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Woman's Hour

Live from the Women of the World Festival

Woman's Hour

BBC

Society & Culture

4.13K Ratings

🗓️ 6 March 2020

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Jenni Murray presents Woman’s Hour live from the Southbank Centre in London where the Women of the World Festival will be celebrating their 10th anniversary this weekend. Founded by Jude Kelly a decade ago, Jenni will be speaking to her about what inspired her to create an organisation that has involved two million people in 30 locations on six continents. What have been her stand out moments and where does the conversation need to go now?

Initially offered for free following an Instagram challenge, #MeAndWhiteSupremacy is set across 28 days, with each day focusing on a different manifestation of white supremacy, including white privilege, cultural appropriation and tokenism. The workbook was downloaded by nearly ninety thousand people around the world in the space of six months, and is now a book. The woman behind the challenge, Layla Saad, joins Jenni to talk about why she’s passionate about helping people answer the question ‘how can I be a better ally to people of colour?’ Journalist and author, Yomi Adegoke joins them.

We’ll hear from Eunice Mwende and Dajanaa 'Dexi' Stosic, two young activists working to empower young girls and women in Kenya and Serbia, two winners from 'With and For Girls,' who recognise girl-led and girl-centred groups and organisations around the world through an annual awards process.

Jenni is joined by intimacy co-ordinator Ita O’Brien and actor Jemima Rooper. Why is a framework for intimate scenes in film, television and the theatre so important? Is it only to protect actors? And how much impact has the #TimesUp movement had since it started in January 2018?

And Pretty Loud is the first Roma girl band. Traditionally, Roma women are homemakers, encouraged to leave school early and marry young. Blending rap and hip hop with their traditional Roma music, Pretty Loud are passionate about putting an end to stereotypes about both Roma people and women through their lyrics. They’ll be performing live from the Southbank Centre.

Presenter: Jenni Murray Producer: Kirsty Starkey

Interviewed Guest: Jude Kelly Interviewed Guest: Layla F Saad Interviewed Guest: Yomi Adegoke Interviewed Guest: Eunice Mwende Interviewed Guest: Dajanaa 'Dexi' Stosic Interviewed Guest: Jemima Rooper Interviewed Guest: Ita O’Brien Interviewed Guest: Silvia Sinani Interviewed Guest: Zlata Ristic Interviewed Guest: Kristina Mustafic Interviewed Guest: Emina Uka Interviewed Guest: Zivka Ferhatovic Interviewed Guest: Dijana Ferhatovic

Transcript

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0:00.0

BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts.

0:04.9

Hello, Jenny Murray, welcoming you to the Woman's Hour Podcast.

0:08.9

Welcome to London South Bank Centre for a Weekend of Women of the World.

0:13.4

It's the 10th anniversary of the Wow Festival, which began in 2010

0:17.7

and has grown and grown to become an international phenomenon.

0:23.3

In today's programme, me and white supremacy,

0:26.2

Laila Sardh on her efforts to help people answer the question,

0:29.8

how can I be a better ally to people of colour?

0:34.0

With and for girls who have an annual award for girls who empower others,

0:38.8

we'll speak to two of the winners, one from Kenya and one from Serbia.

0:44.5

Support for actors who are required to get intimate on set.

0:49.8

What can an intimacy coordinator eat at a brine do to help?

0:54.7

A music from Pretty Loud, the first Roma girl band.

1:06.5

Now it was Jude Kelly, who founded the Wow Festival 10 years ago.

1:10.6

She was then the artistic director of the South Bank Centre,

1:14.0

having previously run the West Yorkshire Playhouse in Leeds.

1:17.6

Since Women of the World began, it has spread worldwide

1:21.4

and now involves some two million people in 30 locations on six continents

1:28.4

and 20,000 people are expected to attend this weekend.

1:32.5

Jude, how did the idea for Wow emerge?

1:36.7

It was simple.

1:38.0

I was by the time I started this, a very senior woman in the arts

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