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Woman's Hour

Women and Labour, Zarifa Ghafari, Leicester women united

Woman's Hour

BBC

Society & Culture, Health & Fitness, Personal Journals

4.22.9K Ratings

🗓️ 28 September 2022

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Sir Keir Starmer delivered his speech to the Labour Party conference yesterday. It comes as YouGov polling shows women would be more likely than men to vote Labour if an election were held now. What's behind this? Former Tony Blair aide for over 10 years Baroness Sally Morgan joins Emma Barnett alongside Anoosh Chakelin Britain Editor at the New Statesman. Actor Gwyneth Paltrow decided to pose naked, mostly covered in gold body powder, and then posted her photos on social media saying she had learned to accept 'the marks and the loosening skin, the wrinkles' that come with turning 50 and her decision was 'more about the female gaze and just a sense of fun'. Is there power to be gained from going naked? Emma speaks to economist and author Dr Victoria Bateman who protested against Brexit naked on TV, and walked naked into the drinks reception at the Royal Economic Society Conference. A group of grandmothers, mothers, sisters, aunts and daughters from Leicester have called for an end to the clashes involving mainly young men from sections of the Muslim and Hindu communities. The tensions in the city, which started last month following an India and Pakistan cricket match and the spread of misinformation on social media, resulted in large-scale disorder on 17th September on the east side of the city. This has led to nearly 50 arrests, 158 crimes being recorded and nine people being charged. The arrests have included people from outside of the city. The group of South Asian women of Muslim, Hindu and Sikh faiths in Leicester issued a joint statement at the weekend saying "As strong proud Asian women, we know that when Leicester is united, it can never be defeated.” Joining Emma are local Labour Councillor Rita Patel who is Hindu and Yasmin Surti, a Muslim mother of three and Secretary of the Federation of Muslim Organisations in Leicester. Zarifa Ghafari was the youngest woman to become a mayor in Afghanistan, before having to flee the country last year after threats on her life by the Taliban, once again back in charge. Zarifa sadly knows first hand the brutality of the regime, as only weeks after another assassination attempt on her life failed in 2020, the Taliban killed her father. Her story forms the basis of a new Netflix documentary called In Her Hands and a book called Zarifa. She joins Emma from Germany, where she and her mother, fiance and six siblings now live in safety.

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0:00.0

BBC Sounds Music Radio Podcasts

0:05.3

Hello, I'm Emma Barnett and welcome to Woman's Hour from BBC Radio 4.

0:09.8

Today you will find for your listening pleasure that the economy and posing naked are entwined.

0:15.1

But before I get to that, a woman is running the country and yet analysis of a new poll which

0:19.6

puts Labour ahead of the Conservatives by 17 points shows Labour is doing particularly well

0:25.1

with women should there be an election.

0:27.9

But is this the case with you?

0:30.2

And if it is, are you actively turning towards Sir Keir Starmer, the leader of the Labour

0:34.7

Party, and what he's saying as the next Prime Minister, or is it a case of turning away

0:38.8

from Liz Truss and the Conservatives, and Labour being the only major option to which you

0:44.4

feel you can turn?

0:46.2

Let me know, 8484 for me and treat her here where you are with this because of course

0:50.2

we know polls are far from perfect and of course you with your views this morning may have

0:55.6

only just changed, they may be changing, they may have been different for a while, do

0:59.4

let us know, do you get in touch on social media where at BBC Woman's Hour or you can

1:03.4

email me through the Woman's Hour website or send a WhatsApp message or voice note on

1:07.8

03-700-100-444.

1:12.4

As Gwyneth Paltrow poses naked, painted gold for a photo shoot to mark her 50th birthday,

1:18.4

would you?

1:19.4

Have you marked any key milestones in your life with nudity or tried to make a point naked?

1:24.4

I'll be joined by an economist today who famously tried to make her points about Brexit

1:29.4

on national TV and radio in the buff.

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