If you're a woman with a baby you're going to miss out on nearly £70,000 in wages over the next ten years. James Kirkup, from Social Market Foundation, Ellie Gibbs Senior mental health nurse working for the NHS and Shannon Pite from EYAlliance discuss
Emma Barnett talks to Oscar-winner Dame Emma Thompson about her new film, Good Luck To You, Leo Grande. Plus, the rising cost of childcare and The Red Dress Project.Oscar-winner Dame Emma Thompson has graced our screens for four decades. As an actor, she's played all kinds of women, from her role as Elinor Dashwood in Sense and Sensibility to her heart-breaking Karen in Christmas favourite, Love Actually. But now she's taking on a different kind of acting role.
If you’re a woman and you have a baby it’s going to cost you £70,000 in lost earnings over the next decade. That’s according to new research from the Social Market Foundation which is setting up a cross party commission to tackle the spiralling costs of childcare. Emma talks to Director of the Foundation James Kirkup about its findings, and one woman working as a senior mental health nurse who says she takes home just £100 per month after childcare costs.
Since 2009, the artist Kirstie MacLeod has been working on The Red Dress project. Pieces of this burgundy silk dress have travelled around the world to be embroidered by women, many of whom have been marginalised or live in poverty. It’s given them a platform and an opportunity to share their story and identity. After 13 years, 46 countries and 343 embroiderers, the dress is finally complete. Kirstie joins Emma to describe the finished dress.
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