Female comedic characters, Mental healh support in schools

Woman's Hour

BBC

Society & Culture

4.1 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 12 April 2019

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

The television comedy dramas Fleabag and Derry Girls finished this week. What’s the appeal of the seriously flawed female character from Jane Austen’s Emma through to Bridget Jones?

Upskirting is now a specific criminal offence across England and Wales. We hear from the activist and writer Gina Martin who started the campaign for a change in the law after being targeted at a music festival.

Next week, one of the subjects on the agenda at the NEU (National Education Union) conference is the mental health of pupils. Increasingly, staff in schools are being asked to provide emotional support for the children they teach. But do they have the adequate resources or training to help these vulnerable individuals? We discuss with Sarah Kendrick from the children's mental health charity, Place2Be, Brenda McHugh from Anna Freud centre and Anne Lyons, the former president of the National Association of Head Teachers.

Bev Thomas is a clinical psychologist. She's written her debut novel 'A Good Enough Mother' about a trauma therapist who is trying to treat a patient who bears a striking resemblance to her own missing child. She joins Jenni to discuss.

As part of Late Night Woman's Hour we hear from the barrister Samantha Davies about what we can do about modern slavery in the supply chain.

Presenter: Jenni Murray Producer: Dianne McGregor

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0:00.0	Just before this BBC podcast gets underway, here's something you may not know.
0:04.6	My name's Linda Davies and I Commission Podcasts for BBC Sounds.
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0:41.0	Hello Jenny Murray welcoming you to the Women's Our Podcast for Friday, the 12th of April.
0:46.0	Early this week, the Children's Commissioner said young people face an extremely worrying post-code lottery when it comes to mental health services.
0:55.7	What impact is that having on teachers who are trying to deal with the fallout? Bev Thomas is a clinical psychologist who's published her first novel, a good enough mother.
1:06.0	How has she brought her professional experience into her creative work?
1:11.0	And in one week we saw the end of two brilliant tragedy comedies, Fleabag and Derry Girls.
1:17.0	What's the appeal of the seriously flawed female character from Jane Austen's Emma through to Bridget Jones.
1:25.0	Now as you may have heard in the news today is the day when upskirting is officially
1:30.3	against the law. If anyone takes a picture without the victim's knowledge for the purpose of
1:35.1	sexual gratification or causing humiliation, stress or alarm, the perpetrator may face a two-year
1:42.3	prison sentence and may go on to the sex offenders register.
1:46.7	It was Gina Martin who began the campaign to change the law nearly two years ago.
1:52.0	How surprised was she at the campaign's success?
1:55.6	It's crazy. I think it was almost two years ago that I came in to speak to you,
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