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Woman's Hour

Edinburgh Rape Crisis Centre, Adoption breakdown, Visual artist Bharti Kher, Fawzia Mirza

Woman's Hour

BBC

Society & Culture, Health & Fitness, Personal Journals

4.22.9K Ratings

🗓️ 13 September 2024

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

The Chief Executive of Edinburgh Rape Crisis Centre has stepped down. It follows an independent review which found the centre failed to protect women-only spaces. It was commissioned by Rape Crisis Scotland - after an employment tribunal found the centre in Edinburgh had unlawfully discriminated against an employee - who believed sexual assault victims should be able to choose the sex of those supporting them. Anita Rani hears more from Lorna Gordon, the BBC's Scotland correspondent. Karen Maguire received an out-of-court settlement from South Lanarkshire Council last year after her adoption of a two-year-old boy broke down. She won the payout after her lawyer argued that the council had failed to provide her with sufficient background information on the child and did not support her during the placement. Karen tells Anita why she has decided to speak out. And Anita also hears from Dr Polly Cowan from Scottish Adoption and Fostering, who has separately carried out research into child adoption breakdowns. Visual artist Bharti Kher’s new exhibition, Target Queen at the Southbank Centre, features supersized bindis reimagined from their microscopic form to the macro size worn by the goddess, transforming the brutalist building into a powerful feminine force. Bharti joins Anita to discuss the exhibition. Director Fawzia Mirza joins Anita to talk about her feature film debut, The Queen of My Dreams. Set across Karachi and Canada, the film follows Azra, a queer aspiring actress who clashes with—and ultimately reconciles with—her conservative Pakistani mother. Partly inspired by Fawzia's own life, it explores the bonds between mothers and daughters and how gay brown girls can also have an epic Bollywood-style romance.

Presenter: Anita Rani Producer: Dianne McGregor

Transcript

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0:00.0

My name is Annie Matt Manus and my name is Nick Grimshaw. How long have we known each other babe?

0:05.1

Probably 20 years now and in that time we've always worked in and around music right?

0:10.6

We have. So it kind of makes sense that we do a podcast better.

0:13.4

It sounds like he's been 20 years in the making. It's not a avatar for podcasts, basically,

0:17.6

but it is good. So we put the world to rights with regards to music.

0:21.5

It's all the stuff that you'd want to chat to your mate about over a pint.

0:25.0

Sidetracked with us, Annie and Nick,

0:27.0

listen on BBC Sounds.

0:31.0

BBC Sounds, music radio podcasts.

0:35.0

Hello, I'm Anita Rani and welcome to Woman's Hour

0:38.0

from BBC Radio 4, just to say that for rights reasons,

0:41.7

the music in the original radio broadcast has been removed for this

0:45.2

podcast.

0:46.2

Good morning.

0:48.2

Welcome to Fridays Womens Hour.

0:50.7

This morning you will hear a very powerful and honest interview with Karen McGuire.

0:57.0

It's her first broadcast interview discussing what led to her being awarded a six-figure sum by South Lancashire Council

1:05.4

after her adoption of a two-year-old boy broke down after only four months.

1:11.2

Now as usual if you are moved by anything you hear on the program we would love to hear

1:16.3

from you so get in touch with us in the usual way the text number is 84844 of course you can

1:21.7

email us by going to our website.

1:24.0

Also, if you happen to be in London and were on the top deck of a bus riding across Waterloo

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