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Woman's Hour

Afghanistan, Liane Moriarty, Parental leave, Jeans

Woman's Hour

BBC

Society & Culture, Health & Fitness, Personal Journals

4.22.9K Ratings

🗓️ 29 September 2024

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

The Taliban in Afghanistan are to be taken to the International Court of Justice for gender discrimination by Canada, Australia, Germany and the Netherlands. This is the first time that the ICJ has been used by one country to take another to court over women's rights. Krupa Padhy is joined by the BBC’s Chief International Correspondent, Lyse Doucet.

Two weeks of paternity leave isn’t enough, according to the Dad Shift, a campaign group which is calling for more affordable paternity leave. Last week, they made headlines by attaching life-size model babies in slings to statues of men across London, in a bid to raise awareness of the issue. Research suggests that a third of eligible parents don’t take up the two weeks of statutory paid leave. George Gabriel from the Dad Shift; Scott Inglis, a parent and trade union rep for the University and College Union; and Dr Sarah Forbes, Director of the Equal Parenting Project at the University of York, join Krupa to discuss how current policies are working for parents.

What would happen if a mysterious woman on a flight began predicting the deaths of her fellow passengers? This is the premise of Australian writer Liane Moriarty’s latest book, Here One Moment. Liane joins Krupa to discuss her novels, which include the Emmy and Golden Globe-winning Big Little Lies.

The classic Levi's 501 jeans have been voted the nation's most iconic fashion piece of all time. Originally patented in 1873, the 501 recently celebrated its 150th year. Second to the jeans came the classic Ralph Lauren polo shirt, ahead of the timeless Chanel little black dress. Joining Krupa to discuss all things jeans is Lauren Cochrane, senior Guardian fashion writer and Hannah Rogers, Assistant Fashion Editor at the Times

Presenter: Krupa Padhy Producer: Rebecca Myatt

Transcript

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Hello, thank you for being with us.

0:50.0

Labour made many promises ahead of coming to power, including as part of what they call a new

0:56.3

deal for working people a review of parental leave within their first year in office. And close on their hills is the campaign group Dad Shift

1:05.8

most recently responsible for attaching life-size model babies in slings to bronze statues of men across Central London.

1:15.0

They say two weeks of paternity leave is just not enough and they're encouraging

1:20.0

parents to sign an open letter calling on the Prime Minister to back a new paternity leave

1:25.2

policy that's fits for the 21st century. A conversation about that coming up, but in the

1:30.7

meantime we do want to hear from you about your experiences.

1:34.5

Did you or your partner take parental leave or paternity leave?

1:38.4

How did you make the most of those early days with a new baby and holding down a job?

1:42.4

How did you make it work and are you happy

1:44.5

with the current policy what changes would you like to see you can text the

1:48.6

program the number is 84844 over on social media we are on the handle at BBC women's hour that's on X and

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