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Woman's Hour

Weekend Woman’s Hour: climate activist Vanessa Nakate, rogue landlords, deepfake porn, Goth fashion, the state of child care

Woman's Hour

BBC

Society & Culture, Health & Fitness, Personal Journals

4.22.9K Ratings

🗓️ 29 October 2022

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

According to the OECD, the UK is the third most expensive country for childcare. ‘March of the Mummies’ organised by the campaign group Pregnant then Screwed are demanding for government reform. Its founder Joeli Brearley told Elaine Dunkley why. 25-year-old Ugandan climate activist Vanessa Nakate who launched her own climate movement in 2019 protesting outside the gates of the Ugandan parliament. Now a UNICEF ambassador she joined Jess to discuss her book ‘A Bigger Picture’ and what COP27 next week. A new BBC documentary looks at how deepfake technology is being used to create hardcore pornography of women without their consent. Presenter of the documentary Jess Davies and leading deepfake and synthetic media expert Henry Ajder joined Krupa. In a report out this week, MPs say too many women who’ve survived domestic abuse are ending up in appalling accommodation operated by rogue landlords who exploit housing benefit loopholes to cash in on a ‘gold rush’ of taxpayers’ money. Krupa talked to Becky Rogerson, CEO of Wearside Women in Need & the Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Select Committee for Housing and Communities, Clive Betts Labour MP. Fashion librarian Katie Godman's book 'Gothic Fashion - From Barbarian to Haute Couture' traces the roots of this long-lived, popular and adaptable look. She joined Jess and listeners share their stories of when and why they went Gothic. Flo & Joan, the multi-award winning British musical comedy duo Nicola and Rosie Dempsey. They cover everything from women’s safety to dating apps to mental health through their witty comedy songs. Their sell-out 140-date international tour, Sweet Release, has just been extended. Presenter: Elaine Dunkley Producer: Surya Elango Editor: Lucinda Montefiore

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hello, I'm Elaine Duncley and you're listening to Weekend Woman's Hour, a carefully created

0:09.2

selection of some of Woman's Hour's best bits from over the week.

0:12.9

Coming up, climate activist Vanessa Nacati, on what she wants to hear from world leaders

0:17.7

ahead of the COP27 summit next weekend, a new BBC documentary looking at how deep-fake

0:23.6

technology is being used to create hardcore pornography of women without their consent.

0:29.1

Plus why too many women survivors of domestic abuse are ending up in accommodation run by

0:34.2

rogue landlords?

0:35.9

And are you partial to a black lipstick, laced up boots?

0:39.3

Of course it.

0:40.5

We look into the roots of gothic fashion.

0:43.0

But first, we did a deep dive into the state of childcare in yesterday's programme.

0:47.9

According to the OECD, the UK is the third most expensive country for childcare.

0:53.7

An estimated 1.7 million women in England are prevented from doing more hours of work

0:58.8

by childcare issues.

1:00.8

While the UNICEF report this week shows that almost one in five parents on low incomes

1:05.2

are skipping meals to pay for it.

1:07.4

Today, 12,000 mums will descend on 11 locations across the UK to demand government reform in

1:14.2

a march of the mummies organised by the campaign group Pregnant Then Scrood.

1:19.6

It's founder, Jolie really, told me why.

1:22.6

We are planning this march because we want government reform on childcare, parental leave

1:28.0

and flexible working.

1:29.6

So there's thousands of us that are going to take to the streets because mothers are furious.

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