Kansas is the first state in the US to decide in a referendum to protect abortion rights in a major victory for pro-choice groups. What impact could this have across the rest of America after the overturning of Roe vs Wade? Professor Fiona De Londras, Chair of Global Legal Studies at Birmingham Law School updates us.
The Lionesses win is still being celebrated, with thousands gathering in Trafalgar Square on Monday to celebrate. The women\u2019s game, however, has a history of being dramatically underfunded compared to the men\u2019s and currently 37% of schools don\u2019t offer girls\u2019 football in PE. To change this, the government has announced a \xa3230 million investment into improving grassroots football\u2026 but will it work? Former English international footballer Rachel Yankey and Francesca Brown, the founder and chief executive of Goals4Girls discuss their hopes for women\u2019s football and the lasting legacy of the Euro win.
We\u2019re looking at dance music on the programme today. A new report has found that just 5% of dance music in the UK charts has a female as the lead artist. The report also looks at gender equality issues at festivals, and how \u2018The Male Gaze\u2019 places pressure on women in the industry. The Radio 1 DJ Jaguar joins Jessica, alongside Nicola Davies, the report\u2019s lead author.
Sam Smith was the first, and youngest woman to ever run a stockbroking company in the UK, and she often found herself the only woman in a room or trading floor. She's one of just nine female CEOs of companies in the FTSE 100 index, and has decided to step down from her role at the firm she founded FinnCap Group PLC. So what are her reflections on how things have changed for women in the 24 years since she joined the world of finance?
Last year she turned 50 - at the same time her daughter left home for university. Thrown by how much it affected her, Juliette Pochin, a record producer working with artists ranging from Alfie Boe through to Harry Styles and the London Symphony Orchestra, has come out from behind the studio and written a cabaret show Music, Mayhem and a Mezzo. She is making her debut at the Edinburgh Fringe from the 5th to the 13th August.
Presenter: Jessica Creighton\nProducer: Kirsty Starkey
Interviewed Guest: Professor Fiona de Londras\nInterviewed Guest: Rachel Yankey\nInterviewed Guest: Francesca Brown\nInterviewed Guest: Jaguar\nInterviewed Guest: Nicola Davies\nInterviewed Guest: Sam Smith\nInterviewed Guest: Juliette Pochin