4.2 • 2.9K Ratings
🗓️ 10 June 2025
⏱️ 58 minutes
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The kidnap, murder and rape of Sarah Everard was deemed a moment of reckoning in 2021. The Angiolini Inquiry, which investigated this case, found that Wayne Couzens was reported eight times for indecent exposure. The report also found that the offence "may indicate a potential trajectory towards even more serious sexual and violent offending". A new report by The Telegraph has investigated cases of indecent exposure since Sarah Everard's murder and found that police are catching and prosecuting fewer offenders, despite a big increase in the number of offences reported. The paper's Home Affairs Editor, Charles Hymas, joins Nuala McGovern, as does Zoë Billingham, former HM Inspector of Constabulary.
Natalie Dormer has graced our screens as Margaery Tyrell in Game of Thrones, Anne Boleyn in The Tudors and in films including The Hunger Games: Mockingjay and The Wasp. She’s now back on stage as Anna in a new adaptation of Leo Tolstoy’s epic novel Anna Karenina. Set in 19th century Russia, Anna is the wife of a powerful government official, who dares to step outside the bounds of society to risk a dangerous and destructive love affair. Natalie talks to Nuala about the role, her career and more.
World fertility rates are in 'unprecedented decline' according to a survey of 14,000 people by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), the UN's reproductive rights agency. One in five respondents said they haven't had – or don’t expect they will have - the number of children they want. The survey spanned 14 countries on five continents, which are home to a third of the world's population. Nuala is joined by demographer Anna Rotkirch, who has researched fertility intentions in Europe and advises the Finnish government on population policy, to discuss the findings and their impact.
Jessica Stanley’s novel Consider Yourself Kissed tells the story of Coralie, a copywriter who moves from Australia to London just before she turns 30 and falls in love with political journalist Adam. Jessica tells Nuala about the book, which tracks 10 years of Coralie and Adam’s lives from 2013 to 2023, taking in love, birth, illness and a particularly eventful period in British politics.
Presenter: Nuala McGovern Producer: Sarah Jane Griffiths
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0:44.6 | Hello, this is Neula McGovern, and you're listening to The Woman's Hour podcast. |
0:49.4 | Hello, and welcome to the programme. You might remember a pledge by police after the rape and murder of Sarah Everard |
0:56.4 | that they said they would crack down on perpetrators of indecent exposure. |
1:01.9 | Police acknowledge that it is a precursor crime that can escalate into more serious contact |
1:06.7 | sexual offences, including rape. |
1:08.9 | But the telegraph has found, despite higher reporting rates by |
1:12.5 | victims, prosecutions for indecent exposure have decreased. We're going to discuss why that |
1:19.1 | might be this hour. Also today, the UN Agency for Reproductive Rights has said that the world |
1:24.9 | has begun an unprecedented decline in fertility rates. |
1:28.8 | Now, we'll explore why that is and also whether it matters. |
1:32.4 | But I'd also like to hear from you about one finding from this report. |
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