The Eve Event

Today's disobedient woman is Amanda Cotton. Amanda is a talented artist that has followed in the age old tradition of courting controversy while exploring life and art. Her beautiful sculpture of 18th century female pirates Anne Bonnie and Mary Read really opened a can of worms and exposed a double standard or two in a sleepy Dorset coastal community...

Today we are introducing you to another disobedient women, Laura Richards. Laura has agreed to us sharing an episode of her podcast Crime Analyst. She really sums up the elements and threads of our recent episodes covering violence against women and children and we are hoping she will join us in person at some time in the future to discuss her life's work and achievements. Please also consider acting to support her campaign to compile a national register for serial stalking and domestic domestic violence perpetrators. Contact your MP to demand their support for it and sign the petition calling for it here.

https://www.change.org/p/boris-johnson-prime-minister-stop-serial-perpetrators-and-stalkers-abusing-multiple-women

Today the team talk further about the Government's attempts to fast track the policing Bill, restrict women's freedoms and the pushback from some very tenacious citizens.

We are excited to have Julie Bindel as our guest today. Julie is a founding member of the organisation Justice for Women and a leading voice in the fight for law reform to end male violence against women and girls - in all its guises!

Elsie Gayle - birth activist midwife, advocate and whistleblower - Being a person who takes responsibility seriously can be seriously bad for you!

Today's conversation is explosive! The team listen as Mars explains the uncomfortable facts around racism, white fragility and the need to do the work. It is a must-listen podcast and is one of the most important experiences of all the team members lives!

Midwifery is dead! Long live midwifery - We have a lively conversation about the loss of midwifery, loss of autonomy and how we rebuild from the ashes. Sadly some of us haven't noticed the fire burning around us...

Today we meet Nickita, Singer-songwriter, mother, doula, activist. Nickita has been profoundly impacted by her experiences of childbirth, both personally and professionally. When she heard about the plight of self-employed midwives and how they are unable to attend births legally she decided to act and be part of the solution. She's a very exciting addition to the team too!

https://encoremusicians.com/Nickita-Starck

Today the team revisit the latest MBBRACE-UK report to explore the way women are dying.

We discuss the most shocking findings that black and brown women are 5 times more likely to die that their white sisters, and try to unpack that!

But we also discuss the other shocker of women being murdered as a result of domestic violence, even though they disclosed their abuse and asked for help! Dont miss it!

Sophie is our lovely London Birth Practice client who has graciously allowed us to follow her pregnancy and birth on our social media feed.

Here she is talking about her journey and what the real take away points were for her...we bet surprisingly for listeners, it's not the labour and birth bit pinpointed as most important!