Laura Bates

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<p>Laura Bates has dedicated her life to addressing gender inequality. She is the founder of the Everyday Sexism Project and a Sunday Times Bestselling author. Laura has released five books including Girl Up, Misogynation, Men Who Hate Women and her most recent book, Fix the System, Not the Women. She works closely with politicians, businesses, schools, police forces and organisations from the Council of Europe to the United Nations to tackle gender inequality.&nbsp;</p><br><p>Here, Laura talks to Annie about the problem with today’s systems, shocking stories and statistics highlighted in her book and on the Everyday Sexism website, the ways her own life has changed doing this work, our relationship dynamics and how they can change, education, parenting and much more. No doubt every woman will recognise aspects of this conversation and everyone (of all genders) can learn something from it.&nbsp;</p><br><p><strong>Content warning:&nbsp;</strong>&nbsp;sexual abuse, rape and violent threats are all mentioned.</p><br><p><strong>You can buy Laura’s book and find out about Everyday Sexism and her other work here:&nbsp;</strong><a href="https://linktr.ee/laura_bates__" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://linktr.ee/laura_bates__</a></p><br><p><strong>The organisations which Laura mentions are here:</strong></p><p>Centre for Women’s Justice:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.centreforwomensjustice.org.uk/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.centreforwomensjustice.org.uk/</a></p><p>Rights of Women:&nbsp;<a href="https://rightsofwomen.org.uk/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://rightsofwomen.org.uk/</a></p><p>Level Up:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.welevelup.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.welevelup.org/</a></p><p>Women for Women:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.womenforwomen.org/will-you-use-your-powertochange?src=GGWD22032A&amp;gclid=Cj0KCQjwj_ajBhCqARIsAA37s0w9a5EpjxsyNWVjXMIGWXHOoYkwjRKQEJrX2aPojA3Dh1X0M_IYYLQaAuBZEALw_wcB" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.womenforwomen.org</a></p><br><p><strong>Changes is a deaf friendly podcast, transcripts can be accessed here:</strong><a href="https://www.anniemacmanus.com/changes" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong> https://www.anniemacmanus.com/changes</strong></a></p><p><br></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>