Weekend Woman's Hour: Foreign Secretary Liz Truss MP on Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe's release, Barbara Lisicki & Cook for Ukraine

Woman's Hour

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🗓️ 18 March 2022

⏱️ 44 minutes

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As Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe comes home after six years in Iranian detention, Emma spoke to the Foreign Secretary Liz Truss MP about what it took to secure her release along with another British-Iranian hostage Anoosheh Ashoori. In true popstar fashion, singer Rihanna announced her pregnancy in January with a New York photoshoot alongside her boyfriend, the rapper ASAP Rocky, wearing a bright pink coat, with layers of gold jewellery and chains resting on her new baby bump. And since that announcement, she’s been seen wearing a number of eye-catching outfits. But is there a bump fashion revolution coming? And what could this mean for the everyday pregnant woman? We speak to celebrity stylist Jennifer Michalski-Bray and pregnant content creator Zara Bentley. The history of civil rights changed when Barbara Lisicki met Alan Holdsworth. The two were disabled cabaret performers in the 1980s when they met, fell in love and founded the disabled people’s Direct Action Network (DAN). They became the driving force behind the campaign that ultimately led to the passing of the 1995 Disability Discrimination Act. A new BBC Two drama, Then Barbara Met Alan, tells their story. Anita Rani hears from the real-life Barbara Lisicki, and Ruth Madeley, the actor who plays her. Even in the face of war, food has a special power in bringing people together. Russian Chef Alissa Timoshkina and Ukrainian Chef Olia Hercules are best friends who have joined forces to set up Cook for Ukraine, a culinary campaign raising funds to support the humanitarian effort in Ukraine. They are encouraging people to celebrate Ukrainian and Eastern European culture by cooking traditional food. They talk about their experiences as friends from opposing frontiers. Presented by Anita Rani Produced: Surya Elango Editor: Louise Corley

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts.
0:05.2	I'm Anita Rani. Hello and welcome to Weekend Woman's Hour. This is the show where we offer
0:10.3	you some of the best and must-hate interviews from across the week just gone. In today's
0:14.8	programme, you'll hear from Foreign Secretary and Women's Minister Liz Truss on meeting
0:19.7	Nazanine Zagari Rackliff as she touched down on British soil this week. We'll also be exploring
0:25.3	changing trends in pregnancy wear. We meet the real-life Barbara Lissicki, a co-founder of
0:31.2	the Direct Action Network which successfully convinced the Conservative government to pass
0:36.3	the Disability Discrimination Act in 1995 and Ruth Maidley, the actor who plays her in
0:42.2	a new BBC 2 drama. And we'll also hear from Russian and Ukrainian
0:46.3	best friends and chefs, Alyssa Tamoshkina and Olya Hercules, on setting up Cook for Ukraine
0:52.8	and their friendship across frontiers. But first, she is back, she is free. After six long
1:00.0	years of being imprisoned in Iran, at one o'clock on Thursday morning, Nazanine Zagari
1:05.4	Rackliff touched down on British soil to be reunited with her husband and biggest champion
1:10.6	Richard, and their seven-year-old daughter Gabriella. Nazanine, a British Iranian charity
1:16.8	worker, was arrested in Iran in 2016 while visiting her parents and has spent six years in detention
1:23.4	after being convicted of plotting to overthrow the Iranian government. Chargers, she's always
1:29.2	denied. Well, we've been in touch with Richard, her husband and longtime campaigner who says
1:33.7	the family are looking forward to starting a more normal chapter and focusing on recovery.
1:39.4	While on Thursday, Emma spoke to the Foreign Secretary and women's minister Liz Truss,
1:44.1	she was on the tarmac to greet Nazanine. She started by asking her what that moment was
1:49.2	like, meeting Nazanine and Anusho. It was an incredible moment. We'd all been waiting
1:56.2	at the airport for the plane to land, and there was a long, long process of getting the
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