We've got to stop talking about the women because the problem isn't women. I bang my head

on the desk playing Jacinta Arden or Nicola Sturgeon stands down and suddenly you get a

plethora of articles. Can women cope? Can they have it all? And I just think nobody's

saying that about the men and yet Jacinta Arden's predecessor did exactly the same thing.

He said, you know what? I'm out. I've done enough. I can't redo it anymore. And nobody

said, oh, well, that's it. All men. All men can't cope with politics. We have to change

the environment rather than asking women to fit in with something which no normal person

would want to be involved in.

Representing Waltham Stowe, Stella Creasy is one of 225 women MPs currently in Parliament.

That's the highest number of women MPs the House of Commons has ever had. I'm Liz Earl

and this is the Liz Earl Wellbeing Show. The podcast helping all of us have a better

second half. And I'm on a bit of a mission to find ways for all of us to thrive in later

life by investing in our health and our wellbeing today. And looking after ourselves physically

and mentally, very much includes showing up for legal and social change that will inevitably

affect our mental health, our stress levels and physical burdens. So today in aid of International

Women's Day, I'm going to have some very important conversations about how representation

of women in Parliament has a tangible knock on effect on how we're able to live our lives

day to day, as well as about the reality of being a woman in Parliament today.

Well across this episode, we will hear from three women all driving change in their own

ways. First, Baroness Jenkins of Kennington and co-founded Women to Win in 2005 to address

the need for more female conservative candidates and MPs. Then Stella Creasy, who's been the

Labour MP for Waltham Stowe since 2010. And later on, we'll hear from Miriam Cates,

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