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Woman's Hour

Biba exhibition, Pupil behaviour, Australian politician Georgie Purcell, Breaking the cycle

Woman's Hour

BBC

Society & Culture

4.13K Ratings

🗓️ 28 March 2024

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Nearly one in five teachers working in England has been hit by a pupil, according to a new BBC commissioned survey of 9,000 teachers. The survey, gathered between February and March this year, also found that 15% of secondary school teachers say they have experienced sexual harassment from a pupil when working at a school. The teacher workforce is predominantly female, 76% of teachers are women. Nuala McGovern is joined by Dr Patrick Roach, General Secretary of teacher’s union NASUWT. It’s 60 years since the first Biba shop opened and the Fashion and Textile Museum in London have just opened a new exhibition: The Biba Story - 1964-1975. On until the 8 September, it explores how the fashion phenomenon blossomed to become the world’s first lifestyle label. Nuala speaks to its founder - Barbara Hulanicki - and the curator of the exhibition - Martin Pel. Australian politician Georgie Purcell is the youngest woman in the parliament of the state of Victoria. She’s also a former stripper who holds degrees in law, and communications and politics. From posting TikToks about animal rights, politics, and beer, to archiving her life achievements with tattoos and sharing photos of herself pole dancing – she is definitely not your average politician. She’s also been a target of almost constant sexist attacks and abuse, which on occasions made her fear for her life. Georgie talks to Nuala about why she's still determined to get more women into politics. In the fourth part of our series, Breaking The Cycle, a boy who was groomed and trafficked by a gang tells his story. He was kicking a football with a mate when a man in a flash car pulled up and befriended them. Soon that 14-year-old was going missing from home and selling drugs from a 'trap' house in a seaside town far away. He describes how isolated and frightened he felt and the sheer relief when it was all over. His 'guide' from a new practice called SHiFT has helped him to understand what happened and how to stay out of trouble. Our reporter Jo Morris met them. Today marks 30 years since the beginning of BBC Radio 5 Live. Once having a reputation for being ‘bloke radio’, many well loved and respected female broadcasters including Naga Munchetty and Rachel Burden have taken over the airways. Nuala hears from presenter and broadcaster Eleanor Oldroyd, who has been at the station from the very beginning, to discuss what has changed for female broadcasters and women’s sport. Presenter: Nuala McGovern Producer: Claire Fox

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0:00.0

Just before this BBC podcast gets underway, here's something you may not know.

0:04.6

My name's Linda Davies and I Commission Podcasts for BBC Sounds.

0:08.4

As you'd expect, at the BBC we make podcasts of the very highest quality featuring the most knowledgeable

0:14.3

experts and genuinely engaging voices. What you may not know is that the BBC

0:20.4

makes podcasts about all kinds of things like pop stars,

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poltergeist, cricket, and conspiracy theories and that's just a few examples.

0:29.7

If you'd like to discover something a little bit unexpected, find your next podcast over at BBC Sounds.

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0:41.0

Hello, this is Nula McGovron and you're listening to the podcasts. by the BBC that says nearly one in five teachers in England has been hit by a pupil this year.

0:56.4

It's a very stark statistic and if that has been your experience as a teacher I'd like to hear from you this morning. You can text the program, the number is 84844 on social media. We're at BBC Women's Hour or you can email us through our website. If you'd like to send a WhatsApp message or a voice note, that number is 0300,

1:16.3

100, 444. And schools also come up in our next installment of the series, Breaking the cycle. We've been hearing about a

1:24.6

project that works to help young people at risk. Today a teenage boy tells us his

1:29.9

story of getting caught up in dealing drugs with an honesty that may stop you in your

1:35.9

track so that is coming up also we'll have the Australian MP Georgie Purcell she's

1:40.4

going to join us from Melbourne there was a photo of her that was digitally altered to give her bigger breasts and the conversations about that really underscored some of the challenges facing women in politics.

1:55.3

So we'll have a conversation with Miss Purcell.

1:58.6

And I'd also today, like your memories of the British fashion brand beba. It's celebrating its

2:04.4

60th anniversary. I have the founder Barbara Hull and Nicki to bring us back to its

2:08.9

heyday in London where you wide-eyed when you came to London and saw the Beba superstore?

2:15.6

Well you can text us 84844 for that.

2:19.2

And speaking of birthdays, five live turns 30 years old today.

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