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🗓️ 12 August 2025
⏱️ 57 minutes
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The chief executive of the Royal College of Nursing says their members are facing "abhorrent" levels of violence in accident and emergency departments. Nicola Ranger tells Nuala McGovern that their Freedom of Information request to hospital trusts in England found that there were more than 4,000 incidences of physical violence against staff in 2024, almost double the amount five years ago. She believes this could be linked to an increase in waiting times.
Emma Holten tells us we need a feminist revolution. The author has spent years investigating the true value of care - and how rethinking it could transform our societies. Her debut book, Deficit: How Feminist Economics Can Change Our World, examines how mainstream economics systematically undervalues care work and advocates for reshaping policy to reflect its true worth.
How is it possible to sail around the British Isles solo when you use a wheelchair, can’t swim and may suffer a seizure? Jazz Turner explains how she managed this in her yacht Fear. She has Ehlers Danlos Syndrome, which affects the joints but, in some cases like hers, can affect internal organs. Despite this life-limiting disease, Jazz now plans to sail around the world.
Historian Dr Fern Riddell has written a book looking into the relationship between Queen Victoria and John Brown. It has been a source of gossip for over a hundred years, but Dr Riddell has found new evidence which might support the theory that they secretly married, and even had a child together.
Presenter: Nuala McGovern Producer: Melanie Abbott
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0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, radio, podcasts. |
0:05.6 | Hello, this is Newell McGovern, and you're listening to The Woman's Hour podcast. |
0:10.6 | Hello and welcome. |
0:12.8 | Punched, spat at, pinned up against a wall, threatened with a gun and acid. |
0:18.0 | These are just some of the attacks on A&E nurses over the past six years, |
0:22.8 | according to the Royal College of Nursing. Attacks have doubled over the past six years. We're going |
0:27.8 | to hear from the RCN in just a few minutes. Also today, Emma Hulton will make the case for how |
0:33.4 | she thinks feminist economics can change the world. Her book deficit is so thought-provoking, |
0:40.5 | not least on what is paid for and what is not in society. |
0:44.6 | Where does value lie and why? |
0:47.3 | Now, sometimes it is not the work that keeps people happy and healthy, |
0:51.7 | and that is often, as we know, done by women. |
0:55.7 | This morning, I'd like to hear from you on what work you do that is unpaid but should be valued or indeed paid. Here's a little |
1:03.1 | from the woman's hour office. Being a strong shoulder for people to cry on like an unpaid therapist. |
1:09.9 | Always knowing where the kids' sports |
1:11.8 | kits are. Being the only one who cleans the cat bowls. Okay, what is it for you? Add yours. You can text |
1:19.1 | the program. The number is 84844 on social media where at BBC Women's Hour or you can email us |
1:24.6 | through our website for a WhatsApp message or voice note. |
1:28.1 | That number, 0300-100-400-444. |
1:32.9 | Now, someone who valued women's work was technology pioneer, |
1:36.6 | named Stephanie Shirley, who has died at the age of 91. |
1:40.4 | She created a workplace that she wanted to work in, |
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