Women triathletes, Imani Erriu and romantasy, Prostitute's caution

Woman's Hour

BBC

Society & Culture, Health & Fitness, Personal Journals

4.2 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 11 December 2024

⏱️ 58 minutes

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A new report from SheRACES and Fund Her Tri UK has found that women triathletes can experience unacceptable harassment at events. It also showed that women competitors struggle with the lack of toilet facilities and changing facilities. Sophie Power is an ultrarunner and founder of SheRACES – she joins Nuala McGovern to tell us more about the report and the change they hope to make.

A lawyer representing several alleged victims of Sean 'Diddy' Combs says the potential number of civil legal cases against the musician "is probably in the 300 range". The BBC's Mark Savage reminds us of the allegations against the US rapper. Mr Combs has denied all the charges against him.

Campaigners are calling for an end to the “Prostitutes Caution”, saying it’s preventing women leaving sex work behind them. The caution stays on record for 100 years and there’s no appeal possible. A new report from the English Collective of Prostitutes says two thirds of women they surveyed who’d been given one found it hard to get a different type of job. Nuala talks to spokesperson for the ECP, Laura Watson, and MP for Nottingham East Nadia Whittombe, who’s backing the campaign for a change in the law.

Imani Erriu’s Heavenly Bodies Trilogy has taken TikTok by storm. With its mix of romance and fantasy, it’s inspiring a new generation of readers. She shares her journey from self-publishing to viral success and the magic behind her stories.

Women in Afghanistan have been banned from midwife and nurse training under a reported new Taliban decree. What impact is this having on those women? And what about the further impact on the health of women and children in Afghanistan? Nurse and journalist Bahaar Joya tells us more.

Presenter: Nuala McGovern Producer: Kirsty Starkey

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0:52.3	Hello and welcome to the program, the latest on the lawsuits involving Sean Combs in just a minute. But also today we hear from a woman who has
0:55.3	trained Afghan midwives. She'll tell us how the recent clampdown by the Taliban on medical
1:00.5	education will affect pregnant women in the country. We also have the Romantasy author,
1:06.2	Emani Eriu. Yes, that is romance and fantasy, hugely popular with young women. Her latest book is
1:12.9	Heavenly Bodies. We'll hear all about it. And to other bodies. Endurance athletes, today I want to
1:18.7	hear from you. We'll be speaking about a new survey that has detailed that female athletes
1:23.6	are being deterred from competing in triathlons, having experienced harassment at races.
1:29.6	It includes verbal harassment, comments about bodies, clothing, ability. I'd like to know
1:35.6	what it has been like for you as you challenge yourself in competitive environments like
1:41.5	triathlons, maybe long-distant runs, maybe I have some Ironman competitors listening.
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1:54.3	If you'd like to WhatsApp us for a message or a voice note, the number is 0300-100-444. And a call to abolish something known as prostitutes caution
2:07.4	we'll discuss. But let me begin with a lawyer representing several alleged victims of Sean Diddy
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