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	Podcast:		Woman's Hour
	Episode:		Women and the gig economy, Boxing and domestic violence, Leading the UN
	Category:		News & Politics
	Duration:		00:56:01
	Publish Date:		2025-03-24 12:09:00
	Description:		Presenter Clare McDonnell explores how the gig economy impacts migrant women working in the UK, especially those in Ecommerce and social care. She's joined by director Laura Carriera, whose award-winning film On Falling explores the loneliness of a young Portuguese woman working as a picker in an online retailer's warehouse. We also hear from Dr Dora Olivia Vicol, Chief Executive of the Work Rights Centre, a charity supporting migrant workers - and ‘Rose’, who came to the UK to work in the care sector, shares her experience of being exploited and threatened by her employers. Lesley Sackey is a British boxer and European champion, who's also a survivor of domestic abuse. She's now using boxing to help women in similar situations overcome their trauma and build confidence and self esteem by getting in the ring. She joins Clare to talk about the 10-week Fight Forward programme she's set up, along with one of the women she's been working with. The race for the next UN Secretary-General - who will be appointed for a five-year renewal term in 2026 - has begun. Campaigners are fighting for a more transparent, fair and inclusive process to elect the world’s top civil servant, and are demanding that the appointee finally be a woman. We hear from two of the people who are part of the push to make this happen - Maria Noel Leoni, Director of the GQUAL Campaign and Susana Malcorra, co-founder and President of Global Women Leaders Voices - about how the process works and why a woman has not been elected in its 80-year history. Presenter: Clare McDonnell Producer: Sarah Jane Griffiths
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