Women and confidence in the police, Maria Ressa, and the future of the handbag post pandemic

Woman's Hour

BBC

Society & Culture, Health & Fitness, Personal Journals

4.2 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 17 March 2021

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

The death of Sarah Everard has led to concerns for women's safety in public. Women have been encouraged to put their trust in the police if facing harassment or any kind of jeopardy. But following last Saturday's vigil on Clapham Common, where the Met police were criticised for their response, just how confident can women be in the police? Did their behaviour at that event reveal an institutional misogyny? Emma talks to Susannah Fish, former Chief Constable of Nottinghamshire Police force and Olivia Pinkney, Chief Constable for Hampshire, representing the National Police Chief’s Council.

We talk to Maria Ressa who is one of the Philippines most outspoken journalists who was named a Time magazine Person of the year in 2018. She’s a vocal critic of President Rodrigo Duterte’s regime and his deadly war on drugs, his attempts to silence the press and the rise of disinformation and fake news on social media.

And we hear from Lucia Savi, the curator of a new handbags exhibition at the V&A museum in London about learn how this fashion accessory - like much else in life - has been impacted by the pandemic and lockdown.

Presenter: Emma Barnett Producer: Lisa Jenkinson Studio Engineer: Duncan Hannant

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0:00.0	Choosing what to watch night after night the flicking through the endless
0:06.8	searching is a nightmare we want to help you on our brand new podcast off the
0:11.8	telly we share what we've been watching
0:14.0	Fladiated.
0:16.0	Load to games, loads of fun, loads of screaming.
0:19.0	Lovely. Off the telly with me Joanna Paige.
0:21.0	And me, Natalie Cassidy, so your evenings can be a little less
0:25.0	searching and a lot more auction listen on BBC Sounds, music radio podcasts.
0:35.0	Hello, I'm Emma Barnet and welcome to Woman's Ah, from BBC Radio 4.
0:39.6	Good morning, we had a huge response from you yesterday in answer to the question about what would make you feel safer walking home at night or in the day and of course a conversation prompted by the killing of 33 year old Sarah Everard.
0:52.8	Thank you so much for those messages, some of which I'm going to come back to today,
0:56.1	one in particular regarding the culture or the perceived culture in the police force.
1:01.9	It is confirmed that the Metropolitan Police, the force
1:04.4	handling the investigation into Sarah's murder, has referred itself seven times
1:09.1	to the police watchdog over incidents surrounding the case, one of which concerns a police officer
1:15.1	guarding the site of where Sarah Everett's body was found who's been removed from
1:19.1	duty for sharing offensive material on what's up about her kidnap and murder with his colleagues.
1:25.2	An action which if true the Home Office Minister Victoria Atkins representing the government
1:29.4	told us on yesterday's programme was absolutely disgraceful.
1:34.1	Today we're talking to one former chief constable
1:37.0	and another serving chief constable
1:38.7	about what it's like to both serve as a woman in the force,
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