Show-women, Women and the general election, Smartphone-free kids
Woman's Hour
BBC
4.1 • 3K Ratings
🗓️ 23 May 2024
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
There will be a general election on 4 July. Campaigning will start at the end of next week, but already some of the key players are speaking out. What are women's top concerns in this election? What do women want addressed? Anita Rani speaks to Professor Rosie Campbell, professor of politics and director of the Global Institute for Women's Leadership at King's College London, who has been looking at women's voting behaviour for many years.
Head teachers who are a part of St Albans Primary Schools Consortium have urged parents not to give their children a smartphone until they are aged 14. Anita speaks to Rachel Harper, principal of a primary school in County Wicklow in Ireland about what advice she would offer one year after she and seven other headteachers in her town asked parents not to allow their children phones until they were older.
Olivier award-winning theatre maker Marisa Carnesky is taking over an entire street at this years Brighton Festival with her show, Carnesky's Showwomxn Sideshow Spectacular, honouring the forgotten women of the circus. Marisa shares with Anita the lost history of ground-breaking women magicians, aerial artists and sword climbers and how their stories are being explored through a new generation of performers.
A Chinese blogger who was jailed for four years for her reporting on the first Covid outbreak in Wuhan, has been released from prison. The media watchdog Reporters Without Borders shared a video showing the blogger, Zhang Zhan, saying she had been released on schedule and thanking everyone for their concern. The former lawyer was jailed after she travelled to Wuhan to document the outbreak in a series of widely-shared online videos. She was due to be freed last week but friends and supporters were concerned when they were unable to contact her. Anita speaks to the Guardian's senior China correspondent Amy Hawkins, who is following the story.
Gemmologist Helen Molesworth is the Senior Jewellery Curator at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London and Professor of Jewellery at the Geneva University of Art and Design. In her new book, Precious: The History and Mystery of Gems, she explores the geology, symbolism and history of gemstones through some of their famous owners and those that have courted controversy. Helen explores their enduring fascination with Anita.
Presenter: Anita Rani Producer: Rebecca Myatt Studio manager: Bob Nettles
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| 0:36.7 | Hello, I'm Anita Rani and welcome to Woman's Hour from BBC Radio 4. |
| 0:42.1 | Good morning, welcome to Womensower. |
| 0:44.0 | The summer of 2024 has taken a new turn. |
| 0:48.0 | You may have heard there's going to be a general election. |
| 0:50.0 | But what we are interested in is how women vote or rather you. Have you already |
| 0:55.8 | made up your mind or will you be waiting to hear what all the parties have to |
| 0:59.9 | say for themselves in the run-up? What are the main issues that will sway you? Is it health |
| 1:04.5 | care, child care, taxation, benefits, housing, money, business opportunities, |
| 1:09.4 | the makeup of the parties, their values, the scandals. |
| 1:13.2 | It's a little test, if you like, of the women who listen to Womensower. |
| 1:16.3 | What is important to you when it comes to voting for the next government? |
| 1:20.7 | Shortly I'll be speaking to Professor of Politics, Rosie Campbell, who will be looking at how women could influence this election, including you. |
| 1:27.5 | So get in touch with me, tell me the important issues for you, the text number 84844. You can also email me by going to our website or drop me a |
| 1:35.9 | what's up or a voice note on O3 700 100 |
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