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Rabeka Nurmahomed

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Emma Holten

Helena Coggan

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Beth Orton

Jean Harrod

Woman's Hour: Weekend Woman's Hour: Revenge on Revenge Porn, Leaving Care at 18, When Is the Right Time to Try for a Baby?

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21/02/2015

Weekend Woman's Hour: Revenge on Revenge Porn, Leaving Care at 18, When Is the Right Time to Try for a Baby?

BBC Radio 4 - Woman's Hour, Weekend Woman's Hour: Revenge on Revenge Porn, Leaving Care at 18, When Is the Right Time to Try for a Baby?

Including revenge on revenge porn, the difficulties of leaving care at 18, and Beth Orton.

Highlights include revenge on revenge porn, the difficulties of leaving care at 18, why head teachers need more support, and the teenage author juggling a book deal with her GCSEs.

Emma Holten tells us why she chose to post MORE naked pictures of herself online after her email had been hacked and intimate images of her published all around the world.

We discuss if there is ever a right time to decide to try and get pregnant and have a baby?

Fifteen year old author Helena Coggan on how she's juggling writing and studying for her GCSE's alongside her three book deal.

We hear from a young woman bought up in care about the difficulties she faced when she had to leave her care home at the age of 18.

The former diplomat Jean Harrod describes her work as a British consul in Geneva and how real life experiences of those she helped influenced her first novel.

Viv Grant was a successful head teacher who turned a failing primary school around. But her success came at a cost and she describes why she believes head teachers' need more support . 

And we hear from Mercury Music Prize nominee Beth Orton about an all women musical course she's been running in Manchester. 


Presented by Emma Barnett
Producer: Rabeka Nurmahomed
Editor: Beverley Purcell.

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