Sparking a love of nature; the Keira Bell judgement; Evil women; US female voters
Beccy Speight of the RSPB and Miranda Lowe of the Natural History Museum in London discuss the various ways people can develop a lifelong love of the natural world.
The Woman鈥檚 Hour Power List 2020: Our Planet is celebrating the women making a significant contribution to the environment. Today, we鈥檙e speaking to two women who strive to spark a lifelong love of nature in others. Beccy Speight is the CEO of the RSPB, the UK鈥檚 largest conservation charity and Miranda Lowe is a curator at the Natural History Museum in London.
The High Court has ruled that children under 16 with gender dysphoria are 鈥榰nlikely鈥� to be able to give informed consent to undergo treatment with puberty-blocking drugs. The case had been brought against Tavistock and Portman NHS Trust. Health Correspondent for 麻豆社 Newsnight Deborah Cohen joins Krupa to explain the judgment and its potential implications for clinical practice.
In the recent US election an estimated 90% of black women voters supported President-elect Joe Biden. And while college-educated white women further cemented their shift to Democrat support, white women overall continued to vote for President Donald Trump. We speak to Professor of Political Science, Wendy Smooth from Ohio State University about what created this divide, the significance of the women鈥檚 vote and the overall pattern of women鈥檚 political choice.
What makes an 鈥榚vil woman鈥�? From Eve and her original evil, to the true horrors of Myra Hindley, Professor Joanna Bourke鈥檚 new series of Gresham College lectures explore some of the women described as such 鈥� and how the bar for evil has changed over time.
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