BBC OS Conversations: Women in sport
The Documentary Podcast
BBC
4.3 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 29 July 2023
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
The Women’s World Cup is underway and global attention is once again on women in sport. Host James Reynolds brings together Preeti Singh, a national and international basketball player for India, lawyer and former England netball player Eboni Usoro-Brown and Jennifer Jones, one of Canada’s most successful female curlers. They compare notes on the progress in their respective professions. We also get into the challenges for a sports woman after having children. Jamaica footballer Cheyna Matthews is currently playing in the World Cup and adds her thoughts.
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Where can you hear all the latest from the Women's World Cup in Australia and New Zealand? |
| 0:06.0 | Some big plays there electric going forward. |
| 0:08.0 | World football at the Women's World Cup from the BBC World Service. |
| 0:13.0 | Find it wherever you get your BBC podcast. |
| 0:18.0 | Hello, I'm James Reynolds. |
| 0:20.0 | Welcome to the documentary from the BBC World Service. |
| 0:23.0 | We bring people together to discuss key events around the world |
| 0:26.0 | and this time its conversations about women in sport. |
| 0:34.0 | With the biggest competition in women's football underway, |
| 0:37.0 | we hear an assessment from professionals on progress across several sports. |
| 0:41.0 | Plus, three sports broadcasters from Russia, Germany and Kenya |
| 0:45.0 | share their experiences in what in many cases was a male dominated profession. |
| 0:50.0 | I was never directly told that you can't do this. |
| 0:53.0 | But there were questions of what is she doing? |
| 0:57.0 | What is a woman doing on air talking about sport? |
| 1:05.0 | There's no doubt that there is much talk in coverage of one women's sport at the moment. |
| 1:10.0 | I wonder if you're one of the many millions around the world tuning into the Women's World Cup. |
| 1:14.0 | Being held in Australia and New Zealand, it is an addictive tournament to watch. |
| 1:20.0 | The last one in 2019 reached a total live audience of more than a billion. |
| 1:24.0 | But whilst being incredibly popular, women's football is still catching up |
| 1:29.0 | when it comes to the men's game. |
| 1:31.0 | And in saying that, of course I'm talking about areas such as funding, pay, prize money. |
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