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Woman's Hour

Post botulinum toxin experiences, Photographing all your objects, FGM

Woman's Hour

BBC

Society & Culture

4.13K Ratings

🗓️ 24 July 2023

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

There has been a significant increase in the number of non-surgical aesthetic procedures over the past decade. And now the largest academic survey to date in the UK has just been published, relating the lived experience of over 500 people who have experienced an adverse event following administration of Botulinum Toxin. The study finds that a lack of awareness of reporting structures and the lack of regulation within the UK’s cosmetic injectables sector represents a significant public health challenge. Nuala is joined by the senior author of the study Ash Mosahebi, Professor of Plastic Surgery, and by Genee Schock who took part in the survey and runs a side effects support group for people impacted.

How much time would it take to photograph every single item in your home? Photographer Barbara Iweins spent four years documenting the 12,795 objects she owns. Barbara wanted 'to see the representation – flat on the ground – of a mother and her children.' She joins Nuala.

Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza is the leader of the opposition in Rwanda. She talks to Nuala about the challenges facing women and girls in Rwanda as well as the proposed UK-Rwanda asylum plan.

Tributes are being paid to the former Labour MP Ann Clwyd, who has died at the age of 86. Not only Wales' longest-serving woman MP, Ann also became known as a passionate human rights campaigner, committing herself to many causes, including the banning of FGM - female genital mutilation - in the UK. In 2003 she introduced the Female Genital Mutilation Act, making it illegal to take a girl out of the UK to undergo FGM in another country. Nuala is joined by Hibo Wardere, anti-FGM activist and author of Cut.

Transcript

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0:00.0

BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts.

0:04.9

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

0:10.4

Hello, and welcome to Woman's Hour. I hope you had a good weekend.

0:15.0

We're going to take a closer look at Botchalynum toxin.

0:18.3

We often call it by one brand name, Botox.

0:22.3

And we're going to look in particular at the results of a survey, completed by those

0:26.6

who have suffered adverse effects following injections used for aesthetic purposes, so

0:31.3

that in a moment.

0:32.3

Also, today Barbara Ivans, she has documented all her possessions.

0:37.1

Yes, all of them, totaling 12,795 objects.

0:42.8

So we're going to talk about what she discovered about herself through the project.

0:46.9

And she also talks about a desire to see the representation flat on the ground of a mother

0:53.3

and her children.

0:54.6

So my question to you today is, what object are you keeping that reminds you of your mother

1:00.0

or of being a mother yourself?

1:01.7

Maybe it's old, broken, maybe impractical, but nevertheless you keep it.

1:06.9

Why?

1:07.9

Well, to text the program, that number is 84844 on social media where at BBC Woman's

1:13.1

Hour or you can email us through our website for WhatsApp messages and voice notes, that

1:18.0

number is 037001444.

1:22.2

Also, we will speak about the former Labour MP and fluid who died at the age of 86.

1:29.2

Part of her legacy is making it a criminal offense for parents and others to take girls out

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