LSE Gender Institute Podcasts

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Barrister Christine Chinkin, LSE Emerita Professor of International Law, reflects on the Commission's cross-cutting theme of violence against women [Audio]

2015-07-1708:38

Contributor(s): Christine Chinkin | Professor Christine Chinkin explores how violence against women is a topic relevant to law, media, politics and economics. Violence specifically against women needs to be given more prominence and it needs to be set on the agenda by the government, argues Professor Christine Chinkin.

Saphieh Ashtiany, leading solicitor and Gender, Inequality and Power Commission Law Commissioner, reflects on the Commission's cross-cutting theme of rights [Audio]

2015-07-1710:59

Contributor(s): Saphieh Ashtiany | Saphieh Ashtiany discusses the various legal measures that can be taken to level out gender inequality and to help women assert their rights. She highlights the importance of looking at what kind of rights are necessary and which laws work. She notes how cuts to legal aid and higher legal fees in employment tribunals have a disproportionate effect on women.

Stephanie Seguino discusses her lecture on Race, Gender and Austerity as part of the Commission on Gender, Inequality and Power [Audio]

2015-07-1708:46

Contributor(s): Stephanie Seguino | Professor Stephanie Seguino reflects on how single parent households and certain racial groups were disadvantaged before the economic crisis and they experience the greatest burden of austerity after the crisis. She argues this will lead to long-term problems in the economy.

Ania Plomien, Assistant Professor in Gender and Social Science at the LSE Gender Institute, reflects on the Commission’s crossing-cutting theme of work-life balance [Audio]

2015-06-0212:30

Contributor(s): Ania Plomien | Women in industrialised countries are participating more in the labour market and this growth is especially seen among mothers. Dr Ania Plomien reflects on these changes in the labour market and discusses how these changes challenge the balance of working life and family life.

Dr Anita Biressi, Reader in Media Cultures at the University of Roehampton, talks about the importance of hearing the voices of ordinary women [Audio]

2015-05-2808:35

Contributor(s): Dr Anita Biressi | Dr Anita Biressi reflects on how the voices of ordinary women can get recognition and respect in the political and media spheres; not just the voices of women in prominent positions.

Joni Lovenduski, Anniversary Professor of Politics at Birkbeck College, University of London, reflects on the cross-cutting theme of power [Audio]

2015-05-2809:35

Contributor(s): Joni Lovenduski | In this podcast, Professor Joni Lovenduski argues power is not only a matter of presence but also of process in politics, media, business and law. Getting more women in power and influence is necessary, but changes to processes that impede on women’s effectiveness is also important.

Emily Jackson, Head of the LSE Law Department, talks about gender in the legal system and medical law [Audio]

2015-03-3007:37

Contributor(s): Emily Jackson | Emily Jackson talks about the under-representation of women in the legal system and discusses legal debates around access to fertility treatment and the failure to provide safe and effective contraception and abortion in other countries.

Nicola Lacey, the Co-Director of the LSE Commission on Gender, Inequality and Power talks about gender and the law [Audio]

2015-03-3012:06

Contributor(s): Nicola Lacey | In this podcast, Nicola Lacey talks about a range of subjects including violence against women and children, discrimination in the law, how to achieve more gender equality in the judiciary, and equal pay.

Purna Sen, Deputy Director of the Institute of Public Affairs, talks about the experiences of women in politics and public life [Audio]

2015-03-2009:36

Contributor(s): Purna Sen | In this podcast, Purna Sen talks about women in political and public life, drawing on evidence from the Commission, her research about women in public life ('Above the Parapet') and her own experience of being a Parliamentary candidate.

Anne Phillips, Politics Session Lead for the LSE Commission on Gender, Inequality and Power, talks about the gendered nature of political power [Audio]

2015-02-1809:30

Contributor(s): Anne Phillips | Anne Phillips, Graham Wallas Professor of Political Science, talks about the under-representation of women in politics and the corresponding lack of influence over key political debates in the UK.

Scarlet Harris, TUC Women’s Equality Officer, talks about gender and inequality in the labour market. [Audio]

2015-01-2807:39

Contributor(s): Scarlet Harris | Scarlet is the TUC’s Women’s Equality Officer, based in the Equality and Employment Rights Department. In this podcast, Scarlet talks about women in the labour market as part of the LSE Commission on Gender, Inequality and Power.

The Co-Director of the LSE Commission on Gender, Inequality and Power talks about gender and inequality in the economy [Audio]

2015-01-2811:05

Contributor(s): Diane Perrons | In this podcast, Professor Diane Perrons analyses gender dimensions of increasing economic inequality with particular reference to crises, austerity and alternative patterns of socially sustainable development. Much of her work examines the interplay between economic and social theory and everyday life. She is currently co-directing the LSE’s Commission on Gender, Inequality and Power.

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