Ida B Wells, Dementia, Midwives
Woman's Hour
BBC
4.1 • 3K Ratings
🗓️ 13 May 2020
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
Ida B. Wells was an journalist and campaigner. She's just been honoured with a special Pulitzer Price for her courageous reporting of the violence inflicted on African Americans during the lynching era. Professor Paula J. Giddings, who's written a biography of her, tells us about Ida and all that she achieved.
We're talking about dementia during lockdown and how challenging it can be for carers. Research carried out by the University of Exeter shows that many people living with dementia, as well as their carers, already felt isolated and lonely before COVID-19 but now these feelings have intensified. Jane speaks to Professor Linda Clare about the research and to Philly Hare who's Co-Director of Innovations in Dementia CIC. They've worked with people who have dementia and have come up with practical tips.
Due to COVID-19 midwives all around the world are facing new challenges. We speak to Anneka Knutsson from the UNFPA which works in over 150 countries and also Tania Akter, who's a midwife in a very remote part of Bangladesh.
And from today, for people in England, restrictions on exercise have been lifted. Now people can do all kinds of sport including fishing! Beaky Allesch-Taylor joins Jane to talk about why she can’t wait to return to the riverbanks for some fly fishing.
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| 0:34.7 | Hi, this is Jane Garvey, and this is the Woman's Ad Podcast from Wednesday, |
| 0:38.6 | the 13th of May, 2020. |
| 0:41.8 | Thank you, good morning, and we're talking about fly fishing today actually in celebration of the fact that in |
| 0:46.4 | England you can once more go fishing. |
| 0:49.9 | Also today Ida B Wells more about the life of the African American journalist and activist |
| 0:56.1 | phenomenal woman who refused to give up her seat in a first-class lady's car on a train |
| 1:01.6 | back in 1883. Another of those names you really should know. |
| 1:07.0 | Midwives around the world will look at the challenges they're facing at the moment. |
| 1:11.0 | We'll talk to one midwife, I've already spoken to her actually in a remote part of Bangladesh. |
| 1:16.7 | She is worried she's seeing fewer women and is very concerned as you might expect about home |
| 1:22.1 | deliveries and fly fishing a little bit later but |
| 1:25.2 | we're going to start with a conversation about living with dementia and caring for somebody |
| 1:29.7 | with dementia at this pretty difficult time. |
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