Is work working? Harvey Weinstein, Fedina Zhou
Woman's Hour
BBC
4.1 • 3K Ratings
🗓️ 29 August 2019
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
Is the jobs market working for women? We ask if policies on part time or flexible working actually work in practice? And, as more and more women leave careers to go freelance – why are they doing it? We hear from Lucy Adams, CEO of Disruptive HR, Kirsty Holden, blogger and founder of TheMoneySavingMum.com and Anna Codrea-Rado, journalist and presenter of the podcast “is this working?” about the modern workplace.
Hollywood has been rocked by allegations against Harvey Weinstein. This week, he pleaded not guilty to two additional charges of predatory sexual assault and he faces a criminal trial in the New Year. He has denied all allegations of non-consensual sex. A new documentary looks at the rise and fall of the film mogul. Jenni talks to the director of the documentary Ursula Macfarlane and to Hope D’Amore who was a victim of his alleged abuse.
Fedina Zhou is the President of The Shanghai Symphony Orchestra, Asia’s oldest symphony orchestra, which is celebrating its 140th year with a world tour and a first appearance at the BBC Proms. She talks about the origins of the orchestra which was the first to introduce symphonic music to Chinese audiences and now strives to promote cultural exchanges between East and West.
Presenter: Jenni Murray Producer: Ruth Watts
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| 1:12.0 | Hello Jenny Murray welcoming you to the Women's Our Podcast for Thursday the 29th of August. |
| 1:18.0 | As we learn there's been a 67% increase in the number of women turning to self-employment in the last decade. |
| 1:26.6 | Why is the 9-to-5 job going out of favour? |
| 1:30.8 | Might it be that the right to flexible and part-time working just isn't working? |
| 1:37.0 | As the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra prepares to appear at the proms, |
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