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Woman's Hour

Wayne Couzens and Indecent Assault, African Queens, Sleepovers, Male Pill and Nikki Haley

Woman's Hour

BBC

Society & Culture, Health & Fitness, Personal Journals

4.22.9K Ratings

🗓️ 15 February 2023

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

The former police officer, Wayne Couzens, who raped and murdered Sarah Everard two years ago, has admitted three counts of indecent exposure, one of which happened just four days before he kidnapped and killed Sarah Everard. Now academics and criminologists are calling for a change in the way indecent exposure is seen – saying we need to stop the perception of it as a so-called ‘nuisance offence’ and take it more seriously, as in some cases it can lead to far more serious crimes. Nuala talks to BBC’s Home Affairs correspondent, Dominic Casciani and Jennifer Grant from the University of Portsmouth. What are your thoughts on children’s sleepovers? Are they a rite of passage or just a big headache? Well, #nosleepovers was trending on social media recently after an American influencer and mum of two, Tara Huck, shared her unpopular parenting opinion: she doesn't allow her children to attend sleepovers. When Netmums did a poll of their UK parents - 63% said they ban sleepovers. So is it the end for sleepovers? Victoria Richards is Editor of Indy Voices at the Independent and hosts multiple sleepovers a year, whereas parenting columnist for Velvet Magazine, Emily Martin, is trying to avoid them for as long as possible. A new Netflix series from Executive Producer Jada Pinkett-Smith is out today, telling the stories of African Queens. The first focuses on Queen Njinga, a powerful woman who led Ndongo – modern day Angola – through the slave trade and invasions by the Portuguese. To find out more about Njinga, and why it’s so important to hear her story, Nuala McGovern is joined by one of the writers and former British High Commissioner to Mozambique, Nne Nne Iwuji-Eme. Scientists say that an on-demand, non-hormonal contraceptive pill for men may be a real possibility after successful trials stopped sperm from being able to swim. Tests in mice suggest that it stuns sperm long enough to stop them from reaching the egg. Further tests are needed, but if successful, it could provide a reliable oral contraception. Michelle Roberts is the BBC's Digital Health Editor. The republican Nikki Haley has announced that she will be running for president next year in the US. She's the first Republican to challenge Donald Trump for the party's presidential nomination. Nikki Haley first made her way onto the political scene back in 2010, when she became the youngest governor in the USA at the age of 39, securing a victory against an all-male field to become South Carolina's first female and Asian-American governor. Since then she has been hailed as a rising star who could potentially change the Republican party's male-dominated image. So what does this announcement mean for American Politics? Daniel Lippman is a reporter for Politico covering the White House in Washington.

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0:00.0

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0:04.9

Hello, this is Nulem O'Goveren and you're listening to the Woman's Hour Podcast.

0:10.0

Hello, you're very welcome to Woman's Hour. I'm wondering, do you have more kids than usual?

0:14.4

This morning at the breakfast table, the remains of a sleepover, perhaps, or maybe your kid has

0:20.0

gone elsewhere. Well, love them or hate them. Half-term break can be so full of them.

0:24.5

Maybe you're one of those parents instead that has banned the sleepover.

0:28.2

The cranky morning after kids just too much to bear do let me know.

0:32.1

The text is 844. And also, what about avoiding having kids all together?

0:38.7

Well, we're going to talk about a potential game changer when it comes to the male contraceptive pill

0:43.0

that stops sperm from being able to swim. Many more tests and trials will be needed and it would

0:49.1

also this pill, potential pill, need to be taken an hour before sex. So thoughts on all of that.

0:56.3

Love to hear them. Our digital health editor will be with us on Woman's Hour. You can, as I mentioned,

1:02.0

text the program at 84844. Social media or at BBC Woman's Hour or you can email us through our

1:08.1

website or, indeed, a WhatsApp message or voice note is 03700-100444. And if I say the name,

1:17.9

Queen Injinga, do you know who I'm talking about? Well, many of us will learn about her as Netflix

1:23.6

unveils its series about African Queens. The executive producer is Jada Pinkett Smith. She is

1:28.7

committed. She says to educating viewers about female African rulers across history. Also committed

1:35.3

is Nyae Nyae Ujiae Me, who is one of the writers who will be with us in the Woman's Hour studio.

1:41.7

This hour, so stay with us for that. But first, I want to turn to the former police officer Wayne

1:48.3

Cousins. You will remember, he raped and murdered Sarah Everard two years ago. He is admitted to

1:53.6

three counts of indecent exposure, one of which happened just four days before he kidnapped and

1:59.7

killed Sarah Everard. Now, academics and also criminologists are calling for change in the way

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