Working at festivals, having to use their breaks for either grabbing food or going to the toilet because the toilet queues were soooo long, Amber and Hazel decided to do something about it.

2 years ago, they founded Peequal, the UK’s first squat and go women’s urinal and since then they’ve taken their product to festivals around the UK (Glastonbury, Shambala, Wilderness and more). It’s 6 times quicker to use than a normal public toilet and 95% of women love them. It’s not just the product they love either, it’s the opportunity to discuss and challenge all the other normalised inequalities that are out there.

Sure, they’ve been guests on Woman’s hour, featured in the One Show / Forbes / the i / the Guardian and been interviewed on BBC TV, but now at long last they come on to Degrees of Freedom (aka DOFPOD) with me and Ellie to answer the real questions like:

What did you make of each-other before you were co-founders?
How do you hype yourself up for a pitch?
What do you do when a potential investor laughs at your business?
What’s your favourite type of cheese?

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For those that want to find about more about designing to address normalised inequality, we both thoroughly recommend you read Invisible Women by Caroline Criado Perez. There is also an accompanying podcast (they’re all brilliant but start with this episode https://open.spotify.com/episode/18iXQ5gZIU6695qNHfmkhX?si=nqZjjK89TECFkFjgAZyY6Q) and a newsletter that you can find on her website.

To apply to work for Peequal at festivals in Summer 2023 (why the hell wouldn’t you?!), follow this link: https://www.peequal.com/paid-jobs

For those with bags of money or a shrewd eye for investment keep an eye out on @peequaluk socials for information about how you can invest.

Produced by Ashik Jayakumar, Music by George Vessey