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Woman's Hour

Karen Gibson 'Godmother of Gospel', the Price of Fast Fashion, Abuse in Gymnastics

Woman's Hour

BBC

Society & Culture

4.13K Ratings

🗓️ 18 July 2020

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Karen Gibson aka “Godmother of Gospel” who shot to worldwide fame in 2018 after she appeared conducting The Kingdom Choir at the Royal Wedding of Harry and Meghan – tells me about the Choir’s new single Real Love.

We hear from the writer Caitlin Moran about her new film based on her memoir How To Build A Girl.

We discuss why Black people are more likely to end up in the mental health system and be sectioned with Sophie Corlett of the charity Mind, the producer Tobi Kyeremateng, the psychotherapist Dawn Estefan and the co-director of Listen Up Research Jahnine Davis.

Housing benefit discrimination has been judged unlawful and in breach of the Equality Act. Research done by the charity Shelter shows that ‘No DSS’ policies put women and disabled people at a particular disadvantage, because they are more likely to receive housing benefit. We hear from Shelter’s solicitor Rose Arnall, and its chief executive Polly Neate.

As British Gymnastics, the UK Governing Body for the sport of gymnastics announces an independent review following concerns raised by several British athletes about a culture of mistreatment and abuse, Sarah whose four daughters trained locally in gymnastics and experienced varying degrees of abuse and Nicole Pavier, a retired member of the senior England gymnastic squad, share their stories.

And Prof Dilys Williams the Founder and Director of CSF (Centre for Sustainable Fashion and Aja Barber a personal stylist and style consultant whose work focuses on sustainability and ethics, discuss the real price of fast fashion?

Presenter: Jenni Murray Producer: Rabeka Nurmahomed Editor: Louise Corley

Interviewed Guest: Dawn Estefan Interviewed Guest: Toby Kyeremateng Interviewed Guest: Janine Davis Interviewed Guest: Sophie Corlett Interviewed Guest: Rose Arnall Interviewed Guest: Polly Neate Interviewed Guest: Karen Gibson Interviewed Guest: Nicole Pavier Interviewed Guest: AJa Barber Interviewed Guest: Professor Dilys Williams Interviewed Guest: Caitlin Moran

Transcript

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0:00.0

Just before this BBC podcast gets underway, here's something you may not know.

0:04.6

My name's Linda Davies and I Commission Podcasts for BBC Sounds.

0:08.4

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experts and genuinely engaging voices. What you may not know is that the BBC

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0:29.7

If you'd like to discover something a little bit unexpected, find your next podcast over at BBC Sounds.

0:36.0

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0:38.0

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0:41.0

Good afternoon.

0:42.0

Catlin Moran's How to Build a Girl podcasts. and her memoir of her teenage years into a film. Sustainable fashion how to keep up

0:56.6

with the trends without contributing to the exploitation of so many women who work in

1:01.9

the industry. The culture of abuse in the training of

1:06.0

girls to be gymnasts. There was a lot of pressure to look and weigh a certain amount and I ended up with a severe eating disorder

1:17.1

starting at the age of 14 and I didn't really get a good handle on it until the age of 21, three years after I've retired.

1:25.0

What will be the effect of an independent review into the complaints that have been made?

1:32.0

Shelter and the landlords who refuse to rent to anyone on benefits.

1:38.0

What effect will the ruling declaring it an illegal practice have? And Karen Gibson, the Godmother of Gospel, describing the call

1:46.9

that invited her kingdom choir to perform at the wedding of Harry and Megan.

1:51.7

I had told I was going to get a call but I wasn't

1:54.6

allowed to know what the call was about. So when I finally got it on the bus I was

1:58.8

very very shocked indeed. My response was not my final moment,

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