The film Lynn and Lucy; The Double X Economy; Gender Bias at Work and Domestic Abuse Bill.

Woman's Hour

BBC

Society & Culture

4.1 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 2 July 2020

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Lynn and Lucy is a new film about the lives of two best friends in a close-knit community in Essex whose relationship is tested after a tragedy happens. It stars Nichola Burley and Roxanne Scrimshaw in her first acting role. Roxanne joins Jenni to discuss female friendship, community, motherhood and the depiction of working class women on screen.

The Domestic Abuse Bill 2020 is currently making its way through Parliament, and will reach the House of Lords by the end of July. For the first time there will be a statutory definition of domestic abuse. The Centre for Women’s Justice is asking for an amendment to the Bill, to create a free-standing offence of non-fatal strangulation or asphyxiation. Nicole Jacobs, the first domestic abuse commissioner for England and Wales, explains why she is supporting them.

Professor Linda Scott’s book "The Double X Economy" describes how women are excluded from the global economy in myriad ways, in both developing and developed countries. She claims that the global economy's wealth would be £160 trillion higher if the gender pay gap were closed. Linda explains how empowering women economically could not only resolve gender equality but also help address many of humankind’s most pressing problems.

And there are a record number of women in employment – and that includes women slowly but surely increasing their presence in senior management positions and professions that have traditionally been dominated by men. But has ‘being in the room’ really led to changes in attitudes towards women’s capabilities? Or is gender bias still alive and well? Jenni is joined by Professor Michelle Ryan, the author of a new study about gender bias from the University of Exeter and Carina White who works in sports marketing.

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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.
0:29.3	Hello Jenny Murray welcoming you to the Womons Hour Podcast for Thursday the 2nd of July.
0:36.3	Good morning.
0:37.7	In today's programme, the Double X Economy, Professor Linda Scott describes how women are excluded from the global economy. Professor Linda Scott describes how women are excluded from the global economy and
0:46.4	claims worldwide wealth would be 160 trillion pounds higher if the pay gap were closed. But how will gender bias at work end?
0:57.2	As more women reach positions of senior management, what real difference as their being in the room actually made and a film called
1:06.4	Lynn and Lucy about best friends whose relationship is tested by tragedy.
1:11.6	Roxanne Scrimshaw had never acted before she was
1:14.9	chosen to play Lynn. What does she make of the portrayal of working-class women on the big
1:20.4	screen? Now as the Domestic Abuse Bill continues to make its way through Parliament and it's expected that by the end of July there will for the first time be a statutory definition of domestic abuse. An amendment to the bill is being requested
1:36.6	by the Center for Women's Justice. They want non-fatal strangulation or asphyxiation to be added to the bill as a freestanding offence.
1:48.0	Why?
1:49.0	Well Sandra has had experience of such abuse.
1:52.0	Nickle Jacobs is the first domestic abuse commissioner for England and Wales.
1:57.8	Nicole, I know that you and the victims commissioner, Vera Baird, are backing this call. Why does this need to be a standalone
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