Migrant boat deaths in Italy, Gambling addiction and crime, 60 swims at 60, Getting married at 16

Woman's Hour

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🗓️ 27 February 2023

⏱️ 58 minutes

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At least 59 migrants, including 33 women and 12 children, have died and dozens more are feared missing after their boat sank in rough seas off southern Italy. The vessel broke apart while trying to land near Crotone on Sunday. A baby was among the dead, Italian officials said. Bodies were recovered from the beach at a nearby seaside resort in the Calabria region. Nuala speaks to Caroline Davis, BBC Pakistan Correspondent and Annalisa Camilli, journalist for Internazionale magazine in Rome. A new report from the Howard League of Penal Reform looks at the links between women, gambling and crime. They say women are being let down by a lack of awareness and action to tackle the problem by police, probation and prisons - leaving them without the support they need. Dr Julie Trebilcock, senior Lecturer in Criminology at Brunel University London, and one of the researchers on the project, joins Nuala, along with Tracey whose gambling addiction resulted in a 13 month prison sentence. We speak to author Sara Barnes, about the challenge she set herself to mark her sixtieth birthday, sixty swims with sixty different people. Today the Marriage and Civil Partnership (Minimum Age) Act comes into effect, raising the age of marriage and civil partnership to 18 in England and Wales which means 16 and 17-year-olds will no longer be able to marry or enter a civil partnership under any circumstances, including with parental or judicial consent. It's what campaigners against child marriage have worked towards for many years. We thought it would be interesting on this day of change in the marriage laws in England and Wales, to look back at the experiences of some of you who got married willingly at 16. Nuala talks to listeners Judith and Jeanette. The Taliban's severe restrictions on women's rights in the country are having a negative impact on the already struggling economy. That's the conclusion of a study by the International Crisis Group – an independent organisation that works on conflict and policy. Since women were barred from university education and work in offices, including NGO's, cuts to foreign donor funds have become more likely, as many western politicians fear their voters will not accept the idea of their taxes helping a country ruled by the Taliban. Nuala is joined now by the BBC's Zarghuna Kargar.

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts
0:05.4	Hello, this is Nulem O'Goveran and you're listening to the Woman's Hour podcast.
0:10.9	Hello you're very welcome to Woman's Hour and now you may have seen today the Marriage
0:14.5	and Civil Partnership, the Minimum Age Act as it's called, comes into effect, raising
0:20.0	the legal age to marry to 18 in England and also Wales. This follows years of campaigning
0:26.2	to try and stop child marriage and also the harm that has been caused by it. Previously,
0:31.6	forced marriage was only an offense if coercion such as threats were used. Now, it is a
0:37.1	legal to arrange for children to marry under any circumstances. The changes do not apply
0:42.3	in Scotland and Northern Ireland, I should say, where the Minimum Age for Marriage will
0:46.9	remain at 16 for now. In previous generations, many people would have willingly got married
0:53.4	perhaps at a much younger age than today. The average woman, she's in her 30s when she
0:58.7	married now. But for some of you, you did do it back at 16. We're going to hear some
1:03.8	of our listener stories, decades on of course, about how it did or did not work out. You
1:11.5	can text the programme, the number is 84844. Text will be charged at your standard message
1:16.8	rate or on social media or at BBC Woman's Hour or email us through our website. If you'd
1:22.8	like to leave us a voice note or a WhatsApp message, that number is 037001444. Also today,
1:31.8	we want to talk about women and gambling. You'll hear the story of one woman whose life
1:35.8	was severely impacted by her addiction. And we're also going to look at a new report.
1:40.6	It's also published today that researched how women are affected by gambling and also
1:45.2	the crimes related to it. That is an aspect that hasn't been talked about very much. Plus,
1:51.7	60 swims with 60 people to mark 60 years. That is also coming up. But let me begin with
2:00.0	the story of at least 59 migrants, including 33 women and 12 children who have died. There
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