Dr Rosemary Coogan, Contraceptive Pill, Failing the 11+

Woman's Hour

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Society & Culture, Health & Fitness, Personal Journals

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🗓️ 30 November 2022

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Dr Rosemary Coogan has been selected as a career astronaut by the European Space Agency (ESA), becoming the first British woman to join their astronaut corps. She joins Emma in her first in-depth BBC interview to discuss the tough selection process, upcoming training and hopes for her first mission. On Monday’s Woman’s Hour, we heard from the American TV show host Ricki Lake who has produced a new documentary The Business of Birth Control. The programme looks at the side effects of the hormonal contraceptive pill and it’s relationship with women’s liberty. Today Emma Barnett is joined by Dr Helen Munro, the Vice-President of the Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare. A cross-party coalition is launching a campaign to abolish the 11 plus entry exams. One of the members of the campaign is Jackie Malton, known for her success in the Metropolitan Police, and for being the real-life inspiration for the character DCI Jane Tennison in Prime Suspect. Despite getting two masters degrees and a doctorate, she still feels ashamed about failing her 11 plus exam. Jackie joins Emma Barnett. We hear the first major speech from Camilla, Queen Consort, as she hosts a reception on violence against women and girls. A listener we are calling Christina contacted us after she heard a recent documentary on Radio 4 about benzodiazepines or Street Valium. Christina recognised what she heard. Her daughter, who we are calling Beatrice, became addicted to Xanax after taking it to deal with the extreme anxiety she experienced after the coronavirus lockdown. Beatrice has given us permission for her story to be told. Christina joins Emma Barnett to discuss her experiences. Presenter: Emma Barnett Producer: Emma Pearce (photo credit: ESA - P. Sebirot)

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts.
0:05.4	Hello, I'm Emma Barnett and welcome to Woman's Hour from BBC Radio 4.
0:10.8	Good morning and welcome to today's programme.
0:13.7	Today Dr Rosemind Cougan joins me, the first female astronaut from the UK to be picked by
0:18.3	the European Space Agency for her first in-depth BBC interview.
0:22.6	I'll wait to hear what she has to say.
0:24.7	With the help of one of you, our listeners, we're going to hear about some of the untold
0:28.2	side effects on the young in our society from successive lockdowns during the Covid-19
0:33.8	pandemic.
0:34.8	It's a very powerful story indeed to stay with us for that.
0:37.8	And as Camilla the Queen consort and her first major speech in her new role chooses to highlight
0:42.2	what she describes as a global pandemic of violence against women, you will hear some
0:47.1	of that address from yesterday afternoon.
0:50.2	But our first story today is about a new campaign launching tomorrow with cross-party political
0:54.6	support to abolish the infamous 11-plus exam.
0:59.8	Even the mention of it may have you quaking or perhaps you've got good memories of it,
1:04.1	I don't know, it may have been a moment of validation in your family and in your life.
1:08.8	My first guest, Jackie Moulton, probably best known as the inspiration for Helen Mirrens
1:13.1	Police Officer character in the TV show Prime Suspect, who despite her major accomplishments
1:18.9	and reputation as a female trailblazer in both the policing world and TV world, says
1:24.6	the shame of failing that exam still haunts her all these years on.
1:29.8	And we will get into the details of whether that's a good thing to abolish this exam or
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