After a break for the pandemic, Julie Etchingham’s podcast Ask A Woman is back. As we get ready to unlock, women are getting to grips with all we’ve been through these past 12 months. We want to find out what lessons leading women have learned, and what needs to happen to make sure we build back better for all of us. From politicians to comedians, sportswomen to business leaders, Julie will pick the brains of some of the world’s top women, to fire us all up and fill us with inspiration.
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After a break for the pandemic, Julie Etchingham’s podcast Ask A Woman is back. As we get ready to unlock, women are getting to grips with all we’ve been through these past 12 months. We want to find out what lessons leading women have learned, and what needs to happen to make sure we build back better for all of us. From politicians to comedians, sportswomen to business leaders, Julie will pick the brains of some of the world’s top women, to fire us all up and fill us with inspiration.
Mary Ann Sieghart on fighting sexism in schools and closing 'the authority gap'
Ask A Woman
29 minutes
4 years ago
Mary Ann Sieghart on fighting sexism in schools and closing 'the authority gap'
Journalist and author Mary Ann Sieghart joins Julie for Episode Seven of Ask A Woman to discuss her new book ‘The Authority Gap’.
In the episode, Mary Ann explains her research into why women are still taken less seriously than men and how the pandemic could change things.
They also discuss the issue of sexism in schools, making parenting an equal occupation and just some of the 140 things Mary Ann thinks you can do to be a better feminist.
We hear the stories that inspired her book, advice from the women she admires the most and find out why a pirate Queen and Patti Smith would be her dream dinner guests.
Ask A Woman
After a break for the pandemic, Julie Etchingham’s podcast Ask A Woman is back. As we get ready to unlock, women are getting to grips with all we’ve been through these past 12 months. We want to find out what lessons leading women have learned, and what needs to happen to make sure we build back better for all of us. From politicians to comedians, sportswomen to business leaders, Julie will pick the brains of some of the world’s top women, to fire us all up and fill us with inspiration.