Women In Film, Female MP's joining the Independent Group, Mariam Khan
Woman's Hour
BBC
4.1 • 3K Ratings
🗓️ 22 February 2019
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
Of the twelve MPs who resigned so far this week from the Labour and Conservative parties, seven of them are women. Jane speaks to Sarah Childs, Professor of Politics and Gender at Birkbeck University about the significance of their resignations.
The first survey of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder in young people in the UK suggests girls are twice as likely to develop PTSD following a traumatic experience, with 1 in 13 young people across the UK having had post-traumatic stress disorder before reaching the age of 18. Andrea Danese, Professor of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry at Kings College London explains the implications of the survey and Flo Sharman who experienced PTSD and is an ambassador for mental health charity MQ.
The 2019 Oscars are on Sunday - and this year the hashtag #OscarsSoMale has been trending. That’s because not one woman has been nominated in the Best Director, Original Score, Film Editing and Best Picture categories. Only 25% of non-acting Oscar nominations this year went to women. Radio 4 film podcast presenter and playwright Melody Bridges shines a light on some of her favourite women in film with three of her favourite films directed by women who she believes were snubbed an Oscar win for Best Director.
How much do you know about herpes? 7 out of 10 people over the age of 25 carry a type of the virus, but it’s still a source of embarrassment and frequently misunderstood. We speak to three women who have genital herpes about the impact it’s had on their lives, and the reality behind the myths
It’s Not About the Burqa” features seventeen essays from Muslim women speaking frankly on topics as wide ranging as the hijab and wavering faith, love and divorce, feminism, queer identity, sex, and the twin threats of a disapproving community and a racist country. The writer and activist Mariam Khan talks to Jane about why she wanted to put the anthology together, with writer and poet Salma El-Wardany on her essay A Gender Denied; Islam, sex and the struggle to get some.
Presenter: Jane Garvey Producer: Caroline Donne
Interviewed Guest: Professor Sarah Childs Interviewed Guest: Professor Andrea Danese Interviewed Guest: Melody Bridges Interviewed Guest: Mariam Khan Interviewed Guest: Salma El-Wardany Interviewed Guest; Flo Sharman
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| 0:41.0 | Hi this is Jane Garvey and this is the Woman's Our Podcast from Friday, the Twix. podcasts. who've contributed essays to a new collection of essays called |
| 0:53.7 | It's Not About the Burka. |
| 0:56.2 | And that's young Muslim women telling us about their lives |
| 0:59.1 | and about how society views them, |
| 1:02.3 | why maybe actually we should reconsider the way we think |
| 1:05.1 | about Muslim women and also on the podcast today post-traumatic stress |
| 1:09.5 | disorder is it really true that one in 13 British teenagers has it and what kind of help is available? |
| 1:17.0 | And we'll also bust some myths on herpes. |
| 1:20.0 | There is a sort of stigma about herpes, but it's a bit idiotic because almost all of us over the age of 25 carry the virus. |
| 1:27.0 | So why is there any sort of taboo about having herpes? That's on the podcast today. |
| 1:33.0 | First of all we heard this morning just about as the show went on air actually that another |
| 1:37.4 | MP, Ian Austin, the Labour MP for Dudley North, has said he is leaving his party. |
| 1:42.2 | That makes a total of 12 MPs who have resigned |
| 1:45.4 | from their political parties this week. The majority of those who quit have |
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