The Welsh Agenda Summer 2018
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the welsh agenda Summer 2018. Issue 60. Women in Public Life Leanne Wood Shazia Awan-Scully Angela V. John Wales’ Soft Power Jonathan McClory & Chris Lewis Laura McAllister Roger Lewis Wales & the World Martin Pollard Susie Ventris-Field Brett John Image: Sebastian Cooke Emyr Jones Parry on Brexit | Uzo Iwobi on Hate Crime | Roger Awan-Scully on Labour after Carwyn Corporate members The Institute of Welsh Affairs gratefully acknowledges funding support from the Carnegie UK Trust, the Friends Provident Foundation, the Jane Hodge Foundation, the Polden-Puckham Charitable Foundation, the Waterloo Foundation and the Welsh Books Council. 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Editorial Still not good enough Auriol Miller hundred years after some women were given the include Keith Watts as coordinator of our new Smart vote, we’re still equivocating. It’s still the case Region project and Elinor Shepley to drive our work A that some women are given public platform while with the Carnegie UK Trust, Understanding Welsh the vast majority are hugely underrepresented. For those Places. We’re excited by the opportunities that our new women who raise their voices above the parapet, there’s projects give us to showcase the importance of citizen’s a disproportionate level of flak flung at them, much of voices and experiences in shaping our shared future. which is more personal than that thrown at men. While And the refreshed look for the welsh agenda is part social media has been a powerful agent of conveying of our evolution too. We’ve expanded our Editorial Group, important issues around equality into the public domain, which contributes to the curation of this magazine and our it can be an intimidating environment too. online Click on Wales platform as well as our popular series We are still way off anything like 50:50 gender of podcasts (the Editorial Group is introduced overleaf). representation in all walks of life, and this remains not In addition to the series on women in public life, this good enough. Perennial problems persist. Women still issue takes stock of Wales’ position in the world. Emyr carry far more of the household churn than men. Then Jones Parry and Kevin Morgan offer candid assessments there’s a double bind in that the demands of public life of the impact of Brexit while Martin Pollard surveys often mean less quality time with the children: who still the huge sweep of Wales’ contribution to international also need to see role models of women in public life and understanding. Elsewhere, Jonathan McClory and Chris envisage a different future for themselves. Lewis showcase the research carried out by Portland on These are difficult conundrums, and the balance will behalf of the British Council Wales into how Wales can be different for each person, each family. No one size better leverage its soft power assets; Laura McAllister fits all. For example, women with caring responsibilities argues that the answer lies chiefly in sport, while Roger of whatever sort (children, elderly, disabled) will have Lewis recounts the softly, softly approach that led to different pressure points to those who don’t. What’s Cardiff Airport’s success in bringing Qatar Airways to important is that society – and legislation – recognises Wales. And nineteen-year-old Brett John looks at the these challenges and accounts for them. As Leanne Wood opportunities afforded through the Commonwealth – the says in our cover feature, ‘Men need to listen.’ IWA actively wants to encourage new voices. the welsh In this issue of the welsh agenda, we’ve looked at agenda and our other platforms for debate need to be women’s roles in public life both now and in the past. places where all can be heard. Shazia Awan-Scully writes about the current situation If you have any comments on the new look for the in Wales, while Eleri Evans offers a global perspective. magazine, or more importantly the many issues raised Leanne Wood talks to Dylan Moore, and our new within its pages, we warmly welcome you to continue Culture Editor Merlin Gable interviews Angela V. John the conversation by getting in touch. And if you know of about her new book Rocking the Boat, profiling Welsh others who would appreciate joining the conversation, women who championed equality in the nineteenth and please point them in our direction – they too would be twentieth centuries. very welcome. Merlin is not the only new face at the IWA. In the last few months, we have expanded our team further to Auriol Miller is Director of the IWA Meet the Team Inside this issue Editor Editorial Manager Culture Editor Dylan Moore Rhea Stevens Merlin Gable @_DylanMoore @rhea_stevens @merlingable EDITORIAL GROUP Anwen Elias @anwen_elias Rhys ap Gwilym Reader in Politics, Aberystwyth HIGHLIGHTS Senior Lecturer in Economics, University 04 Bangor Business School After Carwyn: Gareth Evans Roger Awan-Scully asks what’s next Shazia Awan-Scully @garethdjevans for Welsh Labour @ShaziaAwan Director of Education, Yr Athrofa Director, Shoot from the Hip Media 10 Gerald Holtham The soft power moment: Noreen Blanlulet Managing Partner, Cadwyn Jonathan McClory and Chris Lewis @noreenblanlulet Capital LLP & IWA Trustee on Wales’ global potential Director, Co-Production Network Wales Marcus Longley 22 Clare Critchley Chair, Cwm Taf University Women in Welsh public life: Ex-Producer, ‘Woman’s Hour’ Health Board & IWA Health Shazia Awan-Scully on the ongoing BBC Radio 4 & Social Care Policy Group marginalisation of women 26 Geraint Talfan Davies Auriol Miller Leanne Wood - at the crossroads: @gerainttalfan @auriol_miller Dylan Moore meets the Plaid Ex-Chair, IWA & WNO Director, IWA Cymru leader Marc Thomas 52 @iammarcthomas ‘The kick of a mule’: CEO, Doopoll Martin Pollard surveys Wales’ proud history of internationalism 62 Design Cover Photographer: Breaking out of our bubble?: Marc Jennings Seb Cooke Susie Ventris-Field considers global [email protected] @seb_cooke learning post-Donaldson To advertise, Institute of Welsh Affairs The IWA is an independent To become a member and tel: 029 2048 4387 56 James Street, Cardiff Bay, think tank and charity receive benefits such as Cardiff, CF10 5EZ dedicated to promoting copies of the welsh agenda, The publisher acknowledges Tel: 02920 484 387 the economic, social, early-bird notice of events, the financial support of the environmental and cultural regular newsletters and free Welsh Books Council. Charity number: 1078435 well-being of Wales. publications, from £30 a year, please call Laura Knight on 029 2048 4387. ARTICLES 15 Just Being Ourselves: Roger Lewis on bringing Qatar Airways to Cardiff 18 Remoulding the plasticine: Laura McAllister on the importance of sport to soft power 20 Women’s rights are Human rights: Eleri Evans reports on gender equality from the UN 32 After Brexit: Sir Emyr Jones Parry on what ‘Global Britain’ and ‘Global Wales’ might mean 35 Wales in a Post-Brexit World: Kevin Morgan on the partnerships we will need