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Woman's Hour

'Victoria's' story, Child height, Medical tactile examiners in India, Professor Irene Tracey - University of Oxford

Woman's Hour

BBC

Society & Culture

4.13K Ratings

🗓️ 21 June 2023

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Nuala speaks to a woman who discovered by chance that her fiancé was secretly filming her naked in the home they shared. Victoria, not her real name, reported him to the police and he later pleaded guilty and was convicted on voyeurism charges. Last month she also won £97,000 in compensation, some of which she is aiming to put towards trying to remove the images he made of her without her consent from the internet.

According to data gathered from a global network of health scientists, five-year-olds in the UK are on average up to seven centimetres shorter than their peers in other wealthy nations. To discuss the contributing factors Nuala is joined by Anna Taylor, Executive Director of nutrition charity, The Food Foundation and also by Henry Dimbleby the former government food adviser who's also written a book "Ravenous" about our consumption of ultra processed food.

In India, the majority of breast cancer cases are diagnosed in the later stages and between 2019 and 2021 less than 1% of women had undergone screening. But a team of blind and partially sighted women are trying to change this by training to become Medical Tactile Examiners where they use their hands to help detect the cancer at its earliest stage. Nuala is joined by Shalini Khanna, Director of The National Association of the Blind India Centre for Blind Women and Leena Chagla, President of the Association of Breast Surgery to discuss.

Professor Irene Tracey is only the second ever female Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford. In the last few weeks she has had to deal with several angry protests in Oxford over the appearance of Kathleen Stock at the Oxford Union. She allowed the talk to go ahead, saying, ‘we have to defend free speech’. Professor Tracey joins Nuala to talk about the battle over free speech, as well as what it’s like being a woman in the world of academia.

Presented by Nuala McGovern Producer: Louise Corley Editor: Karen Dalziel

Transcript

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0:00.0

BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts

0:06.0

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

0:11.0

Should there be limits on free speech?

0:13.1

Well, we saw the uproar at the Oxford Union when gender-critical academic Kathleen Stock

0:18.1

was invited to speak, the talk went ahead, and the new vice-chancellor of Oxford University,

0:23.8

Irene Tracy, said in response,

0:26.4

students must hear views they find distasteful.

0:30.0

Well, this hour we'll hear from the vice-chancellor on how she intends to make that happen,

0:35.0

and also where she thinks the line should be drawn when it comes to the airing of controversial views.

0:40.6

She also believes that students' fears of being cancelled can lead to a dearth of debate.

0:46.0

And wondering, do you feel that you can express your opinions openly without fear of repercussions

0:52.2

on controversial issues?

0:54.2

Should there be a limit to who can speak?

0:57.0

How do you decide?

0:58.8

How that is, where that is, who that is, you can text the programme, the number is 84844,

1:04.4

text charged at your standard message rate.

1:06.8

On social media, we're at BBC Woman's Hour, or you can email us through our website.

1:11.1

For WhatsApp or a voice note, that number is 037001444.

1:17.8

Also today, we have a radio exclusive with a woman we are calling Victoria,

1:22.3

who has successfully sued her partner for secretly filming her naked in their home,

1:28.1

and then putting those images online.

1:30.4

You'll hear her story.

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