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Woman's Hour: Woman's Hour Craft Prize: Spotlight on ceramics

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23/03/2017

Woman's Hour Craft Prize: Spotlight on ceramics

BBC Radio 4 - Woman's Hour, Woman's Hour Craft Prize: Spotlight on ceramics

Discussion of ceramics, NSPCC statistics on child sexual abuse, and young women & housing.

Programme that offers a female perspective on the world. Jenni Murray discusses ceramics, NSPCC statistics on child sexual abuse, and young women and housing.

Today the NSPCC publish their annual statistics on child sexual abuse, figures which have seen a significant rise. Lisa McCrindle, Policy Manager for NSPCC and Sheila Taylor, Chief Executive of NWG Network who help professionals to tackle the issue of child sexual exploitation, discuss the increase and the corresponding impact on support services and the Police.

In approximately seven weeks time we'll be revealing our 12 finalists for the Woman's Hour Craft Prize, so we're taking the opportunity to spotlight the 7 disciplines that applications were submitted under. Today - it's ceramics and Tanya Harrod's and Kathryn Hearn are in the Woman's Hour studio. 

In 2013, a group of single mothers at a hostel for young vulnerable people in East London were given notices to quit by the housing association that ran the hostel, following local authority cuts to funding. A new play at the Battersea Arts Centre in London, tells the story from the women's point of view and their long running campaign for 'social housing not social cleansing'. Helen Monks, the actress and writer of the play and Jasmin Stone, one of the main campaigners discuss the housing crisis for young vulnerable people and families. They are joined by Anne Baxendale, Head of Policy at Shelter.

Bestselling Icelandic novelist Yrsa Sigurdadottir tells us about her new series of crime novels based around The Children's House, a centre to support traumatised young people. Her series of legal procedurals featuring lawyer, Thora Gudmundsdottir, were translated into more than 30 languages. Still working as a civil engineer, she tells Jenni Murray about the impact the popularity of Nordic noir has had on her books and life.

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