In this episode, we re-live the very special event that was the NFWI Annual Meeting, 2024, held on 6 June at The Royal Albert Hall. We hear key moments from Nazir Afzal OBE’s landmark speech on the “pandemic” of violence against women and girls, and sit down with Spice Girl Mel B MBE before she addressed 5,000 members in the hall - about her lived experience of an abusive 10 year marriage. We also hear from Eddie Crouch, Chair of the British Dental Association – as our new resolution ‘Dental Health Matters’ gets the green light to be the WI’s new campaign. And with members’ voices and a huge chorus of WI anthem ‘Jerusalem’, if you weren’t there, it will feel like you were!To sign Mel B’s Family Courts petition to train judges using experts working with abused women and children, visit https://takeaction.womensaid.org.uk/melaniebrownpetitionThis podcast is presented by Aanchal Mann, and produced by Rob Dyson. June 2024.
For this, our very first edition of the Women's Institute official podcast, we are exploring the challenges and opportunities as experienced by neurodivergent women. We hear from Pippa, Angela, and Debra - three neurodivergent women who tell us their personal stories of seeking diagnosis, and finding passion and problem solving in their daily lives. As well as the importance of friendship and understanding. We also speak to Chair of the Women and Equalities Committee, Caroline Nokes MP, for her policy making perspective.The NFWI's 'Thinking Differently' campaign surveyed neurodivergent women, and the new report lays out some clear calls to action to make society more accepting and embracing of women with autism and ADHD. Read more on our website, www.theWI.org.uk.More details on our interviewees:Angela Kirwin: https://linktr.ee/angelakirwinDebra Presley: https://diversenation.co.ukPippa Simou: https://www.theadd-vantage.co.uk/pippas-blog/This podcast is presented by Aanchal Mann, and produced by Rob Dyson. April 2024.
