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Woman's Hour

Irma Kurtz; Anxiety; Flexi-working for men

Duration: 58 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Irma Kurtz, Cosmopolitan's agony aunt for 40 years on her book 'My Life in Agony'.

Anxiety: we hear from 27 year old Claire Eastham who has suffered from anxiety from the age of 15 and from David Clark, Professor of Experimental Psychology at Oxford University, the National Clinical Advisor for Improving Access to Psychological Therapies.

Men and flexible working: Sarah Jackson from Working Families explains why those that ask are still twice as likely to be refused the option than women.

Bringing up birth and adopted children in the same family. We speak to Avril Head who's brought up adopted, fostered and biological children together, and Alice Noone from the adoption charity Coram.

Anber Raz from Equality Now tells us about the Global Child Marriage Report.

Presenter: Jane Garvey
Producer: Steven Williams
Output Editor: Jane Thurlow. Show less

Contributors

Presenter:
Jane Garvey
Interviewed Guest:
Irma Kurtz
Interviewed Guest:
Claire Eastham
Interviewed Guest:
David Clark
Interviewed Guest:
Sarah Jackson
Interviewed Guest:
Avril Head
Interviewed Guest:
Alice Noone
Interviewed Guest:
Anber Raz

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