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Woman's Hour

Martine McCutcheon, anxiety & the perimenopause, Who is Fani Willis? Period huts in Nepal

Woman's Hour

BBC

Society & Culture

4.13K Ratings

🗓️ 16 August 2023

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Martine McCutcheon describes her rising anxiety levels to do with the perimenopause. Who is Fani Willis? On Monday 14 August a grand jury in Fulton County, Georgia voted to charge Mr Trump and 18 others with attempting to overturn the 2020 election result in the state. The woman taking on his case is District Attorney Fani Willis. Kimberley Peeler Allen the co-founder of HHFA, a national organization building the political power and leadership of Black women from the voting booth to elected office, joins Nuala. Should parents of disabled children and those with long term health conditions be kept in the loop, even when the young person turns 18 and is an adult? We hear from parents devastated to be excluded, who say they are not listened to, sometimes until it’s too late. And the Royal College of Psychiatrists tells Woman’s Hour they want to see the period of transition to be extended past 18 and up to the age of 25. In Nepal there have been reports of a 16-year old girl who has died as a result of the illegal practice of chhaupadi. This is where menstruating women are forced to stay in huts outside their home due to the centuries-old belief that they are unclean and untouchable during menstruation. Journalist Shristi Kafle joins us from Nepal.  The Invincibles is the untold story of one of the most successful women’s football team of World War One. And as the spirit of the Sterling Ladies lives on in the Lionesses epic Women’s World Cup adventure this summer a play about them opens at the Queens Theatre in Hornchurch Essex early next month. Playwright Amanda Whittington and actor Yanexi Enriquez join Nuala. Presenter: Nuala McGovern Producer: Lucinda Montefiore

00:00 Opener 02:10 Martine Mccutcheon 13:53 Fani Willis 26:24 Post - 18 40:03 Period Huts 46:40 The Invincibles

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Before you listen to this BBC podcast, I'd like to tell you why I love podcasting.

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I'm Sasha Johansson, I'm an Assistant Commissioner for the BBC and I work on making podcasts.

0:11.1

My real passion is discovering unbelievable unheard stories and working with the biggest

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stars who can really bring those stories to life.

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I love the whole process of making podcasts from the spark of an idea to hearing the final

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Hello, this is Nulem O'Govern and you're listening to the Woman's Hour podcast.

0:53.0

No doubt many of you are gearing up to watch The Lionesses against the Matilda's as

0:58.1

England take on Australia, it should be a corker.

1:00.8

Well, today we're going to revisit the successes of the Dagnum Invincibles.

1:04.9

That's a women's football team from World War One and a new play celebrates that time,

1:10.3

while it also follows The Lionesses World Cup.

1:13.9

But how will their winning streak end?

1:16.9

We'll have a chat about that.

1:18.9

Also, Donald Trump's name is back in the headlines.

1:21.9

That's due to the latest indictment in the state of Georgia.

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