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Woman's Hour

England Netball win, Body positivity movement, Author Emilia Hart

Woman's Hour

BBC

Society & Culture, Health & Fitness, Personal Journals

4.22.9K Ratings

🗓️ 10 February 2025

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

England have won the Netball Nations Cup for the first time after beating South Africa. It proved sixth time lucky for the Vitality Roses after being defeated in the five previous finals. To celebrate, Nuala McGovern is joined by head coach Jess Thirlby and former England Netball captain, Pamela Cookey.

Last month, Eleanor Frances received a settlement of £116,000 from two Whitehall departments that she worked in as a civil servant, the agreement was reached without liability. She had claimed constructive dismissal after raising concerns about a lack of impartiality in HR policies on gender and sex. DCMS and DSIT are now revising their Gender Reassignment policies. In her first broadcast interview, Eleanor tells Nuala why she brought the case.

With New York fashion week in full swing we take a look at the decline of the body positivity movement. As with everything in fashion, trends come and go but when the body positivity movement hit the catwalk and more diverse models were used many thought the change was here to stay. To discuss, Nuala is joined by fashion writer Victoria Moss and plus-sized model Enrika.

Laila Souief has been on hunger strike for 134 days, campaigning for the release of her British-Egyptian son Alaa Abdel Fattah, who is being held as a political prisoner in Egypt. Today she is calling for the Prime Minister to take more decisive action in getting him released. She tells Nuala how she’s dealing with the hunger strike aged 68, and what she wants from the government.

Inspired by the convict ships that transported prisoners from Ireland and England to Australia and the misogyny that’s travelled down through generations, Emilia Hart’s new book, The Sirens, explores the healing power of water and sisterhood.

Presenter: Nuala McGovern Producer: Emma Pearce

Transcript

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Eleven climbers appeared to have died on the world's second highest mountain K2.

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It was one of the deadliest days in mountaineering history.

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Rock falls, avalanches.

0:11.0

Huge pieces of ice. All are big enough to kill you.

0:14.0

He just flew out into Devoid and he was gone.

0:17.0

How did it all go so wrong?

0:19.0

And is it really worth risking death to feel alive?

0:22.1

Why would somebody pay to go to a place called the death cell on a vacation?

0:26.6

Extreme. Peak Danger. With me, Natalia Melman Petrazella. Listen to the full series now. First, on BBC Sounds.

0:36.6

Music, radio, podcasts.

0:40.7

Hello, this is Neula McGovern, and you're listening to the Woman's Hour podcast.

0:45.9

Hello, and welcome to the programme.

0:48.0

I have been away covering the US presidential inauguration, and then I did jury duty, but now it is very good to be back here with you

0:56.5

and on woman's hour we're going to start with a win for england's women in netball their coach is

1:02.3

getting ready to chat with us that in a moment also two government departments have agreed to

1:08.1

revise their gender reassignment policies after reaching a settlement

1:11.5

without liability with a former civil servant. That civil servant was Eleanor Francis. We're going to

1:16.8

speak to her this hour in the Woman's Hour studio. Also, New York Fashion Week has begun, but where

1:22.7

are the plus size models this season? We're going to discuss and water.

1:28.5

You can feel it throughout the sirens.

1:31.1

This is a new novel from Amelia Hart.

1:33.1

We're going to be discussing it a little later.

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