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DC Mamta Nokes and PC Neha Prasad are smashing glass ceilings and challenging stereotypes head-on. Hear about how their motivations for joining, their experience of being South Asian policewomen and how they are pushing back against assumptions based on race and gender to have fulfilling and life-changing careers that help and protect others. If you're interested in learning more then please visit https://www.surrey.police.uk/careers

Author of the hit book The Henna Artist Alka Joshi joins BAWM to explore the difficulties and nuances of being a South Asian woman, a theme in her book, alongside reflecting on starting a new career in her 50’s, growing up in a desi household and breaking stereotypes in South Asian culture.

Dancer, choreographer and Artistic Director of the Sonia Sabri Company, Sonia Sabri talks to us about urban kathak, how she's making kathak more accessible, what it's like to be a south Asian dancer, how she manages all her different roles, how she choreographs whole performances and the effect the pandemic has had on her dance students.

Conservative MP  for Wealden, Nusrat Ghani talks about her views on the way our government is handling the UK's third national lockdown and its impact on education and mental health. She talks about the impact the virus has had on south Asian groups and how she is challenging the government in highlighting this.  A part of the British Energy and Industrial Committee, she talks about stopping British companies from exploiting the forced labour of Uighurs in China by a adding a #NoGenocide amendment to the UK's Trade Bill now that it is out of the EU.  Finally she gives her advice for young women of colour looking to join politics as well as advice on dealing with trolls.

First diagnosed with breast cancer at 29, Toral Shah has battled the disease twice, helped her mum through her battle with it, and started her own consultancy, The Urban Kitchen, to help people change their lifestyle and diet to help prevent disease. She talks about how sharing our experiences and community-specific education are pivotal to challenging taboos about health in south Asian communities, how she is working in public policy to inform and improve health outcomes for BAME individuals, how a holistic approach, combining mental, physical and social health is the future of healthcare and how you can perform a lifesaving breast check on yourself each month.

The Urban Kitchen: https://www.theurbankitchen.co.uk
Asian Women's Cancer Group: http://www.asianwomencancergroup.co.uk
CoppaFeel's how to check your breasts video: https://coppafeel.org/your-boobs/boob-check-101/ 
Breast Cancer Now symptoms diagrams: https://breastcancernow.org/information-support/have-i-got-breast-cancer/signs-symptoms-breast-cancer
ghd breast check and campaign video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZsY7W9iOn0

From a wealthy and luxury-laden life as an investment banker to sleeping outside with her belongings in the car while she built a hotel from the ground up, Trish Dhanak speaks about how she left everything and her life in London to start the luxury five star hotel, Upendo, in Zanzibar.

Anjli Mohindra, a successful British Asian actress who has worked in shows such as The Dr Who spin-off; The Sarah Jane Adventures and the BBC's Bodyguard, talks about how she got into the industry, her experience of it as a woman of colour, how we can get more south Asian stories produced, her experience with racial micro aggressions and her advice for other south Asians looking to become actors. 

Shelina, founder of Muslim LGBTQIA+ charity; Hidayah, talks about how her coming out journey prompted her to start Hidayah, her experience of being an LGBTQIA+ individual and Muslim, what Hidayah does and how they help people and what allies need to do to help encourage more acceptance within the south Asian community.

16 year old activist Ishaan Shah talks about his work to raise awareness of slavery in the UK and how people can help prevent it, the need for conversations around sex and consent between parents and their children and what young men need to learn about gender equality. 

I talk to entrepreneur and activist Gina Miller, about how she's challenging the belief 'Greed is Good', by establishing fair and ethical businesses, changing EU legislation to hold the finance sector to account, following the 2008 financial crash and her bravery and fierce determination in facing up to trolls when she took the British government to court over it's Brexit proceedings.