Weekend Woman's Hour: Julia Gillard on girls' education; Pauline Black of The Selecter; Dogs in Lockdown

Woman's Hour

BBC

Society & Culture

4.1 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 24 April 2021

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

We hear from former Prime Minister of Australia Julia Gillard who is working to help children from developing countries get a quality education. Josephine Kamara and Selina Nkoile are Youth Leaders for Global Partnership for Education and are campaigning to keep girls in education.

Pauline Black, lead singer of ska band The Selecter talks about her upbringing and the 2 Tone anti-racism message of the late 70s.

Professor Basky Thilaganathan from St George’s Hospital talks about the rarely seen and often complex work being carried out inside the womb to save the lives of unborn babies. We also hear from Susie who developed Twin to Twin transfusion syndrome while pregnant with triplets.

Christine Grosart is a key volunteer for the group Ghost Fishing UK. She is also an expert diver and environmental champion. She talks about the beauty of the seas and the damage humans have caused.

Plus broadcaster Emily Dean on the trend for ‘pandemic puppies’ and the unique relationship that women have with their dogs.

Presenter: Anita Rani Producer: Paula McFarlane Editor: Beverley Purcell

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0:00.0	Choosing what to watch night after night the flicking through the endless
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0:11.8	telly we share what we've been watching
0:14.0	Fladiated.
0:16.0	Load to games, loads of fun, loads of screaming.
0:19.0	Lovely. Off the telly with me Joanna Paige.
0:21.0	And me, Natalie Cassidy, so your evenings can be a little less
0:25.0	searching and a lot more auction listen on BBC Sounds.
0:31.0	BBC Sounds Music music radio podcasts.
0:35.0	Hello and welcome to Weekend Woman's Hour.
0:38.0	On the program today, Pauline Black tells us about her career as the lead singer of the two-tone scar revival band The selector,
0:45.7	and Emily Dean talks about the unique relationship women have with their dogs.
0:50.5	It's estimated that 129 million girls worldwide remain out of school and face multiple barriers to education.
0:58.0	Julia Gillard is the former Prime Minister of Australia from 2010 to 2013. Today she's the chair of the Board of
1:04.6	Directors of the Global Partnership for Education, an organization working with
1:09.0	governments around the world to help children in lower-income countries get a
1:12.4	quality education.
1:14.1	The UK has supported 8 million girls worldwide and in 100 days from now we'll be hosting the
1:18.6	Global Education Summit with Kenya in July this year.
1:21.7	Josephine Camara and Selina and Koyle are youth leaders for the GPE.
1:26.6	It's 2021, yet there are still girls not being educated globally.
1:31.0	Julia Gillard started by giving an overview of the situation.
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