Wednesday 21 March 2012

Woman's Quarter:

The remainder of Janey Stephenson's excellent series, looking at how current issues affect women in York now online !

Episode 4.
Female unemployment is at a 25 year high. Cuts to women’s services continue to shell welfare provisions at a time when they are most needed. Janey speaks to Helen Graham from York Stop the Cuts to discuss how women’s roles and rights in society are undergoing a rapid transformation by the coalition government's austerity measures.

Follow this link to find out more about the York Stop The Cuts campaign:

And the York Welfare campaign:

You can catch the episode on the ((URY PLAYER)) here now.

Richard Grimes
Episode 5

Janey is joined by Richard Grimes to discuss recent proposals to cut legal aid in the UK. Richard is a solicitor who focuses on litigation and social welfare law. He is the Director of Clinical Programmes at York Law School and has been a member of the Attorney General’s Pro-Bono Co-Ordinating Committee since 2003.

You can catch the episode on the ((URY PLAYER)) here now.

And make sure you tune in after Easter when Janey will return Sundays from 3 and you can catch the rest of the series on the ((URY PLAYER)) now here!

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