Donna Patterson, Running in the dark, Tammy Faye Musical

Woman's Hour

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🗓️ 31 October 2022

⏱️ 57 minutes

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After Donna Patterson's maternity leave, her employer Morrison’s gave her a full-time role, despite her only working part time. She represented herself in a tribunal and she won a £60k pay-out for maternity discrimination. Donna joins Emma Barnett in the studio. As the clocks go back - and the nights draw in- it can get harder to find the motivation to get outdoors and exercise as the couch beckons. At the weekend the Olympic champion cyclist Chris Boardman wrote about this issue as he was aware that his wife and daughters were affected by this. Rather than putting the onus on women to keep safe he wants men to take more responsibility, he joins Emma alongside Robyn Vinter, the North of England correspondent of the Guardian, who is a runner and also wrote about this issue very recently. Tammy Faye – A New Musical tells the story of rise and fall of American TV evangelists Tammy Faye and her husband Jim Bakker, who preached to millions across the country via their own television satellite channel PTL, Ministry and theme park. The musical written by James Graham features original songs by Elton John and Jake Shears of the Scissor sisters. Olivier award winning actor Katie Brayben takes on the role of Tammy at the Almeida theatre in London. It’s just one week until the midterm elections in the United States. The Republican Party are widely expected to take the House of Representatives – but the Senate could still go either way. So what does this mean for women in America, and how could their opinions on political issues such as Roe v Wade swing the vote? Emma Barnett talks to republican political strategist and talk show host Jennifer Kerns. Presenter: Emma Barnett Producer: Emma Pearce

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds Music Radio Podcasts
0:05.2	Hello, I'm Emma Barnett and welcome to Woman's Hour from BBC Radio 4.
0:10.1	Good morning and welcome to the programme. It is very good to be back with you indeed.
0:14.7	And we start today's programme with a woman who is a perfect antidote to any sluggishness
0:20.1	a Monday morning in October can induce. That's because my first guest is Donna Paterson,
0:25.4	a woman who took on her former employer, Morrison's the supermarket chain, for discriminating against her
0:31.3	after maternity leave. I'll share more details of her tribunal case shortly, but she couldn't
0:36.4	afford a lawyer so she took the case herself with no legal training, cross examining no less than
0:42.0	eight witnesses, some of them former colleagues. And she won. This is to be her first broadcast
0:48.3	interview today, here with you on Woman's Hour. The point is, Donna felt she was being discriminated
0:54.1	against, but it was very subtle at first and as you'll hear there was lots of praise too.
0:58.8	Maternity discrimination of any kind or any different kind of treatment of a woman because she's
1:03.6	had a baby and returned to work only to find her role has changed and the perception of her too
1:09.9	is meant to be a legal in this country. And yet, well, and yet, we might not hear about many of
1:16.8	these cases, many of them are never brought for a variety of reasons. We also don't hear about them
1:22.9	as many women aren't quite sure what's happening and what to do about it too and feel powerless
1:28.2	as they still have a job so they're grateful, but it's somehow not the same situation they left
1:34.4	before maternity leave or even the same role. This morning I wanted to give you the chance to air
1:40.1	your stories of such discrimination or suspected discrimination and what if anything you did about it
1:46.5	perhaps, Donna's style. So you can text me here at Woman's Hour on 84844, text will be charged
1:52.3	your standard message rate on social media at BBC Woman's Hour or email me through our website
1:58.4	or send a WhatsApp message or voice note using the number 03700 1004444 data charges may
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