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Standard Issue Podcast

SIM Ep 903 Chops 276: Still making space for girls

Standard Issue Podcast

Standard Issue

Society & Culture

4.71.1K Ratings

🗓️ 15 October 2023

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Susannah Walker and Imogen Clark are the two (very excellent) women behind Make Space For Girls, and you may remember Mick had a chat with them a couple of years ago when the charity was just nine months old. Two years on and its campaign to make our parks and public spaces more friendly and accommodating for tween and teenaged girls continues apace, so Mick caught up with Susannah to talk about their recently released Parkwatch report, the fact that most parks have more facilities for dog waste than for teenage girls, and why we’re still in the situation where 90% of the facilities provided are about 90% used by the male 50% of the population. It’s not all doom, gloom and nowhere to go for girls, though: Susannah also has good news. Praise be! Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/standardissuespodcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

This episode of The Standard Issue Podcast is sponsored by AJ Bell Money Matters,

0:04.6

helping women to feel good investing. No doubt you'll have heard us talk about the gender pay gap,

0:09.2

but did you note there's also a gender investment gap in the UK of £1.65 trillion.

0:16.9

So, after spending our whole working lives worse off the men through lack of pensions,

0:21.6

savings and investments, we're more likely to be worse off in retirement too. AJ Bell think

0:26.4

women need to talk more openly about money. It shouldn't be embarrassing or confusing and I agree.

0:31.2

The AJ Bell Money Matters campaign was founded in 2021 and offers a range of educational material,

0:37.3

including in-person events, podcasts, articles and more to help get women talking about money.

0:43.2

The AJ Bell Money Matters podcast has all the news, information and inspiring interviews you need

0:48.8

to take control of your financial future. Listen to it wherever you found this podcast. AJ Bell

0:53.9

Money Matters helping women to feel good investing.

1:07.9

Standard Issue for all women.

1:10.7

Hello there, Mickey here. I'm just at a carrot. I mean, not particularly

1:15.2

interesting information, but when you first start out in podcasting,

1:18.5

one of the things that you're told not to do is to eat just before you record.

1:23.6

And I think maybe it's just because I'm a total professional now. But I feel fine,

1:28.3

I've eaten the carrot. I don't think it's affected me. I mean, it was delicious, had a nice time,

1:33.6

but I don't think it's affected my podcasting. Anyway, there you go.

1:38.0

Welcome to this week's Sunday Chops, and indeed Autumn, which has finally come crashing in,

1:43.2

dripping his umbrella all over the kitchen floor and making a right muddy mess on the rug.

1:47.7

I still love it though, knitwear is delightful.

1:51.2

And good to wrap it up in while you take a stroll around your local park.

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