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Woman's Hour: FGM reconstructive surgery; Power-dressing for the heat; Child maintenance payments

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FGM reconstructive surgery; Power-dressing for the heat; Child maintenance payments

29/07/2013

BBC Radio 4 - Woman's Hour, FGM reconstructive surgery; Power-dressing for the heat; Child maintenance payments

Power-dressing for the heat with guest presenter Andrea Catherwood.

Andrea Catherwood looks at how to power-dress to be cool at work in the heat, and what changes to child maintenance will mean for lone parents.

Woman's Hour Powerlisters have been giving advice about how to be a powerful woman, but the recent heat wave has produced a new challenge - how to dress for work and not look like you're heading to the beach. Fashion writer Camilla Morton and business woman Jasmine Montgomery discuss. Recent statistics show a decline in the number of women having abortions, though in South Asian communities, the number appears to be rising. What lies behind the increase and is more support needed? A new scheme to help lone parents get child maintenance from an absent parent will be extended today. We talk to Work and Pensions Minister Steve Webb and discuss whether the changes will help more parents reach arrangements privately, without involving the state. For women subjected to female genital mutilation as children, some hope has been offered through reconstructive surgery which aims to restore clitoral sensation. We hear from a surgeon performing the procedure in Britain, and from an expert on FGM.
Presented by Andrea Catherwood.
Producer: Lucinda Montefiore.

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