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Woman's Hour

Jessie Buckley, Jennie Agg, Nazir Afzal, Zoe Billingham, Martine Oborne, Anne Atkins

Woman's Hour

BBC

Society & Culture, Health & Fitness, Personal Journals

4.22.9K Ratings

🗓️ 8 February 2023

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Nuala McGovern talks to Irish actor Jessie Buckley about her new role as one of an extraordinary ensemble cast in the new film Women Talking. Based on the novel by Miriam Toews, it follows the women of an isolated religious community as they grapple with a huge decision they have to make, as a collective, following the discovery of male violence. Could God go gender neutral in the Church of England and no longer be referred to only as "he" but also as "they" and "she"? Rev Martine Oborne chair of Women and the Church which campaigns for "gender justice" in the church and journalist Anne Atkins discuss. Research estimates 1 in 5 women will lose a pregnancy in their lifetime and 1 in 20 will go through it more than once, but no official record is kept of how many miscarriages happen each year. After losing four pregnancies in the space of two years, with no obvious cause, Jennie Agg set out to understand why miscarriage remains such a profoundly misunderstood, under researched and under acknowledged experience. She has written about it in Life, Almost, which documents her path to motherhood and her search for answers. Dorset Police are investigating allegations that firefighters at Dorset and Wiltshire Fire Service had taken photos of women who had died in car accidents and shared the images on a Whatsapp group. In the group, male firefighters are alleged to have made degrading comments about the victims. Several female firefighters also spoke of sexual harassment, including claims a male firefighter demanded sexual favours at the scene of a fire. Nazir Afzal, the former chief prosecutor for North West England who carried out an independent review into the London Fire Brigade last year and Zoe Billingham, former head of the Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire and Rescue consider if the fire service has a problem with its culture, and in particular women. Presenter: Nuala McGovern Producer: Lisa Jenkinson Studio Manager: Donald McDonald

Transcript

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0:00.0

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0:05.0

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

0:10.0

It is indeed, hello and welcome.

0:12.5

You know, whenever I mention the actor and singer Jesse Buckley, she's famous for cabaret,

0:17.5

wild rose and the lost daughter, the usual refrain that I get is, oh, I love her.

0:23.6

What if you do?

0:24.6

You're in for a treat this morning on Woman's Hour because we have a chat with Jesse coming

0:27.9

up about her new role in the Oscar-nominated women talking.

0:31.5

It's a unique film with a powerhouse cast.

0:35.6

Also I've been reading a book this week, Life Almost.

0:38.2

It's about miscarriage and misconceptions about it.

0:41.6

It's part memoir, part scientific investigation.

0:44.8

I've found it intimate and also deeply questioning about what women go through when they're

0:50.2

trying to find answers on why their pregnancies ended early.

0:54.6

The author is Jenny Ag, she's going to be with us in the Woman's Hour studio this hour.

0:59.6

We're also going to speak about the toxic culture reported by women who work for the fire

1:04.1

service.

1:05.1

Some of the allegations describe disturbing behavior, including taking inappropriate photographs

1:09.9

of victims and making degrading comments about the women that they were sent to help.

1:14.8

You'll also hear shocking testimony from women who worked for the London fire brigade

1:19.3

and who spoke out when it was reviewed.

1:21.5

We'll take a look at that service and also others around the country that are now coming

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