Mothers' names on marriage certificates. The Budget. Captain Sir Tom's daughter Lucy Teixeira

Woman's Hour

BBC

Society & Culture, Health & Fitness, Personal Journals

4.2 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 3 March 2021

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

From May mothers' names will finally be featured alongside fathers' details on marriage certificates, in England and Wales thanks to years of campaigning both inside and outside of parliament. We hear from Ailsa Burkimsher Sadler who started the campaign for change back in 2013 and Revd Canon Dr Sandra Millar who is the Church of England’s Head of Life Events.

Today one of the most powoerful women in UK politics, Nicola Sturgeon has been giving evidence to a special committee set up by the Scottish Parliament to investigate the handling of sexual harassment complaints against Alex Salmond. We look at the implications for her, her Party and for the Scottish Government.

If you still crave a career in music what are some strategies for survival? Sound Advice is a new handbook for aspiring musicians written by journalist Rhian Jones and PhD researcher Lucy Heyman.

Plus a lookahead to the Chancellor's speech with Mary-Ann Stephenson from the Women's Budget Group.

And Captain Sir Tom's daughter Lucy Teixeira on why her family are inviting people to come together to plant trees and grow a living legacy forest in his name.

Presenter Emma Barnett Producer Beverley Purcell

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0:00.0	Choosing what to watch night after night the flicking through the endless
0:06.8	searching is a nightmare we want to help you on our brand new podcast off the
0:11.8	telly we share what we've been watching
0:14.0	Fladiated.
0:16.0	Load to games, loads of fun, loads of screaming.
0:19.0	Lovely. Off the telly with me Joanna Paige.
0:21.0	And me, Natalie Cassidy, so your evenings can be a little less
0:25.0	searching and a lot more auction listen on BBC Sounds, music radio podcasts.
0:35.0	Hello, I'm Emma Barnet and welcome to Woman's Hour from BBC Radio 4.
0:39.6	Good morning.
0:40.4	At the moment, one of the most powerful women in the UK is fighting for her job
0:44.5	Nicholas Sturge and First Minister of Scotland is giving evidence that the inquiry
0:48.4	into the Scottish government's handling of sexual harassment allegations
0:51.6	against Alex Salmon the former first minister.
0:54.4	We'll hear some of her testimony shortly and some insight into what it could mean for her
0:58.8	job and her political future, and Scotland overall. But what I want to ask you today as Taylor Swift hits
1:06.1	the headlines about what she claims is a sexist joke about her in a Netflix drama
1:09.7	and in the wake of that free Brittany New York Times documentary about the mental health of and the media attacks on Brittany Spears,
1:17.0	would you ever want to be famous?
1:19.0	Today we're going to look specifically at the world of music and if it's doing more to help its female
1:24.4	stars in particular with how to cope in this social media 24-7 wave of coverage and how to handle
1:32.2	fame.
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