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Woman's Hour

Gaming industry, Unregistered children's care, Sheer fashion, Women's health

Woman's Hour

BBC

Society & Culture

4.13K Ratings

🗓️ 27 April 2026

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

£30m is being invested in the games industry in the UK, mainly to help develop ideas for the next big games. But will this government funding benefit women, in an industry where just 16% of leadership roles in UK studios are held by women and women-founded studios receive less than 3% of total investment? Nuala McGovern is joined by Marie-Claire Isaaman, CEO of Women in Games, and Kirsty Ridgen, CEO of FuturLab studios and Deputy Chair of the UK Video Games Council.

The use of illegal, unregistered children's homes in England has surged by more than 370% in five years, according to a new report, Hidden Children: An investigation into Unregistered Children’s Homes, published by Commonweal Housing and written by Public First. To discuss some of the reasons behind this, the implications and what can be done, Nuala is joined by Fraser McLean, Policy and Communications Manager for the charity Commonweal Housing and Rebekah Pierre, Deputy Director of the charity Article 39, who fight for children’s rights in England.

Sheer fashion – that is clothing with a see-through element - is having a moment. Actors Nicole Kidman, Gwyneth Paltrow and Naomi Watts have all worn it recently. And all of these women are over 50. So, what’s the appeal? And is there judgement of women of a certain age wearing ‘invisible clothes?’ Nuala is joined by Deborah Joseph, former editor of Glamour magazine and Kassia St Clair, a cultural historian to talk about the latest trend for see-through materials.

'Men's health to get 60% more new funding than women's' - that's a headline in the Times newspaper today, comparing the women's health strategy, published by government earlier this month with the men's health strategy that was launched last November. Rosie Taylor is an independent investigative journalist reporting on women's health in the UK who worked on this for the Times and she joins Nuala.

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0:38.3

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

0:43.1

Hello and welcome to the program.

0:45.4

Well, we are following the money as it relates to women in a couple of our stories today.

0:50.6

The Times has analysed new health funding and says men's health is getting a lot more than women's.

0:56.1

We're going to hear what they found. Also, the government is putting approximately 30 million pounds towards the UK's gaming industry, but with women so underrepresented in that workforce, how can they hope to get a fair shake at accessing some of that money?

1:11.6

And I'd like to know what's in your wardrobe that is see-through and are you still wearing it?

1:17.6

Shear fabric is back on the catwalks and also on the high street.

1:22.6

Maybe you wore shear in the past.

1:25.6

Is that item back in rotation?

1:28.2

Or do you put an age limit on more revealing material?

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