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Woman's Hour

Lawyer Harriet Wistrich, Chef Asma Khan, ACL injuries and women

Woman's Hour

BBC

Society & Culture

4.13K Ratings

🗓️ 2 May 2024

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Lawyer Harriet Wistrich is the founder and director of Centre for Women's Justice. She joins Anita Rani to talk about her new book, Sister in Law, which looks into 10 of her hard-won cases over 30 years. They include Sally Challen’s appeal against her conviction for the murder of her husband, the victims of the taxi driver John Worboys, and the women caught up in the 'Spy Cops' scandal. Cases that she says demonstrate that "terrifyingly often, the law is not fit-for-purpose for half the population".

Boris Johnson's son Wilf's fourth birthday party has been gaining attention online, after pictures were shared on social media of his celebration featuring a monster truck bouncy castle with separate ball pit, and a bespoke balloon display. Have we finally reached the point of the ridiculous when it comes to children's parties? Journalist Anna Tyzack, who wrote an article about this very subject in the i newspaper, and one half of the comedy duo Scummy Mummies, Helen Thorn, join Anita to discuss.

The risk of ACL injuries in female football players is up to six times higher than their male counterparts. Leeds Beckett University is leading a new study into why this risk rate is so high and the impact on athletes. Knee surgeon to the sports stars Andy Williams explains why this may be happening and footballer Emma Samways, of Hashtag United in Essex, tells us about her ACL injury from earlier on this year.

Chef Asma Khan has just been named as one of the 100 most influential people of the 2024, by the Time magazine. Asma is the founder of the London restaurant, Darjeeling Express, which has a women-only kitchen, mostly made up of South Asian immigrants over the age of 50. Asma has been a vocal champion for gender equality, and she talks about the change she wants to see in the restaurant industry.

Presenter: Anita Rani Producer: Olivia Skinner

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0:00.0

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Hello, I'm Anita Rani and welcome to Woman's Hour from BBC Radio 4.

0:44.0

Good morning and welcome to Thursday's program.

0:47.0

We'll be discussing birthday parties today, or rather kids birthday parties.

0:52.0

Sorry if that's hit a nerve or giving you flashbacks.

0:54.4

I'd like to know what your style of celebration is.

0:57.6

Are you a curated guest list of six-year-olds and a designer party bag kind of person or is your style more invite

1:04.1

the entire class and get down the park? Is there pressure to throw a bigger and

1:08.3

better party than that smug mom at the school gate? There's always one

1:11.6

apparently. Do you get more excited than the

1:13.7

children and plan months in advance or are you haphazard and spontaneous? Share your

1:18.7

children's birthday party stories with me. How do they compare to your own are they now out of control do you

1:24.4

dread the pressure share it all get it off your chest and you can remain

1:28.0

anonymous getting such in the usual way the text number is 84844 you could email me via our website or you can contact us on

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social media. It's at BBC Womens Hour and of course you can send me a WhatsApp or a voice note,

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save it in your phone under Wom Hour, it's 03700, 100,

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