Fiona MacKenzie wants policies for women

Standard Issue Podcast

Standard Issue

Society & Culture

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 14 January 2025

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

Fiona MacKenzie is Standard Issue’s original ‘random angry woman’, a tag she gave herself when she first came on the pod to talk about her campaign, We Can’t Consent To This. Her work led to a change in the law and the scrapping of the ‘rough sex defence’. Fiona’s now exploring how Westminster can work better for women with The Other Half, a non-partisan think tank developing policy in women’s interests and spanning public life, justice, Mothers and Others. This includes assisted dying safeguards to protect the lives of vulnerable women, which, as the officially titled Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill – more commonly known as the assisted dying bill – passes through Parliament, Fiona and Mick focus on in this interview. The Other Half wants to hear from women in order to move forward in helping create policy that considers and benefits women, so take five minutes to fill in a couple of the surveys you’ll find on the website. theotherhalf.uk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:03.5	If anyone who's gonna hold your attention on the stage,
0:05.8	you have to kind of be a freak.
0:07.0	Critics agree it's outstanding on every level, five stars.
0:12.0	Shalameh is a revelation.
0:15.0	What do you wanna be?
0:16.0	Whatever it is, they don't want me to be.
0:18.0	Now nominated for the Golden Globes for Best Picture,
0:20.5	Best Actor,
0:21.2	and Best Supporting Actor, Edward Norton,
0:23.7	a complete unknown.
0:24.8	Ladies and gentlemen, Bob Bill!
0:26.7	In cinemas, January 17, rated 15.
0:30.4	Standard issue for all women.
0:32.9	Oh, hey there, Smashes.
0:34.2	It is Mickey welcoming you to this episode of the Standard Issue podcast, in which
0:38.8	I'm having a chat with Fiona McKenzie. That's right, our original, self-proclaimed, random, angry
0:44.3	woman. Fiona is the incredible campaigner whose work with We Can't Consent to this led to a
0:50.4	changing the law and the scrapping of the rough sex defence. Not one to rest on
0:55.4	their laurels, Fiona's now exploring how Westminster can work better for women with the other half,
1:00.6	a non-partisan think tank developing policy in women's interests and spanning public life,
1:06.1	justice, mothers and others. She's actually asked women what they want and everything. There's never been
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