Domestic violence prevention. Managing how our data’s used. Veteran journalist Hella Pick. "Freedom Day" postponed.

Woman's Hour

BBC

Society & Culture

4.1 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 14 June 2021

⏱️ 58 minutes

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We hear many stories of domestic abuse but rarely from those who have been the perpetrators. John, who's just completed a 20 week domestic violence prevention programme at the Hampton Trust, speaks out to encourage other men to seek help. He's joined by Vicky Gilroy who's a facilitator on the prevention programmes at the Hampton Trust .

In today’s online digital world everything we do now on our phones or our computers—everything we look at, click on or say online, becomes “data”. Companies and governments increasingly share and use this information. A small UK based team of experts called Foxglove is challenging how our data’s used . Cori Crider a Director at Foxglove talks about how amongst other things the group successfully challenged the A Level grading algorithm last year,

Plus as we mark Refugee Week Hella Pick joins us to talk about life as a Kindertransport survivor. She went on to carve out a hugely successful career in journalism. In her 35 year career she's reported on everything from the assassination of President Kennedy to the closing stages of the Cold War. In her book " Invisible Walls A Journalist in Search of Her Life", she explores her life as a female journalist and her struggles with identity.

And scientific experts have urged the government to consider delaying 'Freedom Day' from the original planned Step 4 date following a rise in cases of the Delta variant. This will be devastating news for many of those working in the hospitality industry. To discuss the reaction and implications by Kate Nicholls, CEO of UK Hospitality, and Kirsty McCall, a make up artist who yesterday announced the closing of her business after 15 years.

Presenter Emma Barnett Producer Beverley Purcell.

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0:53.4	euros there will also be nervousness for some about the Prime Minister's
0:57.0	announcement later today Boris Johnson as you've just been hearing in the news
1:00.4	bulletins is expected to confirm that the final easing of lockdown
1:03.9	restrictions in England will be postponed beyond the 21st of June and that those
1:08.3	current coronavirus restrictions will remain in place for another four weeks or so.
1:13.2	Last night on social media, phrases such as,
1:15.7	I'm done were trending as people vented their sheer frustration with restrictions
1:20.3	which have seen people lose jobs and businesses or beyond the cusp of doing so.
1:25.0	Today you're going to hear from a representative of the hospitality industry, 60% of its
1:29.7	workforce is female and also from a business owner who's had to close her previously
1:33.7	successful wedding makeup company after 15 years. This on the same day that the
1:39.1	Flexible Working Campaign is time-wise are warning the UK 7.8 million part-time workers, most of whom are women,
1:46.5	will be the ones to bear the brunt of job losses when the furlough scheme ends in September.
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