Marina Litvinenko, Sexual Harassment, Medieval Woman

Woman's Hour

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🗓️ 12 December 2022

⏱️ 58 minutes

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It’s been 16 years since the fatal poisoning of Alexander Litvinenko, who had exposed corruption in Russia and died in a hospital in London after ingesting tea which contained a radioactive substance. His wife, Marina Litvinenko, brought the case to the European Court of Human Rights in 2021 which upheld that Mr Litvinenko had been the victim of a FSB assassination “probably” approved by Putin. Russia denies any involvement. Marina joins Emma to discuss the upcoming ITVX drama Litvinenko. The government has announced that street harassment will be made a crime in England with jail sentences of up to two years. The Home Secretary Suella Braverman who has backed the move says ‘every woman should feel safe to walk our streets’. But what’s the reality? Reporter Ellie Flynn recently went undercover to highlight the experience of sexual harassment experienced by girls and women in the UK today. She joins Emma to talk about her new documentary. The discovery of an ancient female burial site in Northamptonshire has been described as one of the most important finds ever discovered in Britain. This woman is thought to be a Christian leader of significant wealth and her jewellery is considered an outstanding example of craftsmanship for this early medieval period. Emma is joined by Lyn Blackmore, from the Museum of London and Irina Dumitrescu, Professor for Medieval English Literature at the University of Bonn. It's been revealed that the author JK Rowling is founding and personally funding a new female only service for survivors of sexual violence in Edinburgh. We are joined by the BBC's David Wallace Lockhart and The Daily Telegraph's Suzanne Moore who broke the story. Presenter: Emma Barnett Producer: Emma Pearce

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds Music Radio Podcasts
0:04.4	Hello, I'm Emma Barnett and welcome to Woman's Hour from BBC Radio 4.
0:10.6	Good morning, welcome to the programme. Yes, it is rather cold and I'm sure you're experiencing
0:15.1	that wherever you are today. I hope you're not sliding all over the place if the snow
0:18.8	has stuck where you are. We will do our best to warm you up today, well at least with some
0:23.8	conversation. You will hear on today's programme from the campaigning widow who won't be
0:28.8	silent despite Putin and the Russian state's best efforts. From those in the know with more
0:34.4	detail about what's being called the most important female burial site ever discovered in Britain.
0:40.7	J.K. Rowling in the last few minutes has made an announcement just as we were coming on air.
0:45.7	She's personally funded a new service and building in Scotland for female survivors of sexual
0:50.7	violence or bringing you the latest on that and the political story that surrounds it.
0:56.1	But also the government announces that street harassment from cat calling to following someone
1:01.5	will be made a crime in England with jail sentences of up to two years. That's something
1:06.2	that the Home Secretary should say. So while a braverman has back saying every woman should
1:10.0	feel safe to walk our streets, what is the reality? I'll be talking to an undercover TV reporter
1:17.3	who had cameras follow out without people mainly men realising that they were. She pretended
1:21.9	to be drunk and the footage is quite something. What I wanted to ask you today, of course
1:27.3	you can reply to the question about do you feel safe when walking the streets at night?
1:32.5	Was what you do when you are either followed or cat called or approached in any way? What
1:39.2	your strategies are? I remember having self-esteem, the singer on a few weeks ago who has spoken
1:45.1	about barking like a dog to put what's usually men off in that situation. There's also
1:51.6	lots of people do all sorts of things. Some strategies women have come up with over the
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