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Woman's Hour

Weekend Woman's Hour: Arlo Parks performs, Susannah Constantine and alcoholism & internet sensation Jackie Weaver

Woman's Hour

BBC

Society & Culture

4.13K Ratings

🗓️ 6 February 2021

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

The singer/songwriter Arlo Parks was named the BBC Introducing Artist of the Year in October. She tells us about her debut album Collapsed in Sunbeams – and performs the track Green Eyes.

Susannah Constantine the author, journalist and fashionista tells us about her alcoholism. Sober now for seven years, she believes a lot of women are struggling with alcohol addiction during lockdown. She tells us about the feelings of shame surrounding her drinking and how she believes it leads to a sense of isolation and loneliness.

We hear why women are at the forefront of protests in India against new farming laws. BBC’s South Asia Correspondent Rajini Vaidyanathan and Usha Seethalakshmi from Makaam, a forum for Women's Farmers Rights in India discuss.

The Ministry of Justice recently announced plans for up to 500 new prison cells to be built in women's jails. They say these will be created in existing women's prisons to increase the number of single cells available and improve conditions. But these announcements have drawn criticism from a number of organisations. We hear from Kate Paradine from Women in Prison, Joy Doal the CEO of Anawim, a Women’s Centre in Birmingham, and from Lucy Frazer the Prisons Minister.

Zara Mohammed is the first woman and the youngest person to be elected to lead the Muslim Council of Britain - the largest umbrella organisation representing British Muslims. She discusses her new role with us.

And the internet sensation Jackie Weaver tells us all about ‘that’ Parish Council Zoom meeting.

Presenter: Anita Rani Producer: Rabeka Nurmahomed Editor: Lucinda Montefiore

Guest: Susannah Constantine Guest: Rajini Vaidyanathan Guest: Usha Seethalakshmi Guest: Arlo Parks Guest: Lucy Frazer Guest: Joy Doal Guest: Kate Paradine Guest: Zara Mohammed Guest Jackie Weaver

Transcript

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0:00.0

Choosing what to watch night after night the flicking through the endless

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searching is a nightmare we want to help you on our brand new podcast off the

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Load to games, loads of fun, loads of screaming.

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Lovely. Off the telly with me Joanna Paige.

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And me, Natalie Cassidy, so your evenings can be a little less

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searching and a lot more auction listen on BBC Sounds.

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BBC Sounds Music music radio podcasts.

0:34.4

Hello and welcome to the weekend edition of Woman's Hour,

0:38.2

a selection of the finest cuts from the week just gone,

0:41.6

a best-of compilation if you like. On the program today, we'll talk

0:46.0

about the women farmers in India protesting about new agricultural laws and hear how the new

0:51.6

head of the Muslim Council of Britain, Zara Mohammed, sees her role at the helm.

0:56.0

There are some really clear ideas that I do have in terms of strategic direction.

1:00.0

I mean, do we need to talk to employers and think about their practices and you know

1:04.6

zero tolerance on discrimination or do we need to actually ask women you know what exactly

1:09.6

do you want? Also we'll discuss how money will be and should be spent when it comes to women who commit crime and a musical treat.

1:18.0

The singer Arlo Parks tells us what's been helping her get through lockdown.

1:22.0

I just want my music to be something that's healing, something that's soothing. Me personally I've been turning to music a lot as some kind of soothing agent during these times of chaos so I'm glad that I can do that for other people.

1:34.0

You don't want to miss her performing her song Green Eyes a little bit later.

1:38.0

But first, Susanna Constantine describes herself as an author, journalist,

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