Women of the World and Annie Lennox
Women of the World, Annie Lennox, Ebola, the My Body Back campaign and live music from Ibibio Sound Machine. Jenni Murray presents.
Jane will be in a glass box at Southbank Centre's WOW - Women of the World Festival. Annie Lennox will join us, we look at 'My body back' - a campaign about sex after abuse and talk to a journalist highlighting women's issues under the threat of Ebola in Sierra Leone. We will be hearing from Gemma Cairney about the perspectives of girls in the UK, and performance artist Bobby Baker joins me to talk about a grandmother's view. There's live music from Ibibio sound machine, and we'll be finding out how to get a pay rise.
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Ibibio sound machine
Duration: 00:54
Gemma Cairney
Duration: 06:28
Bobby Baker
Duration: 04:56
Annie Lennox
Duration: 06:01
Reclaiming Sex and Physicality After Sexual Violence
Duration: 07:14
Olabisi Garrick and Ebola
Duration: 04:47
How to ask for a pay rise: Stevie Spring
Duration: 05:03
Ibibio sound machine
Eno Williams fronts , a band which effortlessly combines 70s funk / disco sounds with lyrics in the Nigerian Ibibio language inspired by stories which Eno inherited from her mother.听 The result is an upbeat new sound.听 They鈥檒l join us to play live.
They are performing at the听festival听on Thursday 5th March
Gemma Cairney
Radio 1鈥檚 was sent by WOW around the country to record the thoughts of young girls about their concerns, dreams and aspirations.听 She joins us to tell us what they had to say.
Bobby Baker
Bobby Baker has been making art work for over 40 years, from performance art to installations with names such as 鈥楢n Edible family in a Mobile 麻豆约拍鈥�, 鈥楶ull Yourself Together鈥� 鈥楬ow to shop鈥�, 鈥楬ow to live鈥� and 鈥�.听 She takes her inspiration from her own experience and domesticity.听 She is at the WOW festival as a grandmother with an update on her show 鈥� and she joins Jane to tell her about it.
Annie Lennox
Reclaiming Sex and Physicality After Sexual Violence
After rape or sexual abuse the focus is often on emotional support.听 But what about addressing the physical impact of assault on the body? 听How do victims manage to reclaim their bodies from being what one survivor described as a 鈥渃rime scene鈥� into being a personal space that is capable of sexual intimacy and pleasure?听 We are joined by psychologist Dr Nina Burrows and survivor of abuse Pavan Amara who will tell us about her 鈥�My Body Back鈥� project.听
The 'My Body Back' project will be officially launched at the 听on Saturday 7th March between 3.30 鈥� 4.30pm
Olabisi Garrick and Ebola
We鈥檝e all seen disturbing and upsetting news footage from Sierra Leone and neighbouring countries during the Ebola outbreak.听 But what is life like for women trying to carry on as much as normal?听 Olabisi Garrick is a Journalist based in Free Town, she joins us to tell us about the projects she鈥檚 been working on, whilst coping with the threat of EbolaHow to ask for a pay rise: Stevie Spring
Despite the equal pay act from 1970, women are still paid less than men, taking home 85 pence for every pound that men do.听 One way of applying pressure on employers is to simply ask for a pay rise.听 Stevie Spring is leading a session at WOW entitled 鈥楶lease sir, can I have some more?鈥�
Stevie鈥檚 session at WOW is 鈥淧lease sir, can I have some more?鈥� on Friday 6th March 2.30 鈥� 3pm
Credits
Role Contributor Presenter Jane Garvey Producer Corinna Jones Interviewed Guest Pavan Amara Interviewed Guest Nina Burrows Interviewed Guest Gemma Cairney Interviewed Guest Bobby Baker Interviewed Guest Annie Lennox Interviewed Guest Eno Williams Interviewed Guest Stevie Spring Performer Ibibio Sound Machine Broadcast
- Fri 6 Mar 2015 10:00麻豆约拍 Radio 4
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