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Woman's Hour: Weekend Woman's Hour:  Women and Equalities Minister, Rachael Denhollander & USA Gymnastics, Betty Boo

08/03/2022

Weekend Woman's Hour:  Women and Equalities Minister, Rachael Denhollander & USA Gymnastics, Betty Boo

BBC Radio 4 - Woman's Hour, Weekend Woman's Hour:  Women and Equalities Minister, Rachael Denhollander & USA Gymnastics, Betty Boo

We explore what role the Women and Equalities Minister should serve.

What do we know about the women who are choosing to stay and fight in Ukraine?

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? We hear from Amber Rudd who juggled the job of being Home Secretary, while she was also Work and Pensions Secretary and from  Shadow Women and Equalities Minister Anneliese Dodds, who's also Chair of the Labour Party.

There have been elections in India this week and one journalist who’s been covering them is Rana Ayyub. She’s an Indian, Muslim journalist who writes for the Washington Post but she’s based in Mumbai. At the moment she’s under extreme pressure because of her work. She's experiencing serious online abuse, so much so that international monitoring groups worry that her life is in danger.

Anne Dickson's book, A Woman In Your Own Right: The art of assertive, clear and honest communication, was first published 40 years ago. It has been in print ever since. Anne outlines the skills and techniques she pioneered and why they are still relevant today.

Our TV screens are full of Ukrainian refugees - mainly women and children - who are fleeing their country.  However, we're increasingly seeing women who are staying.  We hear from the Ukrainian MP, Inna Sovsun.

In 2016 Rachael Denhollander became the first woman to publicly accuse the USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar of sexual assault. Rachael talks about her fight for justice and the impact on elite gymnastics culture.

The singer and songwriter Betty Boo is back. The platinum success artist made a name for herself in the 1990s for her unapologetic attitude, and combination of Pop and Hip Hop music. Betty Boo has now released her first solo single in almost three decades.

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