Giovanna Fletcher, Laura Bates, Al-Fayed victims

Woman's Hour

BBC

Society & Culture, Health & Fitness, Personal Journals

4.2 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 12 November 2024

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Following our reporter Jo Morris' interview yesterday with Kerry as part of our Forgotten Children series, Nuala McGovern investigates the impact on families when one or both parents are sent to prison. She is joined by Sarah Burrows, founder of Children Heard and Seen, a charity supporting children and families with parents or partners serving prison sentences, and Lucy Baldwin who is a research fellow at Durham University and a criminal justice consultant.

Laura Bates is best known for her work founding the Everyday Sexism Project and she has written several non-fiction books including Misogynation and Men Who Hate Women. Now she is writing a series of Young Adult novels about an alternative Arthurian legend. The latest is Sisters of Fire and Fury and it asks what if the knight destined to unite Britain was not King Arthur, but a woman? Laura joins Nuala in the Woman’s Hour studio.

Back in September, in a BBC documentary and podcast, we heard testimony from more than 20 former Harrods employees who accused the billionaire and former Harrods owner Mohammed Al Fayed of sexually assaulting them. Since the documentary first aired, many more women have come forward with allegations of assault, harassment and rape over a period of more than 30 years before his death. Nuala is joined by BBC correspondent Ellie Price, as well as two victims, Jen and Lindsay, who say they have found a bond since sharing their experiences.

Nuala speaks to TV presenter and author Giovanna Fletcher from the Himalayas at the start of her trek to raise money and awareness for CoppaFeel! - the breast cancer charity.

Presenter: Nuala McGovern Producer: Emma Pearce

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0:44.0	Hello, this is Newell McGovern, and you're listening to The Woman's Hour podcast.
0:48.9	Hello and welcome to Woman's Hour.
0:51.1	Well, Laura Bates is with us this morning, known to many of you as founding the everyday sexism website, but she has many strings to her bow. She has written a young adult novel. Think nights of the round table, but with women at the table. That's coming up. Also with me today are Jen and Lindsay, two women who have formed a deep bond. They opened up
1:13.2	about their story of sexual abuse by the billionaire and former Harrod's owner Mohamed Al-Fayyed.
1:18.3	And that then paved the way for so many more women to come forward. We're going to speak to them.
1:23.8	Also, we continue our series on Forgotten Children, which looks at the impact on families when one
1:28.6	or both parents are sent to prison a lot of reaction to 17 year old kerry yesterday who struggled
1:34.2	after her mom and dad were imprisoned today we're delving into what services are or should be available
1:39.6	and we'll also go to the himalayas as i have been speaking to giov Fletcher, who's leading a trek to keep a focus on checking your breasts.
1:48.1	It's all part of Coppheel, the Breast Cancer Awareness Charity.
1:52.0	So if you want to get in touch on any of the stories we're covering today, the number to text is 84844 on social media.
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