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Woman's Hour: Childcare, Sports bra, Lady Jane Grey, Mental health, African-American GIs

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11/01/2018

Childcare, Sports bra, Lady Jane Grey, Mental health, African-American GIs

BBC Radio 4 - Woman's Hour, Childcare, Sports bra, Lady Jane Grey, Mental health, African-American GIs

Making childcare affordable, designing a sports bra and Helen Castor on Lady Jane Grey.

MPs launch a new inquiry on the impact of government initiatives in making childcare affordable. Plus designing a sports bra and Helen Castor on Lady Jane Grey kids.

How successful is the government's childcare policy in supporting women getting back to work? MPs launch a new inquiry on the impact of government initiatives in making childcare affordable and assess the benefits to the economy. Labour MP and Treasury Committee member Rushanara Ali and Megan Jarvie, head of policy at The Family and Childcare Trust discuss. 

What's the science behind the sports bra? Who is working to produce them and how do you know what design is best for you? Professor Joanna Wakefield-Scurr, the head of the research group in breast health at Portsmouth University talks to Jenni. 

Girls are more than twice as likely as boys to say they have experienced emotional problems according to a survey by HeadStart which spoke to 30,000 students across England and found that mental health issues can start from as early as 11 years old. Jenni talks to Dr Jess Deighton, Deputy Director of the Evidence Based Practice Unit at the Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families and Nicole Krystal Crentsil, the founder of the 'Unmasked Women' project who has experienced her own challenges with mental health.

Carole Travers from Poole in Dorset is one of a number of mixed heritage children born to African-American fathers who were stationed in the UK during World War II. With their husbands away fighting the war, some women had relationships and children with the GIs. Fiona Clampin talks to Carole who's been trying to trace her father the whole of her adult life, as well as another war baby, John, about the impact it has had on their lives.

Lady Jane Grey is often referred to as 'the forgotten Queen', overshadowed by her successor, Queen Mary I. Helen Castor's new documentary explores the roles that religion, gender and power played in her turbulent nine day reign, which led to her execution. She joins Jenni to discuss.


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