Ayesha Hazarika on women and political power

<p>Julia talks to former political advisor and comedian Ayesha Hazarika. They discuss the similarities between comedy and politics these days (“there’s barely a cigarette paper between them”), fighting to push equality policies up the agenda in male dominated environments, and why politics and policy will never change until women are better represented in the “power behind the throne”, as special advisors to politicians.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><em>If you enjoyed this episode or any others, please&nbsp;</em><a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpodcasts.apple.com%2Fau%2Fpodcast%2Fa-podcast-of-ones-own-with-julia-gillard%2Fid1466658814&amp;data=01%7C01%7Clizzie.ellen%40kcl.ac.uk%7C554704f090f743fae49e08d7f754a78d%7C8370cf1416f34c16b83c724071654356%7C0&amp;sdata=Df8lfY61TG8QrYTKxY1xkhoyF3%2BXYSuHGkDcQWRp1mg%3D&amp;reserved=0" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>rate and review us</em></a><em>&nbsp;on your preferred podcast provider. It really helps us reach more listeners with our message of a more gender-equal world.</em></p><p><em>&nbsp;</em></p><p><em>Any earnings from the podcast go back into funding for the&nbsp;</em><a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.kcl.ac.uk%2Fgiwl%2Findex.aspx&amp;data=01%7C01%7Clizzie.ellen%40kcl.ac.uk%7C554704f090f743fae49e08d7f754a78d%7C8370cf1416f34c16b83c724071654356%7C0&amp;sdata=7zbcGFZmgBonhtEIX3y0NLkutVq2UXc1yPyU9Q3I5W0%3D&amp;reserved=0" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Global Institute for Women’s Leadership</em></a><em>, furthering the work we do to create a world in which being a woman is not a barrier to becoming a leader.</em></p><p><em>&nbsp;</em></p><p><a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.kcl.ac.uk%2Fgiwl%2Fjoin&amp;data=01%7C01%7Clizzie.ellen%40kcl.ac.uk%7C554704f090f743fae49e08d7f754a78d%7C8370cf1416f34c16b83c724071654356%7C0&amp;sdata=nY%2BNco0B%2BvNzLTCYAJXrfEZ9dZan7qksGc9JfNdcLWQ%3D&amp;reserved=0" rel="noopener noreferr