Women's Parliamentary Radio
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Women's Parliamentary Radio is a website which broadcasts audio and video interviews with women MPs of all parties.
All the interviews are pre-recorded and put on the website as reports which can be streamed and listened to immediately or downloaded as podcasts so that they can be listened to later. It covers topical current affairs issues which are of interest to women and their families. Where the issues that concern women are also championed by men, male MPs are interviewed too.
of Westminster, reporting fairly and accurately on policy issues of concern to women and their families".
and Professor Joni Lovenduski, where women talked frankly about their lives in Parliament and their achievements to date. The project's founders are concerned that, nearly ninety years after women won the right to stand for elections to the House of Commons
in 1918, only one in five Members of Parliament is a woman.
Since WP Radio began in Spring 2007 over 80 interviews and three 1 hour documentaries have been broadcast.
In 2008 Women's Parliamentary Radio was shortlisted for Channel 4
's Hansard Society
Democracy Award and Boni Sones, Executive Producer of the channel, was nominated for the Dods
& Scottish Widows
female political journalist of the year award.
All the interviews are pre-recorded and put on the website as reports which can be streamed and listened to immediately or downloaded as podcasts so that they can be listened to later. It covers topical current affairs issues which are of interest to women and their families. Where the issues that concern women are also championed by men, male MPs are interviewed too.
Aim
WPR has stated its aim as being "the Woman's HourWoman's Hour
Woman's Hour is a radio magazine programme broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in the United Kingdom.-History:Created by Norman Collins and originally presented by Alan Ivimey the programme was first broadcast on 7 October 1946 on the BBC's Light Programme . It was transferred to its current home in 1973...
of Westminster, reporting fairly and accurately on policy issues of concern to women and their families".
History
The project has grown out of the publication of the book 'Women in Parliament: The New Suffragettes' by Boni Sones, Margaret MoranMargaret Moran
Margaret Moran is a former Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom. She was the Member of Parliament for Luton South from 1997 to 2010....
and Professor Joni Lovenduski, where women talked frankly about their lives in Parliament and their achievements to date. The project's founders are concerned that, nearly ninety years after women won the right to stand for elections to the House of Commons
British House of Commons
The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which also comprises the Sovereign and the House of Lords . Both Commons and Lords meet in the Palace of Westminster. The Commons is a democratically elected body, consisting of 650 members , who are known as Members...
in 1918, only one in five Members of Parliament is a woman.
Since WP Radio began in Spring 2007 over 80 interviews and three 1 hour documentaries have been broadcast.
In 2008 Women's Parliamentary Radio was shortlisted for Channel 4
Channel 4
Channel 4 is a British public-service television broadcaster which began working on 2 November 1982. Although largely commercially self-funded, it is ultimately publicly owned; originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority , the station is now owned and operated by the Channel...
's Hansard Society
Hansard Society
The Hansard Society was formed in 1944 to promote parliamentary democracy. Founded and chaired by Commander Stephen King-Hall, the first subscribers were Winston Churchill and Clement Attlee...
Democracy Award and Boni Sones, Executive Producer of the channel, was nominated for the Dods
Dods
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& Scottish Widows
Scottish Widows
Scottish Widows plc is a life, pensions and investment company located in Edinburgh, Scotland, and is a subsidiary of Lloyds Banking Group. Its product range includes life assurance, pensions, investments and savings...
female political journalist of the year award.
External links
- Women's Parliamentary Radio website
- Why we need more women MPs Executive Producer Boni Sones on founding Women's Parliamentary Radio