Women and Equalities Minister. Celebrating the achievement of mothers. Ukraine refugees.

Woman's Hour

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🗓️ 8 March 2022

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Why in 2022 is there no position in the Cabinet solely dedicated to the job of Women and Equalities? Why is it always tagged onto another cabinet role? Emma talks to Amber Rudd who juggled the job of being Home Secretary while she was Work and Pensions Secretary too. Plus, Shadow Women and Equalities Minister Anneliese Dodds, who's also Chair of the Labour Party. When the war in Ukraine was just unfolding we spoke to Iryna Terlecky who's Chair of the Association of Ukrainian Women in Great Britain. Since then she's has been busy responding to the refugee crisis by representing the Ukrainian community in meetings with the Government, talking to both Michael Gove, the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, and with the Home Secretary Priti Patel. Emma spoke to her about what she makes of the latest government response to what's going on. Do you think motherhood gets enough recognition? We meet Agnes Agyepong, the founder of the Glomama Awards, a space celebrating the achievements of mothers, and one of this year’s winners, Safiyya Vorajee. Plus, why more and more organisations are seeking out staff and volunteers with direct experiences to help them front campaigns, fundraise and inform policy. We hear from Tom Quinn, Director of External Affairs at Beat, the UK’s Eating Disorder Charity and Miriam Taylor, a psychotherapist and author who specialises in trauma about why is it so important to have people with what's termed "lived experience" and why safeguards must be in place to protect them. Presenter Emma Barnett Producer Beverley Purcell

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts.
0:05.4	Hello, I'm Emma Barnett and welcome to Women's Hour from BBC Radio 4.
0:09.8	Good morning and welcome to the programme where it is always International Women's Day
0:14.2	and has been for 76 years.
0:16.1	But on today, which is actually International Women's Day, Ukrainian women and girls
0:20.8	are having a very different time than they would in normal circumstances.
0:25.0	They're not facing the unimaginable horrors of war. In Ukraine, it's traditional for
0:29.8	men to spoil the women in their lives. Every year, on March 8th, with flowers and gifts
0:35.2	or breakfast in bed, women can expect to be pampered and told why they're special and
0:40.0	loved. As well as men congratulating women, there's a tradition of women also congratulating
0:44.9	each other on International Women's Day in Ukraine normally, mothers to daughters, sister
0:49.6	sisters and friends to friends.
0:51.8	And I'm also told that some men take up all the household chores for the day in regular
0:55.9	times. Now you may bulk at some of those traditions, but the point is, normally today is a real
1:01.4	celebration. And today, of course, the contrast is stark.
1:06.2	Now the women don't need flowers or want such things. They need safe passage, food, a roof
1:11.5	over their heads and so far the UK has only provided 300 visas. We're going to try to
1:16.9	get to the bottom of that with the chair of the Association of Ukrainian Women in Great
1:20.5	Britain, who's been talking to government ministers, including home secretary, pretty
1:25.2	Patel. But speaking of ministers, if I asked you two questions, what would you say? Do
1:31.4	you know that we have a women's minister in this country? Second question, if so, can
1:36.8	you name her? And it is her.
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