Shannon watts in san francisco, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you for having me. It s a pleasure to have you on the show. You have had a powerful voice in the american political arena for the last decade and more, but you never sought elected political office. You chose to be an activist. Why? i think you can in many ways get more done and not have to have a certain persona or act a certain way, or present yourself a certain way. And for me, you know, being in the trenches, organising women, really summoning their audacity and helping them find ways to have an impact on the political system, when in america we have very little political power as women, or at least have in the past, that has been incredibly rewarding. And, you know, people ask me all the time, are you going to run for office? and the answer is no! i feel like i ve been running for office now for 12 years in many ways, but i do get incredible joy from helping other women run for office and win. And it seems to be working. R
Why . I think you can in many ways get more done and not have to have a certain persona or act a certain way, or present yourself a certain way. And for me, you know, being in the trenches, organising women, really summoning their audacity and helping them find ways to have an impact on the political system, when in america we have very little political power as women, or at least have in the past, that has been incredibly rewarding. And, you know, people ask me all the time, are you going to run for office . Are you going to run for office . And the answer is no. Ifeel like ive been running for office now for 12 years in many ways, but i do get incrediblejoy from helping other women run for Office And Win. And it seems to be working. Right, now, lets take it back to 2012, when you founded Moms Demand Action in response to, i think, one particular terrible Mass School Shooting. Why was it so important to you that this was very much a women focused and a women led movement . You know, w
he demonstrated. let me close with this. there is no greater responsibility of government than to insure the safety of the american people and those who serve and protect us all. we re incredibly proud of all of you, i mean that. incredibly proud of all of you. we will have your back as long as we need to, as long as you are engaged. just in the past two weeks our nation has observed national fallen firefighters memorial weekend. national police weekend, national peace memorial officers day and also hosted this event several times as president and vice president and co-sponsored the bill that created the metal of valor when i was a u.s. senator. these are the same some of the most meaningful things i do as president. knowing you, meeting your families, looking in your eyes, seeing your courage gives me so much hope for the country. you represent you represent the very best of us. you represent the best of who we are as americans and god bless you all. may god protect publ
forensic pioneer unearthing war crimes, the anti nuclear protest that was the biggest women led movement in the uk since the suffragettes, and a watershed moment for canada s indigenous people. but we start in london and a story about the strikers in saris, a group of south asian women employed in the grunwick film processing factory. because of the poor working conditions there, they decided to take a stand for workers rights and their action captured the imagination of many other trade unionists, as lakshmi patel told me. for housewife mrs jayaben desai, her 220th day on the picket line was marked by a presentation. this is a presentation - on behalf of the north west london branch of usdaw, i the shop workers union, to mrs desai, who is the treasurer of the strike committee. - thank you very much for coming along. . translation: jayaben desai was a very strong woman. . she had made up her mind to bring the union into the factory. ..because our women were treated badly. we
midfield set up to score a stunning goal for arsenal as they seized the initiative in style. it s 16 years since arsenal won europe s top prize. they remain the only english team to win this competition. here, they displayed the level of intensity required on the biggest stage with their dominance rewarded again. had and kate s cross. more chances came and went on a rainy night. in the end, two goals were enough. having already won the domestic league cup, they remain on course for a trouble. on course for a treble. adam cottier, bbc news. indonesia will not host this year s under 20 football world cup after fifa stripped the country of its right to stage the tournament. last friday s draw for the 24 team competition was cancelled by the indonesian organisers following protests earlier this month in the muslim majority country against the participation of israel. fifa have acted following a meeting between their president, gianni infantino, and the chairman of the host countr