Global Abortion Rights, Do women worry more?, Bees, Matriarchs

Woman's Hour

BBC

Society & Culture, Health & Fitness, Personal Journals

4.2 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 14 July 2022

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Since the overturning of Roe vs Wade in the United States here on Woman’s Hour we’ve looked at what this will mean for women in America, and also what the status of abortion is here in the UK. But what right do women around the world have to an abortion and could the overturning of Roe vs Wade in America lead other countries to follow suit? Macarena Saez is from the NGO Human Rights Watch and joins Emma. A new study shows women are now twice as likely as men to be extremely worried about their lives and those around them, after the pandemic. Journalist Eleanor Morgan and Charlotte Faircloth from UCL join Emma to discuss. The latest in our series about matriarchs, the redoubtable women in your lives. Today listener Alexandra on her fabulous Auntie Lilla who bred miniature Shetland ponies was 6'3" and a bit terrifying. Jersey has elected its first ever female Chief Minister – the equivalent of the island’s Prime Minister. Politics on the island has been largely male, white and middle class for years. But in elections last month, more women won seats in Jersey’s States Assembly - the equivalent of Jersey’s Parliament - than ever before. Emma Barnett catches up with Kristina Moore, a former journalist and TV presenter, to find out how her first few weeks in office are going. Bees and other essential insects that we rely on to pollinate our crops are threatened by harmful pesticides according to a group of women campaigners who have launched a petition this week. We hear from Anabel Kindersley who is the co-owner of Neal’s Yard Remedies and the leader behind the #StandByBees campaign and Ben Woodcock, a scientist from UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology. Presenter: Emma Barnett Producer: Emma Pearce

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds Music Radio Podcasts
0:04.4	Hello, I'm Emma Barnett and welcome to Woman's Hour from BBC Radio 4.
0:10.3	As it continues to heat up in Westminster, four women vying with two men to become the
0:14.4	UK's next Prime Minister, we unpack that sort of ambition and power with a new female
0:19.6	leader, the first to be elected to run Jersey.
0:22.8	Christina Moore joins me in reflects on the wealth gap on the island and the English channel
0:27.0	criticised by some as a tax haven. We're also going to hear from one woman trying to save
0:31.9	the bees as she puts it and we analyse the abortion laws around the world or lack thereof
0:38.0	in light of the overturning of Roe v Wade in America.
0:42.0	But in terms of what I'd like to invite you to comment on today, if you'd be so kind,
0:45.9	it is this. Worry. Women's worries. We put it to you like that, specifically since the
0:51.8	Covid-19 pandemic began, a new study shows women are now twice as likely as men to be extremely
0:58.6	worried about their lives and those around them after the pandemic. There's some specific
1:03.9	concerns we can go through those in just a moment. But what about you? Does that ring
1:09.0	through with you? This is a sample size of around a thousand or so. We have many more
1:13.4	listeners, I'm happy to report. Give me a sense of your feelings before and after
1:18.2	the pandemic. And of course, I should say, we're not after the pandemic, but I mean before
1:23.1	it began and where we are now. I must be very clear about that. We were only talking
1:27.3	about the levels of Covid rising yesterday and you were kind enough to get in touch on
1:31.0	that. Tell me what you think of when I say that. Are there differences between the men
1:35.7	and you in your life or if you're a male listener, we have many of those. Good morning
1:38.7	to you. Are there differences between you and the women in your life? Text me here at
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