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Woman's Hour

Secretary of State for Defence Ben Wallace, Education activist Vee Kativhu, Pregnancy and homelessness

Woman's Hour

BBC

Society & Culture

4.13K Ratings

🗓️ 7 December 2021

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Emma speaks to the Secretary of State for Defence, Ben Wallace, about the government’s plans to improve women’s experiences in the armed forces. In particular she asks him to explain why the government has rejected calls for rape or sexual assault committed in the military to be tried in civilian courts, away from military courts.

Education activist Vee Kativhu talks to Emma about why she set up her own YouTube channel, Empowered by Vee, shortly after arriving at the University of Oxford.

Today, the Law Commission has published a major report on hate crime. One of the areas examined was the proposal to make misogyny a hate crime and so a criminal offence. To the disappointment of a coalition of women's rights campaigners, the Law Commission has said the move would not solve the “real problem” of hostility or prejudice directed against women because of their sex or gender. Emma is joined by criminal law commissioner, Professor Penny Lewis from the Law Commission. and Sue Fish, the former constable of Nottinghamshire police.

Imagine expecting your first child and at the same time being homeless or facing homelessness in the near future. Emma is joined by Laura Jones, founder of PETRA, a project which helps young mothers and mothers-to-be with housing and Jade Toogood, a mother and former resident of a Petra Project home.

Presenter: Emma Barnett Producer: Lucinda Montefiore

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Woman's Hour podcast. This Christmas thousands of people across the UK will be

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Whether you give every year or if it is your first, thank you. Now enjoy your podcast.

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Hello I'm Emma Barnett and welcome to Womensa from BBC Radio 4.

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