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Woman's Hour

DJ Paulette, Abortion, Vinted co-founder, Childcare

Woman's Hour

BBC

Society & Culture

4.13K Ratings

🗓️ 22 January 2024

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Award-winning DJ Paulette has been in the music industry for more than 30 years. She got her start at the famous Haçienda nightclub in Manchester but has DJ'd all over the world. Her book, Welcome to the Club: The Life and Lessons of a Black Woman DJ, tells some of the tales of her career so far and shines a light on many other women in the electronic dance music industry. Paulette joins Emma Barnett.

New guidance from the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists to healthcare workers says that suspected illegal abortions should not be reported to the police. This guidance, which applies to England and Wales, follows some recent cases where women have been convicted of having illegal abortions. Emma is joined by former Chief Superintendent at the Metropolitan Police Parm Sandhu, and Associate Professor in Criminal Law and Criminal Justice at Durham University Dr Emma Milne to discuss.

Buying second-hand clothes is fashionable again, thanks to online marketplaces like Vinted, Depop and eBay. Emma talks to Vinted co-founder Milda Mitkute about what it takes to turn an idea into a successful business and why she decided to leave the company in 2017 when her first child was born.

Is the Government's key childcare promise to parents in trouble? One newspaper is reporting that thousands of parents are being warned they won't be able to access the offer of free childcare to under twos this year. Emma gets the view of providers from Neil Leitch, Chief Executive of the Early Years Alliance which represents 14,000 nurseries, pre-schools and childminders, and June O'Sullivan CEO of LEYF nurseries.

Transcript

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0:00.0

You're about to listen to a BBC podcast and maybe it's when I had a hand in.

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I'm Tammy Walker and I produce podcasts with a BBC.

0:07.4

My role is to give new and diverse creators a voice with the opportunity to build a career.

0:12.1

That's the thing I love about Podcast.

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You start with just a good idea.

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But then you have the space to see where it goes.

0:18.0

And doing that at the BBC means we can really run with the best stories

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while developing the most unique audio talent.

0:24.0

So if you like what you hear, why not check out the huge range of

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podcast we've got on BBC Sounds.

0:30.3

BBC Sounds, music radio podcasts.

0:34.0

Hello, I'm Emma Barnet and welcome to Woman's Hour from BBC Radio 4.

0:39.0

Good morning and welcome to the program. I hope the weekend was good for you. I'm being

0:43.9

mindful of a storm's major impact and its continuing impact today and trying to

0:48.0

push on this morning. Personally, today I was pretty grateful not to be on the

0:52.4

school drop-off as my husband dealt with

0:54.6

our son putting his foot straight into and I quote a mountain of loose animal stools on his shoe.

1:00.2

Hope you're not having a late breakfast.

1:02.0

The need for old toothbrushes aside on a windy morning then.

1:05.1

Shall we crack on with today's programme? I think we should. I can promise you the co-founder of

1:10.0

Vinted Europe's biggest secondhand marketplace.

1:13.1

DJ Paulette is going to be here.

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