Standard Issue Podcast

Fiona MacKenzie wants policies for women


Listen Later

Fiona MacKenzie is Standard Issue’s original ‘random angry woman’, a tag she gave herself when she first came on the pod to talk about her campaign, We Can’t Consent To This. Her work led to a change in the law and the scrapping of the ‘rough sex defence’. 

Fiona’s now exploring how Westminster can work better for women with The Other Half, a non-partisan think tank developing policy in women’s interests and spanning public life, justice, Mothers and Others. This includes assisted dying safeguards to protect the lives of vulnerable women, which, as the officially titled Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill – more commonly known as the assisted dying bill – passes through Parliament, Fiona and Mick focus on in this interview.

The Other Half wants to hear from women in order to move forward in helping create policy that considers and benefits women, so take five minutes to fill in a couple of the surveys you’ll find on the website. theotherhalf.uk

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

...more
View all episodesView all episodes
Download on the App Store

Standard Issue PodcastBy Standard Issue

  • 4.8
  • 4.8
  • 4.8
  • 4.8
  • 4.8

4.8

109 ratings


More shows like Standard Issue Podcast

View all
THE ADAM BUXTON PODCAST by ADAM BUXTON

THE ADAM BUXTON PODCAST

1,150 Listeners

Like Minded Friends with Tom Allen & Suzi Ruffell by Keep It Light Media

Like Minded Friends with Tom Allen & Suzi Ruffell

140 Listeners

The Guilty Feminist by Deborah Frances-White

The Guilty Feminist

1,564 Listeners

Off Menu with Ed Gamble and James Acaster by Plosive

Off Menu with Ed Gamble and James Acaster

2,746 Listeners

Memory Lane with Kerry Godliman and Jen Brister by Dot Dot Dot Productions / Keep It Light Media

Memory Lane with Kerry Godliman and Jen Brister

54 Listeners

The Shift with Sam Baker by sam baker

The Shift with Sam Baker

88 Listeners

Namaste Motherf**kers by Cally Beaton

Namaste Motherf**kers

33 Listeners

Comfort Eating with Grace Dent by The Guardian

Comfort Eating with Grace Dent

211 Listeners

What The F*** Is Going On? with Mark Steel by WTF Productions

What The F*** Is Going On? with Mark Steel

98 Listeners

Crushed by Margaret Cabourn-Smith by Mighty Bunny Ltd

Crushed by Margaret Cabourn-Smith

39 Listeners

Dish by Cold Glass Productions

Dish

518 Listeners

Where There's A Will, There's A Wake by Sony Music Entertainment

Where There's A Will, There's A Wake

198 Listeners

Sara & Cariad's Weirdos Book Club by Plosive

Sara & Cariad's Weirdos Book Club

59 Listeners

The Rest Is Entertainment by Goalhanger

The Rest Is Entertainment

897 Listeners

Perfect Day with Jessica Knappett by Keep It Light Media / Jessica Knappett

Perfect Day with Jessica Knappett

65 Listeners