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Woman's Hour

Women of Northern Ireland; Baroness Nicky Morgan; Looking good for your age; Menopause drugs update

Woman's Hour

BBC

Society & Culture

4.13K Ratings

🗓️ 22 May 2023

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Starting on BBC Two, BBC Northern Ireland and BBC iPlayer tonight, Once Upon A Time In Northern Ireland gives voice to the people who lived through the Troubles, sharing intimate stories from all sides of the conflict. The series airs today on the anniversary of the referendum that ratified the Good Friday Agreement, on 22nd May 1998. Nuala is joined by two women, Denise and Bernadette, who chose to take part in the series to share their stories.

As the Online Safety Bill progresses through the House of Lords, the former culture secretary Baroness Morgan of Cotes has tabled an amendment to the Bill calling for a Violence Against Women and Girls Code of Practice. She said a code is desperately needed to specifically address the harms to women and girls. Further discussions will take place this week on the Bill. Baroness Nicky Morgan joins Nuala to discuss.

How do you feel if someone tells you you’re 'looking good for your age'? Not so secretly thrilled? Slightly indignant? Why are we likely to take it as a compliment if someone believes you look younger than you actually are? The American businesswoman and lifestyle guru Martha Stewart recently became the oldest woman on the cover of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, and has been praised for looking less than her 81 years. Why? Nuala is joined by Sam Baker of The Shift podcast, and Lucy Baker who blogs as Geriatric Mum.

A new menopause drug to deal with hot flushes could be available by the end of the year in the UK. The non-hormonal drug fezolinetant has been hailed as 'game-changing' by some experts. At the same time, the supply of the HRT drug Utrogestan has been restricted by the government because of shortages. To find out more, Nuala is joined by Dr Annice Mukherjee, a consultant endocrinologist and visiting professor at the University of Coventry; and Dr Nina Wilson, an NHS GP and founder of the One Woman Health menopause clinic.

Transcript

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0:00.0

BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts.

0:05.0

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

0:09.6

It is indeed.

0:10.6

Hello and welcome to Woman's Hour.

0:13.0

Well, for you this morning, we have Baroness Nikki Morgan with us.

0:16.2

We're going to discuss why she is calling for a violence against women and girls code

0:21.4

of practice and wants it to be included in the online safety bill.

0:25.5

It will put the onus on social media firms to prevent abuse with potential fines or jail

0:30.8

for those who don't comply.

0:32.4

So we're going to get into that proposal in just a moment.

0:35.9

Also, I've been watching once upon a time in Northern Ireland and it tells of the troubles.

0:41.8

But through the stories of the people who lived through them.

0:45.4

Now we're going to hear from two women who have compelling times-shocking experiences

0:50.8

to recount about how the conflict affected them and their families.

0:55.1

Now this is not about the politics you might have seen the headlines today about Sinn Fein dominating local elections.

1:01.4

This instead is about what it was like to be a mother, a wife, a daughter during the 70s, 80s and early 90s in Northern Ireland.

1:11.9

And we don't often hear the stories off the daily lives of girls and women from that time.

1:17.0

So I'm really glad Bernadette and Denise will also be with us today.

1:21.8

Let me see, maybe over the past week or so you've heard conversations about Martha Stewart at 81

1:29.9

on the cover of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition.

1:34.1

Yes, in that swimsuit.

1:35.6

And you might have heard, doesn't she look good for her age?

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