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Woman's Hour

Caroline Eshghi, Fats Timbo, Malaria drug for babies

Woman's Hour

BBC

Society & Culture, Health & Fitness, Personal Journals

4.22.9K Ratings

🗓️ 8 July 2025

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

In the 1970s and 80s, Caroline Eshghi was a young girl living in Bristol, Somerset, and Wiltshire. From the moment she was born until she ran away at the age of 15, Caroline was beaten, burned and starved by her mother. In May this year, Melanie Burmingham was jailed for 20 months for abusing her daughter more than 50 years ago. Caroline tells Krupa Padhy why she is now petitioning for a change to the law around historical cases that only allows a sentence available at the time of offending. The first malaria treatment suitable for babies has been approved for use. We speak to BBC Africa Health Correspondent Dorcas Wangira in Nairobi to find out how this may empower healthcare workers in the battle against the disease that takes the lives of hundreds of thousands of people each year.

One of the key measures that Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood is reported to be considering as part of her Sentencing Bill is a national rollout of drugs that suppress sexual arousal to try and tackle sex offenders. There is currently a working pilot in the South West of England, and several of the clinicians, psychiatrists and forensic psychologists have raised concerns about making such a scheme mandatory. Krupa talks to Don Rubin, Emeritus Professor in Forensic Psychology at Newcastle University, and a consultant to the pilot programme. Fatima Timbo, known as Fats Timbo, is a content creator and comedian who has amassed an incredible 3 million followers on TikTok. Since appearing on TV show The Undateables in 2018, she's also been part of the team bringing us the Paralympics coverage from Paris last year. Born with achondroplasia, a form of dwarfism, she documents her experiences of being - as she describes it - ‘a little person', and now she's sharing her tips for succeeding in a world where it’s difficult to be different in her book Main Character Energy: Ten Commandments for Living Life Fearlessly. Presenter: Krupa Padhy Producer: Sarah Jane Griffiths

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0:35.5

Hello, this is Krupa, party and you're listening to The Woman's Hour podcast.

0:39.7

Hello and welcome to the program.

0:42.0

There is a running thread going through some of our stories this morning on the subject of

0:46.9

empowerment.

0:48.4

In a moment, you'll hear a conversation I had with Caroline Eshki, a woman who was beaten,

0:53.8

burned and starved as a child,

0:55.7

and who sought justice against her mother many decades later. She tells us why she is now

1:01.6

campaigning for a change in the law around sentencing guidelines for historical child abuse cases.

1:08.3

And Fats Timbo, she says she's had more than enough experience of people halting her

1:12.9

main character flow and it's time to be the hero of her own story. The comedian and TikTok star is

1:20.2

joining me in the studio to talk about her new book, Main Character Energy. In the book, which is both

1:26.3

a look back at her own life and a self-help guide,

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