Liz Barclay discusses the impact of debton the lives of women
Men owe twice as much money as women, but women are more likely to struggle with debt and more likely to use 'sub-prime' credit - credit which is easier to access, but costs more in interest rates. The groups with particularly high levels of debt are young women, lone mothers, women whose relationships have broken down and black/mixed race women.More women are also more likely to use credit than men and recent research shows that 1 in 10 are using over 50 per cent of their salary to repay debt each month.Shiulie Ghosh discusses with studio guest Liz Barclay the causes of shifting patterns of borrowing amongst women and the impact it has on their lives.Fashion designer Mani Kohli
Poetic Pilgrimage
Poetic Pilgrimage - Sukina and Muneera Poetic Pilgrimage are a young hip hop act with a message. Sukina and Muneera were both brought up in Bristol in the UK and formed the group seven years ago. Sukina started her musical career by singing, then started writing poetry and later, rhymes. Muneera went from mimicking rappers to writing her own lyrics and now they are both confident in performing their own material. The girls rap about injustices they see around them, about their experiences as Muslims, and about poverty in black communities in Britain. When they formed the group neither had any interest in Islam, but inspired by Malcolm X and a Rebel Musik compilation they converted to Islam in 2005, just two weeks before the 7/7 London bombings.
They caught up with Shiulie when she was in London and performed on the show.Watch part one of this episode of Everywoman on YouTube.
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