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.
now on bbc news it s hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. black and white americans have always had vastly different experiences within their country s justice system. you see it in so many different data sets, from police violence to incarceration to sentencing. it s impossible to understand without reference to america s history of institutionalised racism. understanding it is one thing, the real challenge is how to change it. my guest is bryan stevenson, civil rights lawyer and founder of the equaljustice initiative. will equality ever be more than a dream?
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and royal patronages. and will no longer use the title his royal highness. it follows the news on wednesday that the prince must defend an accusation of sexually assaulting virginia guiffre in a us civil court case. he denies the allegation. there s been more allegations of parties held at the uk prime minister s residence downing street that would have breached coronavirus rules. the events reportedly took place last april the night before prince philip s funeral. borisjohnson was away at the time. for the first time, the us justice department has brought sedition charges in connection with the storming of the capitol building in washington last january. the founder of a far right group the oath keepers has been charged, along with ten others. now on bbc news it s hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk.
only building bridges, but making sure they are bridges that have the kind of structure and integrity that you can walk across on both sides and make everyone feel lifted up and hopeful about what we can achieve. bryan stevenson, i wish we had more time, but we don t. thank you very much indeed for being on hardtalk. my pleasure. hello. after a fairly grey, drizzly sort of day on monday, more places will see the sunshine on tuesday. clearer air is working its way south across the uk behind this cold front here, which is only slowly pushing southwards. so we ve still got quite a lot of cloud around. the cloud and drizzle