Endometriosis, NI Abortion, Portraits

Woman's Hour

BBC

Society & Culture, Health & Fitness, Personal Journals

4.2 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 24 March 2021

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Endometriosis is a condition where cells similar to the ones in the lining of the womb are found elsewhere in the body, often around reproductive organs, bowel and bladder. This can cause inflammation, pain and scar tissue. We hear about a new study which uses Dichloroacetate as a treatment. Jessica Rafferty talks to use about her experience which includes more than 200 visits to the hospital. And we also hear from Andrew Horne, Professor of Gynaecology and Reproductive Sciences at the University of Edinburgh.

Litter! Get annoyed when it’s all over the place? Find yourself picking up other people's rubbish? What about all those covid masks? Is it mostly women leading the charge on litter? We hear from you.

Theoretically women can now get an abortion in Northern Ireland. The new law came into force last year but in reality it's a very different story. It's hard to access services and some women are still travelling to England and Ireland. The Northern Ireland Secretary, Brandon Lewis, has stepped in and said the Northern Ireland Executive must do something about it. We get the latest from Jayne McCormack, political reporter at BBC Northern Ireland, and Les Allamby, Chief Commissioner from the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission.

And we talk about the portraits on display at the National Portrait Gallery. Why are most of them of men, and why are they created by mostly male painters? How do experts plan to change things?

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0:41.0	Hello I'm Emma Barnet and welcome to Womensa from BBC. podcasts. time going outside and litter picking is one of them. You could also argue
0:54.8	that this could be a time when people actually learn to pick up their own rubbish and
0:58.4	leaving that very valid debate just
1:05.0	to one side for a moment. The Great British Spring Clean, the annual litter picking event
1:06.0	has just been launched by Keep Britain Tidy,
1:08.0	very much with the thought of us unlocking as lockdown comes to an end,
1:12.0	that being a reality and us wanting to be
1:14.8	more in our green spaces and for them to be beautiful.
1:18.2	Women are leading the charge.
1:19.5	The Environment Minister Rebecca Poe, who helped launch the Spring Clean campaign yesterday
1:23.7	said she hopes all 650 MPs will offer their support this year and the
1:28.1	spring clean would set the tone as Britain emerges from lockdown and the chief executive of Keep Britain
1:34.5	tidy. Allison Ogden Newton who says we know without a shadow of a doubt that the
1:38.6	country is about to be covered in rubbish and our absolute front line will be our litter pickups.
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