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Woman's Hour

Women pig farmers and mental health. Modern slavery. The cave woman rebuilding her business after Covid.

Woman's Hour

BBC

Society & Culture

4.13K Ratings

🗓️ 18 October 2021

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

According to a new survey on mental wellbeing in agriculture, 58% of women in farming experience anxiety compared to 44% of men. What's the reason behind it? How much impact has Brexit and the pandemic had on the problem? We discuss with Alicia Chivers, Chief Executive of the Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution, and East Yorkshire pig farmer Kate Moore.

Conservative MP Sir David Ames, who was killed on Friday had been in Parliament since 1983 . Issues raised by the people he represented were top of his agenda. When a woman called Carla came and told him about how her life was blighted by endometriosis, he took up the cause. We hear from the former Labour MP for Dewsbury, who he worked with on this issue while she was in the House, despite them being politically poles apart.

We've been following the work of the Salvation Army who have the Home Office contract to support all victims of modern slavery in England and Wales and have been given exclusive access to their annual report which shows that demand for their services is soaring. Young Albanian women make up the largest group of survivors who escape from their traffickers after being sexually exploited. Many of these women are waiting to hear if the Home Secretary will appeal against what's described as a landmark High Court ruling last week. It was brought by a Vietnamese woman who was trafficked to the UK and if upheld will affect hundreds of others like her. We hear from Ahmed Aydeed from law firm Duncan Lewis the woman's solicitor. Plus reporter Carolyn Atkinson talks to a survivor and to Kathy Betteridge, Major Director of Anti Trafficking and Modern Slavery at the Salvation Army.

Plus Emma the Yorkshire woman who spent over a hundred hours in a cave. Lisa Bowerman owns Stump Cross Caverns, She runs the caves as a family business and they'll usually a big attraction for tourists. She explains why she hopes the stunt will give the business a lift post-covid..

Presenter Emma Barnett Producer Beverley Purcell

Transcript

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0:00.0

Just before this BBC podcast gets underway, here's something you may not know.

0:04.6

My name's Linda Davies and I Commission Podcasts for BBC Sounds.

0:08.4

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0:41.0

Hello I'm Emma Barnet and welcome to Womensa from BBC. podcasts. of a cave of one's own? I'll be talking to a woman who owns one and has just

0:54.4

spent over a hundred hours living in it. We also have for you today an exclusive

0:59.2

report into the state of modern slavery in Britain.

1:03.2

And also on today's programme,

1:05.0

on the front line of farming,

1:06.6

the pig farmer whose impassioned plea to Boris Johnson went viral on BBC News.

1:11.2

What does Kate Moore want to say to the Prime Minister now in light of the latest policy

1:15.4

changes?

1:16.4

I'm sure she won't hold back and I'm hoping you won't either.

1:19.4

Anything you want to get in touch with me about today, you know I'm all ears. You can text me here at

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Womons are 84844. Text will be charged at your standard rate. Or on

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social media, it's at BBC Womons hour or email me through our website. But first we want to start the program today

1:34.9

with the words of the family of the Conservative MP Sir David Amos who was

1:39.3

killed on Friday in Essex while seeing his constituents and they have said that their hearts

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