Award-winning actor Vanessa Kirby

Vanessa Kirby is perhaps best known for her award winning portrayal of Princess Margaret in in the first two series of 'The Crown'. She's now receiving rave reviews for her performance in the film ‘Pieces of A Woman’; which you can watch now on Netflix. She has just been nominated for the best actress award at the OSCARS and at the BAFTAs. An important but devastating story - not often told on screen but one that unfortunately a number of women can relate to. Vanessa joins Emma to discuss the film. Today a new report from Human Rights Watch is published looking at male guardianship of women in Qatar. Once married, a woman can be deemed “disobedient” if she does not obtain her husband’s permission before working, travelling, leaving her home or refusing to have sex with him, without a “legitimate” reason. Noof Al Maadeed, who left Qatar for the UK in November, 2019 joins the author of the new research, Rothna Begum, to discuss the lives of Qatari women where their husbands can marry up to four women, at a time, without needing permission from a guardian or even from their current wife or wives. Presenter: Emma Barnett Producer: Kirsty Starkey Interviewed Guest: Ava Vakil Interviewed Guest: Vanessa Kirby Photographer: Matt Holyoak Interviewed Guest: Rothna Begum Interviewed Guest: Noof Al Maadeed