nice to be here. it s great to have you. you have had a pretty extraordinary legal career spanning some five decades. yes, i know. you used to talk about a system that smelled of the patriarchy, a man s world. do you still see britain s legal system like that today? oh, yes. i mean, i think that we haven t yet managed to remove that power imbalance. it s still there. and, of course, a lot of work has been done and we ve you know, reformed certain areas of law and we ve seen women in many more positions of authority and power. but there s still an authority gap.
i m stephen sackur. 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 an awful long way to go. my guest today, baroness helena kennedy, has been trying to loosen the grip of the patriarchy in the british legal system for five decades. is she winning the battles that really matter? baroness helena kennedy, welcome to hardtalk.
welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. 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 an awful long way to go. my guest today, baroness helena kennedy, has been trying to loosen the grip of the patriarchy in the british legal system for five decades. is she winning the battles that really matter?
baroness helena kennedy, welcome to hardtalk. nice to be here. it s great to have you. you have had a pretty extraordinary legal career spanning some five decades. yes, i know. you used to talk about a system that smelled of the patriarchy, a man s world. do you still see britain s legal system like that today? oh, yes. i mean, i think that we haven t yet managed to remove that power imbalance. it s still there. and, of course, a lot of work has been done and we ve, you know, reformed certain areas of law and we ve seen women in many more positions of authority and power. but there s still an authority gap. there s still those problems of the ways in which women are treated and the issue of violence against women is still a serious problem even in a country like the united kingdom. we ll definitely get to that very quickly. butjust on the look of the system, in that chair not so long ago,
baroness helena kennedy, welcome to hardtalk. nice to be here. it s great to have you. you have had a pretty extraordinary legal career spanning some five decades. yes, i know. you used to talk about a system that smelled of the patriarchy, a man s world. do you still see britain s legal system like that today? oh, yes. i mean, i think that we haven t yet managed to remove that power imbalance. it s still there. and, of course, a lot of work has been done and we ve you know, reformed certain areas of law and we ve seen women in many more positions of authority and power. but there s still an authority gap. there s still those problems of the ways in which women are treated and the issue of violence against women is still a serious problem even in a country like