keeps male dominance intact What, we ask, has changed three decades on?Presenter: Jenni Murray Interviewed guest: Jessie Ware Interviewed guest: Lennie Ware Interviewed guest: Lizzie Kelly Interviewed guest: Nadine Shah Interviewed guest: Naomi Wolf Reporter: Georgie Rogers Producer: Lucinda Montefiore
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Folge vom 07.03.2020The power of crying, Hubble astronaut Kathryn Sullivan, Children and CoronavirusThe power of crying - Keith Brymer-Jones, one of the judges on the Great Pottery Throw Down, the psychoanalyst and psychotherapist Susie Orbach, and voice coach Joanna Cross discuss.Kathryn Sullivan, the first American woman to walk in space, was an astronaut in the team that launched the Hubble Space Telescope in 1990. After mastectomies the aim is to make breasts look and feel as they did before but sensitivity tends to suffer. Sarafina Nance is leading a campaign to increase understanding of sensitivity and talks about an experimental nerve-preserving procedure she received in the USA last year. We also hear from the breast surgeon Dr Ayesha Khan on treatments available in the UK. Composer Emily Hall on the inspiration behind her piece for the Seven Ages of Women, a new commission by Radio 3 to mark International Women’s Day. Coronavirus – how do you reassure children when everyone is talking about it, and how can they best protect themselves? We hear from Professor Trudie Lang, Director of the Global Health Network at the University of Oxford and Emma Citron, consultant clinical psychologist. Vogue Williams, TV presenter and Instagram influencer on the rise of parent shaming. Celebrating 10 years of the Women of the World Festival - two young activists Eunice Mwende and Dajanaa 'Dexi' Stosic on working to empower young girls and women in Kenya and Serbia. Presenter: Jenni Murray Producer: Dianne McGregor
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Folge vom 06.03.2020Live from the Women of the World FestivalJenni Murray presents Woman’s Hour live from the Southbank Centre in London where the Women of the World Festival will be celebrating their 10th anniversary this weekend. Founded by Jude Kelly a decade ago, Jenni will be speaking to her about what inspired her to create an organisation that has involved two million people in 30 locations on six continents. What have been her stand out moments and where does the conversation need to go now?Initially offered for free following an Instagram challenge, #MeAndWhiteSupremacy is set across 28 days, with each day focusing on a different manifestation of white supremacy, including white privilege, cultural appropriation and tokenism. The workbook was downloaded by nearly ninety thousand people around the world in the space of six months, and is now a book. The woman behind the challenge, Layla Saad, joins Jenni to talk about why she’s passionate about helping people answer the question ‘how can I be a better ally to people of colour?’ Journalist and author, Yomi Adegoke joins them.We’ll hear from Eunice Mwende and Dajanaa 'Dexi' Stosic, two young activists working to empower young girls and women in Kenya and Serbia, two winners from 'With and For Girls,' who recognise girl-led and girl-centred groups and organisations around the world through an annual awards process.Jenni is joined by intimacy co-ordinator Ita O’Brien and actor Jemima Rooper. Why is a framework for intimate scenes in film, television and the theatre so important? Is it only to protect actors? And how much impact has the #TimesUp movement had since it started in January 2018?And Pretty Loud is the first Roma girl band. Traditionally, Roma women are homemakers, encouraged to leave school early and marry young. Blending rap and hip hop with their traditional Roma music, Pretty Loud are passionate about putting an end to stereotypes about both Roma people and women through their lyrics. They’ll be performing live from the Southbank Centre.Presenter: Jenni Murray Producer: Kirsty StarkeyInterviewed Guest: Jude Kelly Interviewed Guest: Layla F Saad Interviewed Guest: Yomi Adegoke Interviewed Guest: Eunice Mwende Interviewed Guest: Dajanaa 'Dexi' Stosic Interviewed Guest: Jemima Rooper Interviewed Guest: Ita O’Brien Interviewed Guest: Silvia Sinani Interviewed Guest: Zlata Ristic Interviewed Guest: Kristina Mustafic Interviewed Guest: Emina Uka Interviewed Guest: Zivka Ferhatovic Interviewed Guest: Dijana Ferhatovic