Weekend Woman’s Hour: Julia Gillard, Ophelia Lovibond, Medusa

Woman's Hour

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🗓️ 17 September 2022

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Julia Gillard, former Australian Prime Minister – and the only woman to have held that role – reflects on the death of Queen Elizabeth II and her status as a global female leader. What will it mean for Australia where King Charles automatically became Head of State last week? Ophelia Lovibond, best known for playing Izzy Gould in the BBC mockumentary series W1A, discusses her new TV series Minx and playing Carrie Johnson. In a bid to close stubborn gender pay gaps, several states in the USA have passed laws requiring salary ranges to be clearly stated on all job ads. To discuss the growing trend and whether it is workable in the UK, we hear from money blogger Iona Bain and Radha Vyas, co-founder of the group travel company Flash Pack. The Hungarian government has tightened abortion laws in the country, meaning women who want to get an abortion will have to listen to vital signs - such as the foetal heartbeat - before being allowed to proceed. Nick Thorpe, the BBC's East and Central Europe Correspondent explains. 'Beehives, Bobs & Blowdries' is an exhibition celebrating the art and skills of hairdressing along with some of the most iconic looks of the past 70 years. Our reporter Tamsin Smith speaks to some of the women perusing the exhibits about some of the looks they've tried over the years. Since she was a girl the writer and broadcaster Natalie Haynes has been fascinated by Greek Myths. Her fourth novel ‘Stone Blind’ tells the story of Medusa and gets us way beyond snake hair and a deadly gaze to understand why she's become the monster in re-tellings of her story over the centuries.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Weekend Woman's Hour, where we look back at the week just gone.
0:04.6	A unique week, one that won't happen again, and one we won't forget.
0:09.2	A period of national mourning for her majesty, the Queen, the longest-serving monarch in British history.
0:15.2	In the past few days, many across the UK have already paid their respects as she lies in state
0:19.8	at Westminster Hall ahead of her funeral on Monday. Her passing will be felt in many ways
0:25.2	in the coming days and weeks as we adjust to a world without her constant presence and step into
0:30.4	a new era of King Charles III. On today's programme, Julia Gillard, the former Prime Minister of Australia,
0:37.3	pays tribute to her majesty and reflects on her own iconic speech on misogyny.
0:42.8	We have classicist and comedian Natalie Haynes on the enduring myth of Medusa,
0:47.8	and the actor Aphelia Loveybond on her new TV series, Minx, and playing Carrie Johnson.
0:53.1	But first, Julia Gillard was Australian Prime Minister from 2010 to 2013.
0:59.2	She remains the only woman to have held that role, and while in power, she met with
1:03.7	Queen Elizabeth II as Australia's head of state. Since leaving office, Julia Gillard has gone
1:08.6	on to explore and promote global female leadership, having gone viral with that speech nearly 10 years
1:14.5	ago about misogyny. It's likely that Australians will be offered a chance to decide whether they
1:20.0	still want a British monarch as head of state. The current Labour government there is led by a
1:24.8	Republican, and as previously indicated, it wants to hold a referendum on the issue, though just
1:30.0	last week said that now is not the time to talk about our system of government. While Emma
1:35.2	spoke to Julia earlier this week and began by asking her for her reflections on the death of her
1:40.1	majesty, the Queen. This, of course, is very sad news and I can understand why people are queuing
1:46.1	and wanting to pay their respects. It's sad because it's a human story about the loss of a much
1:52.7	loved family member. And I think for many of us that reminds us of episodes in our own lives where
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