Cathy Newman

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The Supreme Court ruling on the definition of a woman was a response to a legal challenge brought by a gender critical campaign group based in Scotland.

6 days ago | channel4.com | Cathy Newman

One of the country’s highest ranking ethnic minority police officers, Neil Basu, has published a memoir about his decades in the force – aptly titled “Turmoil”. It reveals his sense of shame in failing to confront racism inside Scotland Yard – and the consequences for his career when he did.

1 week ago | channel4.com | Cathy Newman

Following the historic Supreme Court ruling on biological sex, we talk to the gender critical activist Maya Forstater, who won a legal battle after being let go by her employer after she stated in social media messages that transgender women are men. And we hear from Samantha Kane – a transgender barrister who joins us from the Highlands of Scotland.

1 week ago | channel4.com | Cathy Newman

The Netflix series ‘Adolescence’ has started difficult conversations about teenage boys and violent misogyny. And for some girls and young women, it’s reawakened traumatic memories of childhoods scarred by male violence. We’ve spoken to one 18-year-old, who was raped by a 16-year-old boy when she was just 12. We filmed her anonymously – calling her Ava – and her words have been spoken by an actor. Ava’s storyShe told us she’d met the boy online on Snapchat through another older friend.

1 week ago | channel4.com | Cathy Newman

We spoke to Victor Gao from the Centre for China and Globalisation in Beijing, and a former translator for the Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping. We asked him if he thought the US had successfully managed to isolate China.