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Woman's Hour: Women of Flowers; Reporting historical sexual abuse; Childcare; Male bulimia

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Women of Flowers; Reporting historical sexual abuse; Childcare; Male bulimia

24/09/2014

BBC Radio 4 - Woman's Hour, Women of Flowers; Reporting historical sexual abuse; Childcare; Male bulimia

The start of a new series looking at reporting historical abuse. With Jenni Murray.

Jenni Murray presents the start of a new series looking at reporting historical abuse. Also, playwright Kaite O'Reilly discusses her new play Woman of Flowers.

The start of a new series looking at reporting historical abuse. Why do people decide to report abuse which may have happened decades before; how are their complaints investigated, what happens to them in the courts and what effect does all of this have on their lives? Yvonne Traynor of Rape Crisis and Debbie Grafham, who decided in her 40s to report her abuse as a child, discuss. The 'arms race' on childcare policy for all the major political parties - why is it seen as only a women's issue? Playwright Kaite O'Reilly on her new play Woman of Flowers, which stars Sophie Stone, the first deaf woman to graduate from RADA. Men with bulimia - why are the numbers of men reporting this eating disorder rising? Jenni Murray presents.

Presenter: Jenni Murray
Producer: Eleanor Garland.

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