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World Service,14 Jan 2022,23 mins

Baroness Helena Kennedy QC: Fighting for equality in British law

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Women are still fighting for equality all over the world. Even in long established democracies like the UK plenty of evidence suggests that from the workplace to the law courts there is a long way to go. Stephen Sackur speaks to Baroness Helena Kennedy who has been trying to loosen the grip of the patriarchy in the British legal system for five decades.

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