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Woman's Hour: Women and Equalities Minister. Celebrating the achievement of mothers. Ukraine refugees.

08/03/2022

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

BBC Radio 4 - Woman's Hour, Women and Equalities Minister. Celebrating the achievement of mothers. Ukraine refugees.

Women and Equalities Minister. Celebrating the achievement of mothers.

Why is there no position in the Cabinet solely dedicated to the job of Women and Equalities? The Glomama Awards, a space celebrating the achievements of mothers.

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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