Comedy Women in Print Prize 2020; Contraception and young women; Mandy Cassidy

Woman's Hour

BBC

Society & Culture

4.1 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 15 September 2020

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

The Comedy Women in Print Prize is the only literary prize in the UK and Ireland to spotlight funny writing by women. Now in its second year, it was launched by comedian and actress Helen Lederer in response to the lack of exposure for female comedy writing. The 2020 shortlist for Published Comic Novel included the likes of Candice Carty-Williams, and Jeanette Winterson, but the winner was announced on Monday evening as Nina Stibbe for her novel Reasons to be Cheerful. We’re joined by Nina and the Chair of Judges and bestselling author Marian Keyes.

A study by Imperial College London suggests that providing financial incentives for GPs to offer information about long-acting reversible contraceptives, such as the hormonal implant, is associated with an increase in their use and a reduction in the number of abortions, particularly in young women ages 20-24 and those from deprived backgrounds. The study used anonymised data from over 3 million women over a 10 year period. Jenni speaks to Professor Sonia Saxena, one of the co-authors of the research.

When listener Christine was a kid she was told never to talk to neighbours or answer any of their questions and people outside the family weren’t allowed in the house. She never knew the reason why. But she has just discovered a shocking secret and now has answers. Christine spoke to reporter Jo Morris.

A new series of Ambulance starts on Wednesday 16th September on BBC One. Jenni speaks to one of the people featured, an emergency medical dispatcher called Mandy Cassidy, who was motivated to work for the Ambulance Service when she lost her son. He was just 18 years old and was a victim of knife crime. He wasn’t in a gang, but simply had gone out with friends. There was an argument that night and he was stabbed.

Presenter: Jenni Murray Producer: Sarah Crawley

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0:42.0	Hello Jenny Murray welcoming you to the woman's... podcasts. Good morning. Tomorrow night a new series of ambulance begins on BBC 1.
0:56.0	This morning I'll talk to Mandy Cassidy who's worked in the service since her son was the victim of knife crime. What drew her to such a demanding
1:06.2	and often demoralising job? A study carried out by Imperial College suggests a
1:11.6	new way of reducing the number of abortions in young women,
1:15.5	might providing a financial incentive to GPs encourage them to prescribe more suitable contraception. And a second chance to hear another of our series of
1:25.2	family secrets. Christine finds out why she was told as a child never to answer
1:30.6	questions from the neighbours. Now last night the author Nino Stibby was
1:36.0	awarded the Comedy Women in Print Prize. It's the only literary prize in the UK
1:41.5	and Ireland to shine a spotlight on funny writing by women.
1:46.2	It was set up in 2018 by Helen Lederer in response to an historic dearth of female winners
1:52.0	in the Bollinger Everyman Woodhouse Prize for comic writing.
1:56.0	Well, Nina's award was in the category of published comic novel for reasons to be cheerful. The story is set in Leicester where her central
2:06.2	character Lizzy gets a job in the city as a dental nurse.
2:11.0	When people in the village heard I was about to start working in a city,
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