How we can age healthily? Race and gender in the workplace, NI abortion, Comedian Twayna Mayne
Woman's Hour
BBC
4.1 • 3K Ratings
🗓️ 18 October 2019
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
How we can age healthily? Today we look at the impact of our diet. How important is it to eat the right thing to live a longer healthier life?
If the Northern Ireland Assembly is not restored by Monday October 21st, then abortion will become legal in Ulster in line with the rest of the UK. It’s part of the Northern Ireland Bill which was passed in Parliament over the summer. A power-sharing government hasn’t been restored yet, although of course there's still time. We talk to Dr Alyson Hunter, a consultant obstetrician working at the Royal Jubilee Maternity Hospital in Belfast about the new guidelines which have already been drawn up for healthcare professionals.
Are race and gender a double disadvantage in the workplace? Over 85% of BAME women leaders who took part in a study by the management consultancy the Diversity Practice say yes. How should the issue be tackled?
Plus we talk to comedian Twayna Mayne about her new series for BBC Sounds and Radio 4 which addresses among other things her upbringing as a transracial adoptee and how it’s affected her search for her Black British identity.
Presenter Jane Garvey Producer Beverley Purcell
Guest; Dr Aylson Hunter Guest; Twayna Mayne Guest; Professor Kay-Tee Khaw Guest; Professor Linda Partridge Guest; Carol Campayne. Guest; Yvonne Coghill OBE
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts. |
| 0:05.2 | This is the Woman's Our Podcast. |
| 0:07.9 | It is hello, good morning, welcome to the programme. |
| 0:10.0 | This morning could your diet help you live better for longer? |
| 0:13.9 | That's one of our talking points this morning. |
| 0:16.2 | If you're black or Asian and female and in the British workplace in the 21st century, |
| 0:21.9 | what are your chances of getting promotion? |
| 0:24.7 | That's another topic today. |
| 0:26.3 | We will talk to the comedian Twana Mane about trans-racial adoption. |
| 0:30.7 | And your thoughts are welcome, of course, at BBC Woman's Our, on Twitter and Instagram, |
| 0:35.2 | or you can email us via the website, BBC.co.uk slash Woman's Our. |
| 0:40.4 | Well, as it stands, abortion will be decriminalised in Northern Ireland on Monday. |
| 0:46.1 | It is part of the Northern Ireland bill passed in Parliament over the summer. |
| 0:50.8 | Now, we do also know that the Northern Ireland Assembly is going to meet at Stormont |
| 0:55.7 | on Monday. |
| 0:57.4 | Could this be significant? Could this possibly derail anything? |
| 1:01.6 | Let's have a quick word with Chris Page, who is BBC News Ireland correspondent. |
| 1:05.7 | He's in Belfast. |
| 1:07.0 | I should say we're also talking a moment to a consultant of Satrition based in Belfast. |
| 1:11.4 | But Chris, first of all, good morning to you, Chris. |
| 1:13.4 | Morning, Jen. |
| 1:14.0 | Just explain then what is happening at Stormont on Monday, |
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