About this episode

The episode discusses the BAFTA Games Awards, the impact of women in the gaming industry, legal definitions of gender, and the experiences of women football fans.

The 22nd BAFTA Games Awards will take place at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank Centre in London tonight. Datshiane Navanayagam is joined by this year’s host, YouTube gaming influencer Elz The Witch. Who are the female runners and riders for this year's awards, and what impact are these women having on the games industry? Datshiane is joined by Baroness Kishwer Falkner former chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission. A year ago, the Supreme Court made its landmark judgment on single-sex spaces. In a long-running case against the Scottish government brought by gender-critical campaigners For Women Scotland (FWS), the court clarified that, for the purposes of the Equality Act, the legal definition of a woman was based on biological sex. She'll be responding to the government announcement this week that the new guidance on single-sex spaces will be published next month after elections on the 7 May. Away From Home: The Untold Stories of Women Football Fans is an exhibition currently on at the Beacon of Light in Sunderland. Portraying the experiences of women on the terraces of the north-east since the 1950s, it looks at the more recent feminisation of sports fandom over…

People in this episode

Guests: Elz The Witch, Stacey Pope, Baroness Kishwer Falkner

Topics covered

• BAFTA Games Awards
• women in gaming
• single-sex spaces
• gender equality in sports
• women football fans

Keywords

• BAFTA
• gaming industry
• Equality Act
• football fandom
• women's rights

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Away From Home: The Untold Stories of Women Football Fans, Bilha, Stories of my Sisters

Places: London, Sunderland, Oaxaca, Southern Mexico

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