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Woman's Hour: Emma Gannon on her new book (Dis)connected, Virginia Giuffre US civil case, Helen Pankhurst

13/01/2022

Emma Gannon on her new book (Dis)connected, Virginia Giuffre US civil case, Helen Pankhurst

BBC Radio 4 - Woman's Hour, Emma Gannon on her new book (Dis)connected, Virginia Giuffre US civil case, Helen Pankhurst

Emma Gannon on her new book new book, (Dis)connected.

Emma Gannon on how to have a healthier relationship with tech. The Virginia Giuffre US civil case. Helen Pankhurst on the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill.

How can we have a healthier relationship with tech, the internet and social media? In her new book Disconnected, podcaster Emma Gannon looks at how we can take back control, set boundaries, and unlearn bad habits from doomscrolling to having opinions for opinion’s sake. She also reflects on whether a constructive call-out culture is more beneficial than cancel culture online.

Helen Pankhurst, the granddaughter and the great-granddaughter of Suffragettes, Sylvia and Emmeline Pankhurst talks about the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill which the House of Lords will debate on Monday. Helen argues our right to protest which is a fundamental part of democracy, is under threat. Reflecting on historical and global parallels, she argues that protest is both a safety valve and catalyst for change in the fight for equality, including women’s rights, race, disability, social inequality and climate.

Plus can theatre be used as a health and wellbeing tool to support women’s understanding of their relationship with sex? A Play About Sex partners academic research with creative practice to find out. Independent theatre producer, Hannah Farley-Hills explains how.


Prince Andrew is to face a civil case in the US over allegations he sexually assaulted a woman when she was 17, after his legal bid to have it thrown out failed. 
 To help us understand the detail of why it was unsuccessful we hear from Dominic Casciani our Home and Legal Affairs Correspondent.  Plus Georgina Calvert-Lee, an employment and equality lawyer at McAlister Olivarius, an expert on NDAs and settlements looks at what justice might  look like from Virginia Giuffre's position

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