AI images and children, Emergency contraception, Charlotte Edwardes
Woman's Hour
BBC
4.1 • 3K Ratings
🗓️ 6 July 2026
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
Parents are being warned about the risks of posting images of their children online due to an increase in AI-generated child abuse imagery. The Internet Watch Foundation found 3,440 AI-generated videos of child sexual abuse in 2025, compared with just 13 in 2024. The National Crime Agency says it is increasingly seeing offenders exploit AI technologies to target children in new ways. What's behind this rise, and what advice is there for parents? Nuala McGovern is joined by Emma Hardy, Director of Communications at the Internet Watch Foundation and Dr Elaine Kasket, cyberpsychologist and the author of Reset: Rethinking your Digital World for a Happier Life.
Should emergency contraception – sometimes referred to as the morning after pill – be available to buy next to the condoms on the supermarket shelf? President of the College of Sexual and Reproductive Health Dr Zara Haider thinks so and joins Nuala to discuss.
Schools have already broken up for summer in Scotland and schools in England and Wales will begin their holidays later this month. The Great British Summer Savings scheme is, a UK government initiative that recently came into effect with the aim of helping families enjoy the weekend treats, the days out, the small plans that make life enjoyable during the cost of living squeeze. To explain more about what is being made available and the difference this could make to families, Nuala hears from marketing expert and CEO of Get Savvy, Catherine Shuttleworth.
At least 11 people have been killed in Kyiv following a second night of Russian strikes on the Ukrainian capital in a week, the city's top military administrator has said. For more than four years Ukrainians have been enduring Russian attacks on their cities. Ukraine is now also carrying out its own drone strikes on targets deep inside Russia. With no end to the war in sight people in Ukraine have found different ways to cope. Some women turn to beauty and fashion as a way of dealing with the trauma of war, and as a sign of defiance. Isabella Jewell reports from Kyiv.
Trouble Was is the debut novel by the journalist Charlotte Edwardes. It’s the story of a mother who takes her children to live with relatives in Devon in the long hot summer of 1976 – and the unravelling of family secrets, all told from the perspective of nine-year-old Frank. Charlotte joins Nuala to talk about the baby blues, breakdowns and the realities of ‘70s life that she has fictionalised.
Presenter: Nuala McGovern Producer: Dianne McGregor
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| 0:38.4 | Hello, this is Neula McGovern and you're listening to The Woman's Hour podcast. |
| 0:43.3 | Good morning, good to have you with us today. A question for you, do you post photos of your children online? |
| 0:50.4 | Do you ever have concerns about how those images might be used? |
| 0:56.8 | Maybe you've debated whether it's right to share those pictures. |
| 1:02.1 | Well, the National Crime Agency has issued new guidance about images of children online. |
| 1:08.4 | They want parents to know that photos can be manipulated into AI-generated sexual abuse material. |
| 1:12.4 | And they also want to start a conversation about whether we should be sharing imagery online as a default. We're going to hear what they're recommending and I'd also like to hear |
| 1:17.8 | your thoughts and your experiences when it comes to sharing photos or videos of your children. Are they |
| 1:23.8 | involved in the decisions? It is an ever-evolving debate as technology advances. |
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