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Woman's Hour

Janhavee Moole, Julia Golding, Holly Bourne, Sam Quek, Rachel Williams, Ella Whelan, Abbie Cheeseman

Woman's Hour

BBC

Society & Culture, Health & Fitness, Personal Journals

4.22.9K Ratings

🗓️ 6 February 2023

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Is the world of Young Adult (YA) Fiction getting too dark for our teenagers? Nuala McGovern speaks to YA authors Julia Golding (Finding Sky) and Holly Bourne (The Places I’ve Cried in Public) to discuss where teenagers can find joy and uplift in their reading today, as well as why it’s important to address some of the darker themes in young adult literature. The latest from Iran where tens of thousands of prisoners have been pardoned with Abbie Cheeseman from The Telegraph. Commentators Ella Whelan and Rachel Williams debate whether Welsh Rugby Union were right to ban choirs from singing "Delilah" at games. The Board of Control for Cricket in India – the governing body of the sport - announced last week that the five teams that make up the new Women’s Premier League have been sold to local investors for more than £465 million. This is a remarkable amount, even in India where men’s cricket teams command staggeringly high valuations and life changing for India’s women cricketers who have struggled financially to make ends meet. We hear from BBC Mumbai Sports Reporter Janhavee Moole how it could also change the game for women cricketers around the world. If you were listening to Woman's Hour last Wednesday you will have heard me speaking to two of our judges for the Woman's Hour Power List - one of Britain’s most celebrated British Paralympians of all time, Baroness Tanni Grey Thompson and Cricket World Cup winner turned broadcaster Ebony Rainford-Brent. Today you will hear from our third judge Sam Quek - Sam was as part of the squad who won Britain’s first ever hockey gold medal at the Rio Olympics in 2016. She was also won gold at the European Championships in 2015. Now she is a team captain - the first female team captain - on BBC1's Question of Sport. Presenter: Nuala McGovern Producer: Lisa Jenkinson Studio Manager

Transcript

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0:00.0

BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts.

0:05.0

Hello, this is Nulam Agauverin and you're listening to the Woman's Hour podcast.

0:09.4

Yes, hello and welcome to Woman's Hour.

0:12.5

I want to begin this programme in Iran.

0:16.7

We're going to talk about what has happened there.

0:18.3

The Supreme Leader has pardoned tens of thousands of prisoners, including many linked to anti-government

0:23.3

protests.

0:24.3

So you'll remember that women took to the streets to demand reforms of the laws that limit

0:28.2

what women can wear and do in public.

0:31.2

And that was after the death of 22-year-old Masa Amini in police custody.

0:35.6

But what we want to ask is what do these pardons mean for the women's movement now?

0:40.6

So that's coming up in just a moment.

0:43.7

Maybe over the past weekend you're watching rugby.

0:46.1

Well the Welsh rugby fans, they belted out the Tom Jones classic Delilah.

0:50.4

That was despite the Welsh rugby union ban inquires from singing it at international matches.

0:55.1

Now the ban is due to misogyny, as it says in the lyrics, including a reference to a woman

1:00.3

being murdered by her jammas partner.

1:02.8

But the ban is controversial.

1:04.6

And I'm wondering how do you see it?

1:06.8

Is it time for Delilah and songs like it to go?

1:09.6

Should we be more aware of the lyrics to songs that are sung at public events?

1:13.6

Or is this all a step too far?

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