Betty Boo, Rana Ayuub, Baroness Helena Kennedy QC

Woman's Hour

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Society & Culture, Health & Fitness, Personal Journals

4.2 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 11 March 2022

⏱️ 57 minutes

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She’s been credited with inspiring the likes of the Spice Girls and Madonna – singer and songwriter Betty Boo is back. The platinum success artist made a name for herself in the 1990’s for her unapologetic attitude, and combination of Pop and Hip Hop music. Betty Boo has now released her first solo single in almost three decades. She joins Anita Rani to reflect on her career and music There have been elections in India this week and one journalist who’s been covering them is Rana Ayyub who joins us live. She’s an Indian, Muslim journalist who writes for the Washington Post but she’s based in Mumbai. At the moment she’s under extreme pressure because of her work. She's experiencing serious online abuse, so much so that international monitoring groups worry that her life is in danger. She’s also had police charges filed against her. She says it’s because she’s an outspoken critic of the Indian Government and the Indian Prime Minister, Narenda Modi, and they don’t like her shining a light on how the BJP, which is the Hindu ruling party, treats Muslims in the country. This week a misogyny act for Scotland created exclusively for women has been recommended to the Scottish government by Baroness Helena Kennedy QC following a year of Chairing the Misogyny and Criminal Justice in Scotland Working Group. She’s been credited with inspiring the likes of Spice Girls and Madonna – singer and songwriter Betty Boo is back. The platinum success artist made a name for herself in the 1990’s for her unapologetic attitude, and combination of Pop and Hip Hop music. Betty Boo has now released her first solo single in almost three decades. She joins Anita to reflect on her career and music. Presenter: Anita Rani Producer: Lisa Jenkinson Studio Manager: Gayl Gordon

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds Music Radio Podcasts
0:05.2	Hello, I'm Anita Rani and welcome to Woman's Hour from BBC Radio 4. Good morning, we're
0:11.8	going to be joined by a pop icon today. And 12-year-old me cannot believe that this day has
0:25.4	arrived after 30 years Betty Booh is back with a new single and Betty aka Alison Clarkson
0:31.6	will be on the show very soon. Then who does the DIY in your house? According to a new survey,
0:37.5	women are more up for doing the home improvements than selves, while men are more likely to hire
0:43.1	someone in to do the job. Well, I've painted walls, put up shelves, wonky shelves, but put shelves
0:47.2	up nonetheless. We'll have a DIY expert on, so if you're currently covered in paint wondering
0:52.2	if it is the mat vinyl or emulsion, then send in your questions. You can text 84844 or email
0:58.5	via our website or social media is at BBC Woman's Hour. Now, there's wall-to-all coverage of Russia's
1:04.7	invasion of Ukraine and we are all well aware of the refugees escaping the country. Latest figures
1:09.7	suggest around two million people have left and many of us after watching the shocking and
1:15.5	distressing scenes of people fleeing for their lives would like to know what we can do to help.
1:21.2	So how many of you are prepared to open up your homes to take in a Ukrainian family, but have a
1:27.5	ton of questions to ask before you do so? Well, now is that opportunity? What would you like to know?
1:33.6	Could it work practically for you? What would you have to do? Send in your questions. Maybe some of
1:39.0	you have already taken in refugees in the past. How was that experience? What did it entail?
1:43.8	And what were the things that came up that you hadn't even considered? You can text us, of course,
1:48.2	the text number 84844. Plus, we discuss misogyny a lot on this program and how you go about
1:54.4	changing something so deeply embedded in our culture. Well, Helena Kennedy QC will be here to
2:00.0	tell us why she's recommending a specific misogyny and criminal justice act for Scotland.
2:06.0	And also on the show, she's received 8.5 million abusive online messages. We speak to
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