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Beyond Today

How can one woman change the law?

Beyond Today

BBC

News

4.61.1K Ratings

🗓️ 17 January 2019

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

Gina Martin is a 27-year-old woman with a full time job. Two years ago a stranger at a festival took a photo up her skirt without her permission. After she discovered there was no law preventing it, she found herself in Parliament, campaigning for politicians change it. This week the upskirting law was officially passed. Gina tells us what it took to win.

Transcript

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0:00.0

BBC Sounds, music radio podcasts.

0:04.6

Hello, this is Beyond Today from BBC Radio Fort.

0:09.8

I'm Matthew Price.

0:10.8

Every day, Tina Deheelie and I ask one big question about one big story.

0:14.8

Today, how can one woman change the law?

0:27.0

Right, I'm really excited about this episode. A few hours ago this effervescent woman came bounding into the studio, dressed head to toe in bright red, flame prints on her trousers.

0:42.0

Two years ago, something awful happened to Gina Martin and

0:45.9

rather than try and forget about it she went all the way to Parliament to get

0:49.8

something done. Oh thank you so much.

0:53.0

I never thought this had happened.

0:55.0

My hero from usually making me a tea.

0:57.0

Stop it.

0:58.0

Do you want milk?

0:59.0

We're so British.

1:00.0

This is a very good hue of tea.

1:02.0

It's a strong one. But I was thinking Gina from your accent that you

1:07.3

probably wanted a strong cup of tea. Yeah Northern, Scousas. Yeah, Liverpool. I thought so. So I kind of made it. I was like really wary about how much milk I put in.

1:17.0

You're all over it. It's perfect. Can you start us right at the beginning? What happened? Yeah, so July 2017 I went to a festival

1:28.4

my sister British Summertime in Hyde Park and it's like a day festival, big family festival actually.

1:33.0

Super hot day, like 35 degrees, mad hot summer in London and me and my sister couldn't afford to go to any festivals.

1:40.0

Like we work and live in London, we're both working class people. We don't have any money.

1:43.0

Like it was a really exciting day and we were waiting for the killers to come on stage.

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