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Woman's Hour

Weekend Woman's Hour: Francis Fricker, baby loss, female con artists, the metaverse and online safety bill, women and boxing

Woman's Hour

BBC

Society & Culture, Health & Fitness, Personal Journals

4.22.9K Ratings

🗓️ 23 April 2022

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

A professional woman who was continually called "good girl" by her boss has won an employment tribunal. Frances Fricker was told by her boss which photo to put on her work profile because HE thought it was the most attractive. The judge in the tribunal found that Frances, an accounts executive with a consultancy company called Gartner, had been sexually harassed at work, and because she fought against the harassment by taking a grievance, she was treated even worse. He also described the culture where she worked as laddish and toxic. She joins us on Woman’s Hour. The footballer Cristiano Ronaldo and his partner Georgina Rodriguez have announced the death of their baby boy at birth. The couple were expecting twins. Their baby girl survived. We speak to Clea Harmer is CEO of the charity Sands and Katie Harris, who lost one of her twin daughters, Abikara, during pregnancy. We meet Rhian from Wet Leg, the indie rock band whose debut album shot straight to number 1 last week. We explore the Metaverse; a fast-growing sector that isn’t covered by the Online Safety Bill. We talk to Carol Voredmon MBE, who has campaigned for online safety for 20 years as well as Catherine Allen, CEO of Limina Immerse. We hear from Maria Konnikova, author of ‘The Confidence Game: Why We Fall For It Every Time’ on the psychology of the female con artist. Can boxing transform lives? We speak to Chanika, one of the young women taking part in Idris Elba’s Fight School, a television series currently airing on BBC and available on iplayer. We also hear from Rachel Bower, one of the boxing coaches on the show. Rachel is a former National Boxing champion and a Metropolitan police sergeant.

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0:00.0

BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts.

0:04.8

Hello and welcome to Weekend Woman's Hour.

0:07.2

I'm Anita Rani.

0:08.4

This is the show where we offer you some of the best

0:10.8

and must-hier interviews from across the week just gone.

0:14.3

In today's programme, you'll hear from Francis Fricker,

0:17.4

a woman who was won an employment tribunal

0:19.8

after continually being called Good Girl by her boss.

0:24.4

In light of Monday's announcement

0:26.0

from Manchester United Footballer Cristiano Ronaldo

0:28.8

and his partner Georgina Rodriguez

0:30.7

that they'd lost their baby boy at birth.

0:33.2

The couple were expecting twins, their baby girl survived.

0:36.8

We discuss baby loss and particularly the loss of a twin.

0:41.5

We meet Rian from Indy Rock Band Wetleg,

0:44.2

the band have taken the world by storm

0:45.8

after their debut album went straight to number one last week.

0:49.0

Then this week, the government have been discussing

0:51.3

the online safety bill, how best to regulate content on the internet.

0:54.7

We explore a fast-growing sector that isn't covered by this bill.

0:58.6

The metaverse.

0:59.8

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