Welcome to episode 59 of The Highly, the weekly news and pop culture podcast brought

to you by Jan Lysdolle Alderton and Pandora Sykes live from the Merton

Shandon Summer House. If you're listening to this as a podcast it is no longer

live just in case you weren't sure about the machinations of a podcast. We are so

happy to be here at the Moet Summer House. Mert is something that we feel very

passionately about. We're well aware that there is a 543 tradition of a glass of

champagne being raised which we know will happen. It's almost 548. We may have to

take a quick break to do that which we're fine with. In the words of Freddie

Mercury she keeps Moet and Shandon in a pretty cabinet. Let them eat cakes she

said just like Mary Antoinette. You don't know what song I'm talking about do you?

Absolutely no idea. So those are the words in Killer Queen and we think it might

have been written about us even though it was written 15 years before we were

born. But anyway it's still an attitude we hope to channel while pairing with

our wonderful partner and host for this evening Moet and Shandon. Diving into the

mailbag this week we got an email from Rose who is a volunteer on a joint

project with Jurex and a charity called The Unmentioned Aboles whose aim is to

empower refugees and other displaced people through dignity through hygiene.

They do this by providing reproductive education and distributing undergarments,

feminine hygiene products and contraceptives in refugee camps and

programs. Their aim is to build the world's first ever sexual reproductive

health web and app platform. Whilst 89% of refugees surveyed have said they

would like reproductive health education only 8% would attend in person classes

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