Climate justice activist Mikaela Loach, DJ kavita Varu, 'Stevenage Woman'

Woman's Hour

BBC

Society & Culture

4.2 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 8 April 2023

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

The climate justice activist Mikaela Loach, who took the UK government to court for giving tax breaks to fossil fuels companies, discusses her new book It's Not That Radical: Climate Activism To Transform Our World.

Who is 'Stevenage Woman'? The Labour Party leader Sir Keir Starmer is being urged to focus on this female swing voter group in a new report by left-leaning think tank Labour Together. But how useful are these profiles and why are they used? With Rosie Campbell, professor of politics and Patrick English, associate director at YouGov.

The lawyer turned DJ Kavita Varu, who won the Inspiring Indian Women 'She inspires Rising Star' award.

It's 25 years since the Good Friday Agreement was signed - Aoife Smith, the programme manager for Community Dialogue, an organisation which aims to build trust amongst people who hold opposing political, social and religious views and Hilary Copeland who is the Director of Fighting Words NI, an arts and education charity for children and young people discuss their work to ensure that peace continues in Northern Ireland.

Are you afraid of the big, bad wolf? Where does this fear come from? Author Erica Berry was determined to find out after researching wild wolves in her home state of Oregon. In her book Wolfish she searches through folklore and literature to see how wolves have become the symbol of predatory men and how that has shaped our fear.

The popular 1980s trend of ‘getting your colours done’ is back. The hashtag #colouranalysis has had over 800 million views on TikTok. The journalist Kat Brown who is a big believer in the power of colour, and Nisha Hunjan, founder of Style ME UK, who uses colour analysis discuss.

Presenter: Jessica Creighton Producer: Dianne McGregor

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds Music Radio Podcasts
0:05.5	Hello I'm Jessica Criton, welcome to the Woman's Hour podcast.
0:08.6	Hello and welcome to Weekend Woman's Hour.
0:11.6	Coming up, the young climate activist, Michaela Loach, who is Steve Nitch woman?
0:17.0	She's the woman that political parties want to attract ahead of the next general election apparently,
0:21.7	we'll be finding out more.
0:23.3	Also, marking the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement,
0:27.6	we hear from two women who are now at the forefront of ensuring peace continues in Northern Ireland.
0:32.9	And the lawyer turned DJ Kavita Varu, who recently won an inspiring Indian Women Rising Star Award.
0:39.8	I felt that my wings were clicked whilst I was married,
0:43.0	but now this is the true me, my wings have unclipped, this is me, this is what I do.
0:48.0	I want to give a positive inspiration through music, I feel the music and the public feel the music that I play,
0:53.7	and it's just fantastic. It's a win-win.
0:56.2	Such an inspirational story.
0:58.5	We'll also be discussing the popular 1980s trend of getting your colours done.
1:03.7	So what season are you?
1:06.0	All of that to come, but first,
1:08.1	Michaela Loach is a climate justice campaigner who featured on the Woman's Hour our planet's power list back in 2020.
1:15.3	You may also know her for taking the government to court over fossil fuel tax breaks.
1:19.9	In her new book, it's not that radical,
1:22.4	she says we can't tackle the climate crisis without also addressing social injustice.
1:27.6	Her book is a guide for climate action that she says can benefit us all.
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