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Woman's Hour

Pregnant women and the flu jab; HIV and BAME women; Autumn fashion trends; Debra Whittingham

Woman's Hour

BBC

Society & Culture

4.13K Ratings

🗓️ 12 October 2020

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists and Royal College of Midwives are urging all pregnant women to take up the offer of a free flu vaccination this winter to protect themselves and their baby from complications caused by the flu virus. Sangita Myska is joined by Dr Jo Mountfield, Consultant Obstetrician and Vice President of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, to discuss why this is so important.

Three-quarters of women living with HIV in the UK are women of Black, Asian or minority ethnic background. Dr Rageshri Dhairyawan, a consultant in Sexual Health and HIV Medicine at Barts Health NHS Trust in London, wants to see a renewed focus on how to access those women, ensure that they have the healthcare they need to live long and healthy lives, and break down the stigma around HIV that is intense within some communities. She says South Asian women form a silent and often overlooked minority of women living with HIV, which is concerning as sexually transmitted infections are rising fastest in Asians compared to other ethnicities. Sangita Myska talks to Rageshri and two women living with HIV; Mina Kakaiya who is a mental health and mindfulness trainer of South Asian heritage, and Bakita Kasadha who is a British-Ugandan poet, activist and researcher.

What are the new trends for fashion and make up this autumn, and has your approach to beauty changed with the pandemic? Sangita is joined by Edwina Ings-Chambers, beauty director at YOU magazine, Kaushal, a beauty and lifestyle content creator who has 2 million subscribers on YouTube and also to the Telegraph’s Shopping Editor Krissy Turner.

Debra Whittingham spent over 31 years in the Royal Navy before taking over a role that is steeped in history. She became the first female Deputy Governor of the Tower of London in 2017. Debra is one of the stars in a new series of The Tower of London documentary to be shown on Channel 5 this Wednesday, and joins Sangita.

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This is the Women's Hour Podcast for Monday, the 12th of October.

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Hello and welcome to Women's Out coming up in today's program.

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A staggering three quarters of the women infected with HIV in Britain

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come from black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds.

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Intense stigma in some of these communities means we rarely hear from them

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but today we'll be talking to one of the only British Asian women

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prepare to speak openly about her condition.

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Meanwhile the leaves are turning, there's a chill in the air,

1:05.0

autumn is here and will be chatting about the latest fashion and beauty trends this season.

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Here's a clue. Fashionistas are turning the clocks back to the 1980s. Not necessarily a bad thing I say, given how

1:17.1

2020 is going. And what's it like being locked up in lockdown with 37 beef eaters. The woman who can tell us the deputy

1:26.4

governor of the Tower of London joins us later and as ever we want you to join

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the conversation you can get in touch over social media

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