WOWxBBC Festival is Online: Catch Jude Kelly and Seyi Akiwowo on why web is not working for women & girls, Karen Blackett, Angie le Mar & more

If you missed the WOW Festival this weekend then no need to worry it is still streaming on BBC Arts.

Following its 10th anniversary festival at the Southbank Centre in March, WOW – Women of the World Festival joined with BBC Arts to launch an online festival as part of the BBC’s Culture In Quarantine scheme. The two-day WOWxBBC Festival festival, streamed via BBC Arts, included talks with presenter Gemma Cairney, MediaCom chair Karen Blackett OBE (main image), comedian Sandi Toksvig, actor Maxine Peake, and author Emma Dabiri.

Talks to you missed!!

Jude Kelly and Seyi Akiwowo on why the web is not working for women and girls

Women and Money in Covid-19

Kirsty Good and Teresa Reynolds discuss how Covid-19 is affecting women’s personal finance

Chore Wars

Jude Kelly, Hannah Peaker and Angie Le Mar discuss the effect of lockdown on women at home

Stretch Live with Asma Elbadawi

Karen Blackett and Nihal Arthanayake

Jude Kelly is talking about raising sons, with advertising boss Karen Blackett and BBC Radio 5 Live’s Nihal Arthanayake. Is there a right way to bring up boys? Are we giving boys the tools they need to contribute to a gender-equal world? And how can we encourage them to identify damaging, learned behaviours without harming their self-esteem?

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