International Women's Day
Hear more from Jamie Genevieve, Judy Murray and more...
Cat Harvey has been catching up with some amazingly inspiring women as part of International Women's Day 2021. Find out more about each of our guests and hear the full interviews with them below.
Jamie Genevieve
Jamie Genevieve is a hugely successful make up artists, business woman, and social media star with an impressive 1.4 million Instagram followers, and just shy of 1 million YouTube Subscribers as well. Jamie has worked her way up from a beauty counter in Debenhams to to having her very own make up range, Vieve, and has a following of celebrity fans including Drew Barrymore.
Jamie speaks to Cat about her journey, and offers advice to hopeful business women here:
Judy Murray
Tennis Coach, charity campaigner and Mum to Andy and Jamie Murray, Judy Murray chats to Cat Harvey about her career in the sports world, helping more women getting into tennis and sport, and her sons sticking up for Women’s equality in tennis.
Find out how she feels about the "pushy Mum" narrative that has followed her through her time in the spotlight, and how girls only clubs can help with the retention of young girls in the sporting world. You can listen to the full interview here:
Eilidh Barbour
Sports reporter Eilidh Barbour joins Cat Harvey to chat about her experience as a hugely successful sports broadcaster in the world of football and golf. How she got into media, who were her role models growing up, and any hurdles she's faced along the way.
She also discusses the growing success of Woman’s Football in recent years.
You can listen to the full interview here.
Dr Punam Krishan
GP and writer Dr Punam Krishan joins Cat Harvey to chat about women’s mental health during lockdown, and the importance of keeping up your regular health checks throughout the pandemic. The GPs are still open and available for smear tests and screenings, don’t be afraid to book them!
You can hear all that and find out more about her journey to becoming a doctor here:
Talat Yaqoob
Writer and campaigner Talat Yaqoob chats to Cat Harvey about women in the workplace and in politics. What fields are still male dominated, why, and how do we change it? Talat also discusses the need for female apprenticeships and why such things are still so important.
Listen to the full chat here:
Dr Marie Macklin
Entrepreneur and business woman, Dr Marie Macklin CBE, joins Cat Harvey to chat about her experience in the male dominated fields of construction and banking.
Find out how she's grown her business, the Halo project, into an amazing community based project that not only looks to building affordable homes for people to live, but also to learn and work in as well.
Dr Katy Stewart
Cat Harvey is joined by one of the leading ladies in Scotland's Sports Science, Dr Katy Stewart.
Find out more about the profession, how she got into it, and the growing number of successful women running onto the field during games.