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Woman's Hour

Pregnant women in Pakistan, Salary transparency, Writer Lottie Mills, Clothes and grief

Woman's Hour

BBC

Society & Culture, Health & Fitness, Personal Journals

4.22.9K Ratings

🗓️ 16 September 2022

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

More than 33 million people have been affected by the flooding in Pakistan. How has the flooding impacted the thousannds of pregnant women. who require maternal health services to ensure a safe pregnancy and childbirth? We hear from midwife Neha Mankani and founder of the Mama Baby Fund. In a bid to close stubborn gender pay gaps, several states in the USA have passed laws requiring salary ranges to be clearly stated on all job ads. To discuss the growing trend and whether it is workable in the Uk, Anita hears from money blogger Iona Bain and Radha Vyas, co-founder of the group travel company Flash Pack. For our Girl’s World series, reporter Ena Miller went to talk to 13 year old Alice and India about the drama of their lives, boys and girls and how things have, or have not, changed since Ena was their age. Two years on from winning,The BBC’s Young Writer Award with Cambridge University, Lottie Mills has a book deal. She discusses her writing, and how disabilty is depicted in fiction. How can clothes help us grieve? 'Wearapy' is a term coined by the fashion psychologist Shakaila Forbes-Bell who believes that what we wear can help us through times of emotional upheaval. In her new book Big Dress Energy, she describes how wearing her late sister's clothes has helped her confront her grief. She’s joined by Dr Matilda Aspinall, lecturer at UAL London College of Fashion, who has paid tribute to her late grandmother through the act of refashioning her dress. Presenter: Anita Rani Producer: Dianne McGregor

Transcript

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0:00.0

BBC Sounds Music Radio Podcasts

0:05.2

Hello, I'm Anita Rani and welcome to Woman's Hour from BBC Radio 4.

0:10.4

Now many of us this week have had moments of contemplation, remembering loved ones

0:15.9

we've lost in our own lives.

0:18.2

But how do we remember them?

0:20.0

How do we keep them close when they're not with us physically?

0:23.7

Later I'll be talking to two women who found wearing the clothes of the deceased family

0:29.0

remember they loved a positive, helpful and therapeutic experience.

0:34.0

So I thought, I'd ask if this is something you can relate to this morning.

0:37.4

Do you have something in your possession from your mum or grand or your best friend or

0:42.1

great auntie Ethel, a cardie, a dress, a silt scarf, a bobble hat, a lovely piece of

0:47.7

jewelry, a memento of them?

0:50.3

Do you wear it?

0:51.7

Why do you wear it?

0:52.8

How does it make you feel?

0:54.1

Do you feel closer to them?

0:55.4

Are you honouring them?

0:56.8

Remembering them?

0:57.8

Do you find you always talk about them when you wear the item?

1:00.9

Well, we would love to hear your stories on Woman's Hour this morning.

1:04.5

Please text us.

1:05.5

It's the usual text number 84844.

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