Women Making Waves

Civil engineer Sheila Kissane-Marshall has over 20 years’ experience in construction, building bridges, highways, tunnels and buildings like the Shard. But with cancer she had another bridge to build; and Hannah Deacon describes her fight to allow her son to be given medical cannabis to bring his severe epilepsy under control.

Dr Nicky Dee, Head of Research at St John’s Innovation Centre talks about her exciting work with entrepreneurs. Adelina Chalmers is The Geek Whisperer – she talks about her life from picking fruit, working with human rights & equality organisations to advising Theresa May and now working with engineers and we meet barrister Aphra Bruce-Jones. Introduced by Linda Ness and Suzie Thorpe.

In this edition, Dr Dava J Newman, most recently NASA’s second-in-command; Sharon Williams, who has written an extraordinary story, which has been made into a short film and Bonnie Samuyiwa who has been selected by Powerful Media as one of the top 100 outstanding undergraduates from an African or Afro-Caribbean background.

Ever fancied flying off into the sunset in your own biplane? Adventurer Tracey Curtis-Taylor has done just that and thrills us with her escapades; Natalie Emuss gives a frank account about the very raw moment she was told of her breast cancer diagnosis. Cancer free, Natalie now fundraises for cancer charities. Emily Read co-founder of Pro Wrestling Eve gives us a behind the scenes of women’s wrestling – and it’s not pleasant. She tells us what she’s done about it.

Women Making Waves speak to three women who have been either fearlessly tackling taboo subjects, standing up and becoming a protestor extraordinaire or being recognised for her innovative ways. What does it feel like to walk into a room full of people when you are naked? We find out from feminist and economist Dr Victoria Bateman.

Andrea Cockerton founder of We Are Sound has recently been named as one of the 50 New Radicals by Nesta in conjunction with The Observer.

And Cathlyn Crawley has written a book about surviving the early days of parenthood, a period when it’s easy to believe that everyone else is coping better than you are.

Presented by Linda Ness and Suzie Thorpe.